UBC Creative Writing Members Shortlisted for 2020 BC and Yukon Book Prizes
We are very proud to announce that members of UBC’s Creative Writing Program have been shortlisted for the 2020 BC and Yukon Book Prizes! Two faculty members and four alumni have been selected: Michael Christie (Alumnus) Francine Cunningham (Alumna) Kayla Czaga (Alumna) Nazanine Hozar (Alumna) Alix Ohlin (Faculty) Rhea Tregebov (Faculty Emerita) The winners will […]
Creative Writing alumnus receives STORYHIVE grant for Indigenous-focused film
UBC Creative Writing alumnus Shaelyn Johnston launched her first animated film thanks to a $20,000 grant from Telus STORYHIVE. Her film, The Healing Dance, was one of 30 films chosen by a panel to receive funding under the first-ever Indigenous Storytellers Edition of the STORYHIVE competition. The film premiered online in September. Johnston is Ojibwe […]
An Interview with MFA Alumnus Ellen Keith
UBC Creative Writing graduate Ellen Keith (MFA ’16) recently published her debut novel The Dutch Wife – a historical fiction work that she completed during the MFA Optional Residency program. The book, which won the HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction, reached #1 on the Globe & Mail Canadian Fiction Bestseller List. Ellen talks with UBC […]
Alumna focus: Francine Cunningham: ‘I walk around all day observing things and thinking about what ifs.’
Francine Cunningham is a Canadian Indigenous writer, artist and educator. Her creative non-fiction has appeared in The Malahat Review, the anthology Boobs: women explore what it means to have breasts (Caitlin Press), The Best Canadian Essays 2017 (TightRope Books), and more. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in The Puritan, Joyland Magazine, Echolocation Magazine, The […]