Alex Marzano-Lesnevich awarded Hampton New Faculty Grant
Assistant Professor Alex Marzano-Lesnevich received UBC’s Hampton New Faculty Grant in October.
New books from Creative Writing alumni invite us into tenderly crafted worlds
Our Creative Writing alumni published compelling work over the last year, including a horror novel soaked with dreams, an intimate family saga set in a beachfront hotel, and a love letter to a son lost to overdose.
What postmemory makes possible: A conversation with poets Brandon Shimoda and Victoria Chang
As part of our Visiting Writer series, we were honoured to host a poetry panel with Brandon Shimoda and Victoria Chang, hosted by Lecturer Sheryda Warrener. We’ve gathered some excerpts from the poetry panel to share with you on the page.
The Bryan Wade Brave New Play Rites Festival takes a brave new turn
Running from Monday, March 20 to Saturday, March 25, 2023, the Bryan Wade Brave New Play Rites Festival will dazzle audiences with a wildly diverse series of staged readings hosted for the first time by the Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre.
Ars Scientia inspires new collaboration between creative writing and physics students
Creative Writing has launched a new non-fiction writing course that brings together physics and creative writing students to produce engaging and accessible science stories. The course, dubbed Storytelling, Persuasion, and Physics, was launched in January 2023.
Meet the new faculty in Creative Writing 2023
The School of Creative Writing is welcoming several new faculty members this year. Anosh Irani and Chelene Knight joined Creative Writing in January, and Alex Marzano-Lesnevich and Austen Osworth will join the School in July.
Virtual Writer in Residence Oliver Baez Bendorf brings mystery and transformation to UBC
The School of Creative Writing is welcoming poet Oliver Baez Bendorf as virtual writer in residence from January 23 to February 3. Oliver will lead workshops within Creative Writing classrooms, and also has openings for virtual one-to-one consultations on February 1 and 2.
New publications from Creative Writing faculty expand our ideas on belonging and connection
Over the last year, Creative Writing faculty published fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid works that see the world through collaborative acts of art-making—with family, ancestors and communities, and with illustrators, teachers and screenwriters.
Assistant Professor Billy-Ray Belcourt named a Canada Research Chair
Assistant Professor Billy-Ray Belcourt has been named a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Queer Indigenous Cultural Production. Belcourt is the first CRC in the School of Creative Writing.
Alumna Tammy Armstrong wins 2022 Prize for Best New Fiction
HarperCollinsPublishersLtd, the UBC School of Creative Writing, and CookeMcDermid Literary Management are thrilled to announce that the winner of the 2022 Prize for Best New Fiction is Tammy Armstrong for her adult novel Ursula.