Congratulations to our Graduates
Congratulations to our graduating MFA and BFA students. Graduation was held on a lovely May Wednesday last week, and we’re happy to share some photos of faculty and students, as well as our honorary doctorate holder, Eden Robinson.
Eden Robinson Receives an Honorary Degree
We’re delighted that our MFA Alumna Eden Robinson, the internationally acclaimed Haisla and Heiltsuk novelist and short story writer, will be receiving an honorary doctoral degree today from UBC to recognize her substantial literary contributions. Our colleagues at the Faculty of Arts interviewed her recently about her literary accomplishments.
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 […]
Alumni Spring Books
Every year, our fantastic BFA and MFA alumni continue to publish wonderful books, and Spring 2018 is no exception. The list of titles recently published or forthcoming includes thrillers, poetry collections, the satirical and the elegiac. Read them all and find out what our graduates are producing.
Writing the Future: Gallery
We’re delighted to showcase some moments from our Indigenous Alumni Reading, “Writing the Future”, held at UBC on March 19th, 2018. All photos courtesy of Edward Chang of V. Saran Photo.
Congratulations to our MFA and alumni nominated for the BC Book Prizes!
Congratulations to our students and alumni! The West Coast Book Prize Society announced the finalists for the 2018 BC Book Prizes. The BC Book Prizes, established in 1985, celebrate the achievements of British Columbia writers and publishers. The seven Prizes are presented annually at the Lieutenant Governor’s BC Book Prizes Gala in the spring, as […]
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 […]
BFA Alumna Fatima Zehra Naqvi Selected Rhodes Scholar 2018
Congratulations to BFA alumna Fatima Zehra Navqi, who has been selected a Rhodes Scholar for 2018. Since 1903, Rhodes Scholars have been selected from constituencies around the world to come to study in the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Fatima Zehra is also a Wesbrook Scholar, a recipient of the English Honours Medal, and the Teresa […]
MFA Alessandra Naccarato wins CBC Poetry Prize
Congratulations to our MFA Alessandra Naccarato who has won the CBC Poetry Prize for Postcards for my Sister. The CBC Literary Prizes have been recognizing Canadian writers since 1979. Allessandra’s poem was selected from more than 2,400 English-language submissions this year. She wins $6000 as well as a 10-day writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
MFA Alumna Eden Robinson Wins $50,000 Writer’s Trust Fellowship
MFA alumna Eden Robinson has won the third Writer’s Trust Fellowship, intended to free writers substantially from financial concerns and provide a window in which they can work with as much creative freedom as possible. The Writers’ Trust Fellowship comes with an award of $50,000. The unrestricted Fellowship is awarded to a writer who has […]