Doretta Lau, MFA 2001
How did your time in the Creative Writing Program influence your work? I met lifelong friends who continue to support me and my writing. What’s your latest published/performed work(s)? Poetry chapbook: CAUSE AND EFFECT (2020) Short story collection: HOW DOES A SINGLE BLADE OF GRASS THANK THE SUN? (2014) What are your most recent awards? […]
Elaine Woo, BFA 2011
How did your time in the Creative Writing Program influence your work? Elaine’s time in the Creative Writing Program brought exposure to varied lyrical and experimental influences. Too, she was introduced to placing social and political thought into her work. Woo was first introduced to graphica at the University of British Columbia, received significant critique, and […]
Calvin Wharton, MFA 1999
Calvin Wharton is a Faculty Emeritus of Creative Writing at Douglas College, where he served as Department Chair (2008-16) and as Editor of Event magazine (1996-2001). He was a writer in residence at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, and a participant in the Coracle Europe Literary Residency in Tranås, Sweden. His next book […]
Frances Greenslade, MFA 1992
What’s your latest published/performed work? Shelter, a novel (Random House) What are your most recent awards? New Face of Fiction, Random House Nomination for BC Book Prize Ethel Wilson award (Shelter) Named one of Waterstones 11 (Shelter) Nominated for Ontario Library Association Evergreen Award (Shelter) Is there anything else about your writing career you’d like […]
Kathryn Mockler, MFA 1998
Kathryn is the author of four poetry books and several short films and experimental video which have screened at over 60 festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Festival, ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, and EMAF and have been broadcast on TMN, Movieola, and Bravo. She attended the Canadian Film Centre’s Writers’ Lab […]
Kelly Shorrocks, MFA 2014
How did your time in the Creative Writing Program influence your work? My MFA at UBC helped me see I was a writer all along, even when I carried countless other roles within me. It was like being handed a tool to excavate those writing skills, polish them up and employ them creatively, in a […]
Bren Simmers, MFA 2007
Bren Simmers’ first book of non-fiction, Pivot Point (Gaspereau Press, 2019), is a lyrical account of a nine-day wilderness canoe journey and a frank reflection on the roles friendship, mindfulness, and creativity play in the evolution of our lives. She is also the author of two books of poetry, Night Gears (Wolsak & Wynn, 2010) […]
Mark Leiren-Young, MFA 2018
What’s your latest published/performed work? Bar Mitzvah Boy – Playwrights Canada Press What are your most recent awards? 2017 Writer’s Guild of Canada award for “best documentary” The Hundred-Year-Old Whale” Mark’s Website: www.leiren-young.com Follow Mark on Twitter Follow Mark on Instagram
Paula Jane Remlinger, MFA 2013
I graduated from the MFA program in 2013. I recently sent in my alumni profile. I also wanted to let you know that my book, This Hole Called January, just won the Saskatchewan Book Award for Poetry. Announcement was made June 18, 2020.
Brooke Carter, MFA 2011
How did your time in the Creative Writing Program influence your work? I produced a lot of work in Susan Juby’s Writing for Children class during my MFA, and many of those beginning pieces have turned into book-length works that have gone on to be published novels for youth. What’s your latest published/performed work? THE […]