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UBC represents at 2021 Vancouver Writers Festival
September 26, 2021
We’re pleased to participate in the 2021 Vancouver Writers Fest with an exciting event planned on Thursday, October 21. This year’s festival features faculty members and alumni speaking on a variety of issues topical to writers today.
Billy-Ray Belcourt, Tanya Lloyd Kyi, Sarah Leavitt and Lindsay Wong
Now a staple of the Festival, this interactive, unpredictable workshop offers writing tips, tricks, and cues from six members of UBC Creative Writing’s illustrious department. Participants will learn key writing skills in five minutes or less through nimble, electrifying craft and rapid-fire creativity. Try out concepts and ask questions before listening to UBC students share model work. Full of invigorating thought exercises, Night Class explores a wide array of styles and genres, from poetry, song, and screenwriting to comics, nonfiction, and YA. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to gain key insights that will help take your writing to the next level.