Jordan Abel wins Griffin Prize for Poetry
Congratulations to Creative Writing MFA alumnus Jordan Abel, the winner of the 2017 Griffin Prize for Poetry. This $65,000 award is the world’s largest prize for a first edition single collection of poetry written in English. Jordan was awarded the prize for his collection, Injun, a work that probes issues of race and colonialism through the use of […]
Katherena Vermette wins $40,000 Amazon.ca First Novel Award
Congratulations to Creative Writing MFA alumna Katherena Vermette, whose book The Break is the winner of this year’s Amazon.ca First Novel Award. This $40,000 annual prize celebrates debut Canadian novels. The Break tells the story of a Winnipeg neighbourhood in shock after a young Indigenous girl is sexually assaulted. The Break was featured in CBC’s Canada Reads […]
In Conversation with Alumnus Michael Harris
In his new book of non-fiction, Solitude: A Singular Life in a Crowded World, Governor General’s Award-winner, Michael Harris, MFA, explores the profound emotional and intellectual benefits of being alone. He examines why our experience of solitude has become so impoverished and guides readers away from a life of ceaseless pings toward a balanced media diet. […]
BC Book Prize Finalists
Congratulations to our faculty, alumni and students on the finalists list for the 2017 BC Book Prizes. We’re delighted to see so many of you being recognized for your amazing work. Congratulations and best of luck to the finalists: Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Jen Sookfong Lee for The Conjoined Anosh Irani for The Parcel Hubert Evans […]
Mary Kills People
Congratulations to UBC Creative Writing BFA Alumnus Tara Armstrong. Her show, Mary Kills People premieres on Global TV tonight. Mary Kills People, a character-driven, six-part television event follows Dr. Mary Harris – An overworked single mother and ER doctor who also moonlights as an underground angel of death – working outside the law assisting patients […]
Cardinal
Congratulations to MFA Alumna Jennica Harper, who’s writing for Cardinal, the dramatic thriller which premieres on CTV tonight. Jennica previously wrote for and was Co-Executive Producer on the second season of YTV’s teen comedy Some Assembly Required. Before that, she spent three seasons writing and producing the YTV/Disney XD hit Mr. Young, and was a writer on Global’s crime […]
Agents Tips, Tricks and Know-How: Professional Development Day!
The Creative Writing Alumni Association (CRWRAA) is pleased to present their first Professional Development Webinar. This inexpensive online event is open to alumni, students and writers from anywhere who are interested in hearing from industry professionals discuss whether: To find an agent or to go the independent route… To shop your book direct to the […]
Eden Robinson and PRISM win Writers’ Trust Awards
Congratulations to alumna Eden Robinson, who was honoured for her contributions to Canadian literature with the $25,000 Writers’ Trust Engel/Findley Award. Robinson is the author of two novels, including the iconic book Monkey Beach and a short story collection. She will release a new novel, Son of a Trickster, in 2017. Congratulations to our literary magazine, PRISM international. Colette Langlois’ […]
Faculty & Alumni at the Vancouver Writers Festival
Welcome to our faculty and alumni joining the Vancouver Writers Festival this week: Deborah Campbell, Kevin Chong, Anne Fleming, Chris Humphreys, Anosh Irani, Amy Jones, Owen Laukkanen, Ashley Little, Kevin Patterson, Ellen Schwartz, Amy Stuart, Katherena Vermette, Fred Wah, Andrew Westoll, and Clea Young. We’re especially proud to celebrate the New Shoots program with an […]
Mary Kills People – Tara Armstrong
Congratulations to BFA Alumna Tara Armstrong, whose euthanasia-themed comedic drama series Mary Kills People has been picked up by the Lifetime network in the US for airing in 2017. More information here.