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Morteza Dehghani wins the inaugural George McWhirter Award in Poetry Translation

 
The jury praised the MFA student for being the first to translate into English the poems of Kubra Amin Saeedi.

MFA alumni shortlisted for the 2026 Governor General’s Literary Awards

 
Brandi Bird is recognized for their poetry collection Pitiful: Poems. Kim Fu's The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts is shortlisted in the fiction category. Trina Moyles's Black Bear is on the non-fiction shortlist.

Seven Heavens Away by MFA alum Ashraf Zaghal shortlisted for the 2026 Atwood Gibson Fiction Prize

 
Seven Heavens Away is the debut novel of the Palestinian-Canadian writer.
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UBCScripted Zoom Happy Hour

 
November 16, 2026
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

We: Layli Long Soldier in conversation with Billy-Ray Belcourt

 
November 23, 2026
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
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