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Creating Comics about Public Health Issues with Meredith Li-Vollmer (on Zoom)

Join us at the intersection between comics and public health for this fascinating talk by Meredith Li-Vollmer. Meredith is active in the field of graphic medicine as a cartoonist and author of Graphic Public Health: A Comics Anthology and Roadmap. Her comics have been published in The Stranger, MUTHA, Illustrated PEN, and the American Journal […]

2023 Alumni Summer Residency with Zac Hug

We look forward to welcoming alumni back to campus this summer! Join us this July at the 2023 UBC Creative Writing Summer Residency. We’re pleased to offer a multi-genre, non-credit class just for alumni, led by the amazing Zac Hug. This non-credit class runs from Wednesday, July 5 to Friday, July 14, and alumni can also register for Camp Comics on Saturday, July 15.

Events with faculty at the Vancouver Writers Festival

We’re always excited to be a part of the Vancouver Writers Festival. Many of our faculty will be participating in events at the festival, and there are so many of our alumni and students in the program that it’s impossible to list them all. We look forward to seeing you there! Events with our faculty […]

Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki in Conversation

Join us for a conversation with Caldecott Medal-winning authors Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki on their forthcoming comic, Roaming (September 2023). Moderated by alum Emily Chou, MFA 2023. In Roaming, an unexpected fling blossoms between casual acquaintances and throws a long-term friendship off-balance during a trip to New York. Emotional tensions vibrate wildly against the resplendently […]

Talk and Reading with Megan Fernandes

Join us for a talk and reading with scholar and writer Megan Fernandes hosted by Assistant Professor Cecily Nicholson. Megan is a writer living in New York City. She has published in The New Yorker, POETRY, The Kenyon Review, The American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, among others. Her third book of poetry, I Do Everything I’m […]