News & Events

The School of Creative Writing welcomes several new faculty members this fall. A.W. Hopkins, Frances Koncan, Cecily Nicholson and Danny Ramadan joined Creative Writing in September.

Assistant Professor Alex Marzano-Lesnevich received UBC’s Hampton New Faculty Grant in October.

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.

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.

In his fun, witty and insightful podcast, Jason Emde, MFA ‘22, discusses samples of early work with guest writers, musicians and artists. We asked him a few questions about the podcast, which can be found on Buzzsprout, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

The online world has real dangers, but girls around the world are using social media to create positive change and practice good digital citizenship. Lecturer Tanya Kyi’s new children’s book, Better Connected, focuses on the less-recognized and positive aspects of the online experiences of girls.