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’ […]
Deborah Campbell wins Weston Prize
Congratulations to Creative Writing lecturer Deborah Campbell, who has won the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for her book A Disappearance in Damascus. The annual prize awards $60,000 to the best in Canadian nonfiction. In A Disappearance in Damascus, Campbell chronicles her friendship with Ahlam, an Iraqi refugee working as a fixer for journalists in Syria. Ahlam’s educational […]
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.
Justin Neal’s LNG
Alumnus Justin Neal (MFA in Creative Writing and Stage Playwriting) has written an commissioned eight episode television series titled LNG, as part of the Testify project, which pairs indigenous artists with lawyers in the creation of new work. Focusing on an embattled liquified natural gas facility built on First Nations land in British Columbia, this […]
Welcoming Our Newest Faculty
We are pleased to announce the hiring of two new assistant professors at the Creative Writing Program starting in January 2017. Emily Pohl-Weary is an award-winning author, editor, and creative writing instructor. She has published seven books, a series of girl pirate comics, and her own literary magazine. Her most recent book is a collection of […]
2016 Governor General’s Awards
Congratulations to UBC MFA Alumni on this year’s shortlist for the Governor-General’s Literary Awards. Anosh Irani’s The Parcel, Katherena Vermette’s The Break and Rachel Rose’s Marry and Burn are among the finalists announced today. More details at the GGbooks website.
Deborah Campbell Shortlisted for Hilary Weston Prize
Congratulations to faculty member Deborah Campbell! Her book A Disappearance in Damascus has been shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction. The 2016 prize winner will be announced at the Writers’ Trust Awards in Toronto on November 2. Each finalist will receive $5,000. The prizewinner will receive a total of $60,000. More information.
Wendy Bone’s Sanctuary at Last
Creative Writing MFA candidate Wendy Bone has published Sanctuary at Last, about Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya refugees who were rescued by fishermen off the coast of Aceh, Indonesia in 2015. She worked on this story in her UBC Creative Non-fiction class and it was presented recently during the United Nations Summit on Refugees and Migrants.
Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize Finalists
Congratulations to alumni Anosh Irani and Katherena Vermette, who are both finalists for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. This $25,000 award for the best work of fiction published in the previous year will be awarded in November. Anosh Irani is nominated for his novel The Parcel. Katherena Vermette is nominated for her novel The Break.