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Betty Jane Hegerat, MFA 2008
Betty Jane Hegerat is the author of three novels, a collection of short stories, and a book of creative non-fiction: Running Toward Home (NeWest Press 2006), A Crack in the Wall (Oolichan Books 2008) and most recent of her books, Delivery (Oolichan Books 2009), The Boy (Oolichan Books 2011), and Odd One Out,(Oolichan Books 2016) […]
Chelsea Rooney, MFA 2012
Chelsea Rooney is an author and teacher living in Vancouver. Her debut novel Pedal was published in 2014 by Caitlin Press and was nominated for the 2015 Amazon First Novel Award and the 2015 ReLit Novel Award. She hosts a monthly episode of The Storytelling Show on Vancouver Co-op Radio. www.chelsearooney.com PEDAL “Julia Hoop, […]
Featured Interview: Laura Trunkey
Laura Trunkey’s writing has been published in journals and magazines across Canada. Her short fiction has been anthologized in the bestselling collection, Darwin’s Bastards: Astounding Tales from Tomorrow and her non-fiction has been anthologized in Hidden Lives. The Incredibly Ordinary Danny Chandelier, Laura’s children’s novel, was a starred selection in the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s […]
Featured Interview: Brent van Staalduinen
Brent is the writer of Saints Unexpected, his work has appeared in Event, The Puritan , Prairie Fire and others.He is a graduate of the Humber School of Writers and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC. Find him online at www.brentvans.com. (Listen to Brent read from Saints Unexpected) Could you tell us a […]
Emily Pohl-Weary, MFA 2010
Emily Pohl-Weary is an award-winning author, editor, and creative writing instructor. Her latest books are Ghost Sick, a collection of poetry about tragedy and resilience in downtown Toronto, and Not Your Ordinary Wolf Girl, a young adult fantasy novel. Her previous books include a Hugo Award-winning biography, a ghost love story, a female superhero anthology, […]
Brent van Staalduinen, MFA 2015
Brent van Staalduinen is an award-winning novelist and story writer from Hamilton, Ontario, and the author of the novels UNTHINKABLE, NOTHING BUT LIFE, BOY, and SAINTS, UNEXPECTED, as well as the short story collection CUT ROAD. He has been nominated for a White Pine Award, won the Kerry Schooley Book Award and Bristol Short Story […]
Andrew Gray, MFA 1996
Andrew Gray is the author of a collection of short fiction, Small Accidents, which was shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Award at the BC Book Prizes and an IPPY Independent Publisher’s award in the US. He’s the co-author of the novella The Ghost Line (Tor.com). His speculative fiction has been published in magazines including Malahat […]
Christine Leclerc, MFA 2010
Leclerc is an editor of The Enpipe Line (Creekstone Press, 2012) and portfolio milieu (milieu press, 2004). She is also the author of Oilywood (Nomados Editions, 2013; bpNichol Chapbook Award, 2014) and Counterfeit (CUE, 2008). Leclerc holds an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC. christineleclerc.com
Rhett Davis, MFA 2015
Rhett is a writer, academic and consultant from Geelong, Australia. After graduating from the MFA in 2015, he returned home and completed a PhD in Creative Writing at Deakin University in 2020. The novel he wrote for his PhD won the 2020 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, and will be published by […]
Alison Cobra, MFA 2014
Not a real snake. You can find Alison on Twitter  Alison graduated from the BFA program in 2010 and the MFA program in 2014.