Celebrate poetry with us this spring
This spring, we’re celebrating the writing, reading and sharing of poetry. We asked some of our alumni, faculty and students to share a piece of their poetry with us. Here are ten excerpts for you to enjoy.
Six books by UBC Arts scholars to read for Black History Month and beyond
February is Black History Month in Canada. Here are six books to read by Black scholars in the Faculty of Arts that explore crucial themes of Black history, identity and resistance. This list includes books from professors Nalo Hopkinson and Whitney French of Creative Writing.
New work by Creative Writing faculty to add to your winter to-do list
This past year, Creative Writing faculty have been prolific. They’ve published adult and young adult fiction, children’s books, and anthologies, and produced plays, podcasts and radio shows that call on us to consider our place in the world.
New publications from Creative Writing faculty expand our ideas on belonging and connection
Over the last year, Creative Writing faculty published fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid works that see the world through collaborative acts of art-making—with family, ancestors and communities, and with illustrators, teachers and screenwriters.
How girls are using social media for positive change: An interview with Creative Writing lecturer Tanya Kyi and her daughter
The online world has real dangers, but girls around the world are using social media to create positive change and practice good digital citizenship. Lecturer Tanya Kyi’s new children’s book, Better Connected, focuses on the less-recognized and positive aspects of the online experiences of girls.
New books from Creative Writing faculty challenge conventional opinions
Over the last year, Creative Writing faculty published books in fiction, nonfiction and poetry that challenge conventional opinions on issues ranging from history to gender and sexuality to family and responsibility.
Michelle Good wins major awards for novel Five Little Indians
We’re pleased to announce that Michelle Good, MFA alum ’14, has won the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Amazon First Novel Award for her novel, Five Little Indians.
Creative Writing MFA student wins inaugural University of Lethbridge Bridge Prize
Congratulations to UBC Creative Writing MFA student Sara de Waal, who is the inaugural winner of the Bridge Prize national short story competition. Her story Cecilia and Richard won the $7,500 first-place award out of a pool of 340 stories submitted to the prize. The most carefully constructed story we received, beautiful deployment of metaphor, especially […]
Tracy Deonn’s novel “Legendborn” to be released September 15th
We are happy to announce that our MFA student Tracy Deonn is releasing a novel in a few weeks! Legendborn publishes on September 15th of this year with Simon and Schuster, and is all things Black Girl Magic. Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy’s YA contemporary fantasy Legendborn offers the dark […]
Michelle Good’s novel “Five Little Indians” to be released next week
We are proud to announce that our MFA Alumna Michelle Good is releasing her novel Five Little Indians on April 14 with HarperCollins Canada. Michelle was the winner of our 2018 HarperCollins UBC prize for Best New Fiction and earned her MFA in Creative Writing while practising law. Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale recently […]