Eden Robinson: The Sorceress of Sky Serpents
From the bestselling author of the Trickster trilogy comes a bold fantasy inspired by the Indigenous cultures of the Pacific Northwest, set on a dangerous planet where monsters haunt the survivors of an apocalyptic sorcerers’ war.
Amber Dawn: Buzzkill Clamshell
A poetry collection that flaunts the chronically pained body as a source of lewd feminine power.
Tara Gereaux: Wild People Quiet
A exquisitely rendered story exploring the repercussions of a woman’s decision to hide her Métis identity while living in a small, predominantly white prairie town in the 1940s.
Michelle Good: Eliza Sunshine
A powerful family saga following three generations of Cree women and the storytelling tradition that connects them to each other.
Nazanine Hozar: The Small Ones
A gripping fable about children who are caught up in a military insurgence along the Iran–Iraq border in the early 1980s (based on the real-life conflict of that time) and forced to become soldiers and martyrs.
Adrick Brock: Islanders
The intimate community of Toronto Island is fractured by a death in the ice—one that binds two families across generations.
Ashraf Zaghal: Seven Heavens Away
In this taut and heartbreaking debut novel, a Palestinian teenager comes of age amid escalating violence in Jerusalem.
Danielle Hubbard: The Electrocutionist
The electric drive to run, run, run through a wrecking-ball affair, a marriage’s end, and a mother’s death.
Leslie Palleson, MFA 2026
The School of Creative Writing is pleased to congratulate Leslie Palleson, MFA. Leslie‘s thesis is an interconnected collection of stories and novella entitled The Apron and other stories. Leslie Palleson came to the program with the goal of perfecting years (okay – decades) of developing the craft of writing and has been delighted to work […]
Ayda Niknami, MFA 2026
The School of Creative Writing is pleased to congratulate Ayda Niknami, MFA. Ayda’s thesis is a stage play entitled Azar o Azadi. Ayda Niknami (she/they) is a Qashqai-Irani queer femme residing in so-called “Vancouver”. She was the Poetry Editor for PRISM international (2024-2026), a finalist for The Bridge Prize (2024), shortlisted for The Malahat Review’s […]