Join us for a celebration of new and recent books by faculty and alumni in the School of Creative Writing! Whitney French, Anosh Irani, Tanya Kyi, and Mallory Tater join recent alum Emily Chou to share the creative process behind their work.
Emily Chou is celebrating the forthcoming publication for her YA graphic novel On Your Way.
Come discover the messiness of process and the invisible work of writing. Join us in the Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (Room 302) on September 23 (Wednesday) from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm.
Emily Chou is a writer/cartoonist from stolen xʷməθkʷəy ̓ əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ territory. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC and publications in Room, Geist, Chinatown Today, and various other magazines and anthologies. She has lived in the UK, Japan, and Italy and can recommend snacks in all three.
Access
The Dodson Room is on the second floor of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. There is an elevator, the entrance and the room are wheelchair accessible, and IKBLC has accessible washrooms.
The School of Creative Writing is committed to making our events as accessible as possible. If you have questions or requests about access, please reach out to Sheryda Warrener at s.warrener@ubc.ca.
More events from the Visiting Writers Series
Publishing Industry Event: Paige Sisley and Janice Zawerbny In Conversation | October 21 | Get an insider’s look at fiction publishing and the bi-annual HarperCollins PublishersLtd/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction.
To Turn The Page In More Than Two Directions: Making & Remaking Dog Days, With Emily LaBarge | October 26 | Take a glimpse into the process of the literary experiment Emily LaBarge undertook in writing her acclaimed hybrid memoir Dog Days.
We: Layli Long Soldier in conversation with Billy-Ray Belcourt | November 23 | Oglala Lakota poet Layli Long Soldier talks with Billy-Ray Belcourt, writer and academic from the Driftpile Cree Nation, about the poems, essays and visual art in her long-awaited second collection, We.
