UBC Creative Writing alumni receive National Magazine Awards
Two Creative Writing alumni received medals at this year’s National Magazine Awards. Meaghan Rondeau received a silver medal in personal journalism and Terence Young received a silver medal in poetry.
Three alumni receive 2019 BC Book Prizes
Congratulations to UBC Creative Writing alumni Eden Robinson, Lindsay Wong and Laisha Rosnau, all winners of the 2019 BC Book Prizes. Eden Robinson, received the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for her novel, Trickster Drift. Lindsay Wong, received the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize for her book, The Woo Woo. Laisha Rosnau, received the Dorothy Livesay Poetry […]
Award-winning poet Billy-Ray Belcourt to join UBC’s creative writing program
Award-winning poet Billy-Ray Belcourt will join UBC’s Creative Writing Program as an Assistant Professor in Indigenous Creative Writing in January 2020.
8 alumni, 1 student finalists for 2019 BC Book Prizes
Congratulations to the 2019 finalists for this year’s BC Book Prizes presented by the Westcoast Book Prize Society.