Indigenous advocate Tracey Lindberg current Writer in Residence
UBC’s Creative Writing program welcomes Indigenous advocate and novelist Tracey Lindberg as our 2019-2020 Creative Writer in Residence.
New online magazine reviews literature for teens
A new online magazine offers a space where books for tweens and teens can be celebrated intelligently. Young Adulting: Serious Reviews of Teen Fiction reviews young adult, middle grade and new adult books weekly.
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.
Students, faculty and alums to attend AWP
The UBC Creative Writing Program will have a large presence at the 2019 AWP Conference in Portland, Oregon.
Major (BFA) in Creative Writing: An Information Session
We’re delighted to host a BFA information session on Monday November 5th from 3-4pm at the Dodson Room in the IK Barber Learning Centre (UBC Vancouver Campus). We’ll provide information on our program requirements, portfolio advice and how to apply. Can’t make it to campus? Check out our livestream on YouTube. Send your questions in […]
Creative Writing at the Vancouver Writers Fest
We’re pleased to be a sponsor of the 2018 Vancouver Writers Fest, with an exciting event planned on Thursday October 18th, and we’re delighted to announce our faculty, students and alumni who’ll be appearing at the festival.
The Cascadia Project
Creative Writing professor Bryan Wade, masters students, and emerging playwrights combine forces to put on a festival of new plays, from September 26th to October 7th, 2018 at Studio 1398 on Granville Island. The festival has been programed into a White, Blue, and Green night, each featuring two plays, over the course of the two-week […]
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions: Indigenous Writing & Creative Non-Fiction
The Creative Writing Program is now accepting applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professor Positions, commencing July 1, 2019. We are inviting applicants for an Assistant Professor: Indigenous Creative Writing, and for an Assistant Professor in Creative Non-Fiction (Rogers Chair). See our opportunities page for more information.
Yugumalleq: A film by MFA Candidate Kavelina Torres
Congratulations to MFA Candidate Kavelina Torres, whose short film Yugumalleq / Shades of Life will air in United States Indian Country and on PBS stations across the US on August 5th, 2018 at 4:30 pm PST (7:30 pm EST). Kavelina is a Sundance Native Film and an Alaska Native Playwright’s Program alumna. Her film, Yugumalleq, resides with […]
2018 New Shoots Anthology Launch
A fabulous time was had by all at the 2018 New Shoots Anthology Launch! Every year the Creative Writing Department partners with the Vancouver School Board and we send MFA’s into secondary schools as New Shoots Mentors. From December to May, New Shoots Mentors work with students as they explore every genre of writing imaginable […]