Harvest Love premieres this weekend
Congratulations to Joint Film / CRWR MFA Christie Will Wolf, whose movie Harvest Love premieres this weekend on the Hallmark Channel. Christie developed this film in the Creative Writing 506 workshop, and is credited as both the writer and director.
Alicia Elliott is the 2017-2018 Geoffrey and Margaret Andrew Fellow
The UBC Creative Writing Program is pleased to announce Alicia Elliott as the 2017-2018 Geoffrey and Margaret Andrew Fellow. Alicia Elliott is a Tuscarora writer living in Brantford, Ontario with her husband and daughter. Her writing has been published by The Malahat Review, The Butter, Room, Grain, The New Quarterly, CBC, Globe and Mail, Vice, Maclean’s, Maisonneuve and Today’s Parent. She’s currently Associate Nonfiction Editor […]
Congratulations to Andrew Gray and J.S. Herbison
Congratulations to Creative Writing staff member (and MFA alumnus) Andrew Neil Gray and MFA alumna J.S. Herbison on the publication of their first novella, The Ghost Line, out this week from Tor.com. Parters in life as well as writing, Gray and Herbison first met while completing their MFAs at UBC. The Martian Queen was the Titanic of the stars […]
Welcome John Vigna
The Creative Writing Program is delighted to welcome John Vigna as our first tenure-track Instructor starting July 1, 2017. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Vigna has taught Creative and Professional Writing for sixteen years at numerous institutions, including Malaspina College (now Vancouver Island University), Douglas College, University of the Fraser Valley, and most recently as a […]
Alix Ohlin named new chair of creative writing program
We’re delighted to welcome Alex Ohlin as the new chair of UBC Creative Writing, effective January 1, 2018. Born and raised in Montreal, Ohlin is an internationally renowned writer whose 2012 novel, Inside, was named a best book of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle, Amazon.ca, and iTunes Canada, and a finalist for the […]
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 […]
The Geoffrey & Margaret Andrew Fellowship in Creative & Performing Arts
We’re delighted to invite applications from promising emerging Indigenous writers from Canada for The Geoffrey & Margaret Andrew Fellowship in Creative & Performing Arts. This one-month fellowship includes travel to Vancouver between January-April 2018, accommodation at UBC, and a $5000 award. About 70% of the fellow’s time will be devoted to working on his/her/their projects and the […]
Summer Professional Development Day
During this intensive one-day Professional Development workshop, you’ll take part in four sessions designed to inform, prepare and re-energize your career as a writer. Sessions include insight from Literary Agent Sally Harding, Editor Nina Pronovost and bestselling author Amy Stuart. Open to Creative Writing Students, Alumni and writers from the community. Sunday July 9, 2017 >> […]
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. […]