We’re pleased to participate in the 2019 Vancouver Writers Fest, with an exciting event planned on Thursday, October 24. This year’s festival features faculty members and alumni speaking on a variety of issues topical to writers today.
PROGRAM-SPONSORED EVENT
Night Class: Brief Craft Lessons from UBC Creative Writing
Thursday, October 24
6:00 pm – 7:15 pm
The NEST
Kevin Chong, Sara Graefe, Tariq Hussain, Sarah Leavitt, Emily Pohl-Weary, and Sheryda Warrener
A rapid-fire evening of craft and creativity as stellar UBC professors teach key writing concepts in 5 minutes or less. Try out concepts, ask questions and listen to UBC students in this interactive, unpredictable crash course. Covering everything from fiction to nonfiction, comics to poetry, playwriting to YA and even song lyrics, you’ll take away key learnings from genre experts and experience what being in a UBC Creative classroom feels like. (There might be homework!) Once school’s out, celebrate your new skills with an open social event immediately afterwards.
EVENTS WITH OUR FACULTY AND ALUMNI
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21
- Between the Pages: An Evening with the Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalists
(Alix Ohlin, Ian Williams, Megan Gail Cotes)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22
- CanLit Fiction Showcase
(Michael Christie, Richard Van Camp) - Shamans, Warriors & Tricksters – For Youth
(Richard Van Camp)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
- The Lives of Girls & Women
(Alix Ohlin, Nazanine Hozar, Laisha Rosnau) - The Fictionals: Improv x Literature
(Dina Del Bucchia)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24
- All Roads Lead to Writing – For Youth
(Michael Christie) - Prose Under Pressure
(Laisha Rosnau) - Night Class: Brief Craft Lessons from UBC Creative Writing
(Kevin Chong, Sara Graefe, Tariq Hussain, Sarah Leavitt, Emily Pohl-Weary, and Sheryda Warrener) - Politics & Prose
(Michael Christie, Nazanine Hozar) - Poetry Four Ways
(Dina Del Bucchia)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
- The Poetry Bash
(Billy-Ray Belcourt, Kayla Czaga)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
- Mystery Three Ways
(Sarah Leavitt) - Best Canadian Poetry
(Billy-Ray Belcourt, Kayla Czaga) - The Pictures of Adult Life
(Sarah Leavitt)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27
- Poets Talking
(Billy-Ray Belcourt) - The Afternoon Tea
(Rhea Tregebov, Emerita)
