ENGL 520: Community Engagement through Literature applications still open for Fall 2023. Apply now!

FALL 2023 CREATIVE WRITING COURSES

ENGL 436.01 Popular Genre Writing (TR 12:30-13:45)
Poetry: Short Forms, with Dr. Anna Veprinska

This course aims to inspire, develop, and refine your own poetic voice alongside your peers.

You don’t have to be in the lab to support the art and science of making books by hand. Support the new Book Arts Lab to help students understand early printed texts and re-imagine the books of the 21st century. youtu.be/e85V-Ld6z0w

Donate today: givingday2023.ucalgary.ca/o/university-o…

Join us for “White feminist supremacy: The impossibility of Black feminist allyship”. A talk by Shirley Anne Tate, Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Feminism and Intersectionality, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, via Zoom on March 17 at 10:30 am.

Please join us for a talk by Jael Ealey Richardson, acclaimed author and founder of @TheFold_ for the 2023 Paget/Hoy Speakers Series, hosted by Dr. Kit Dobson at the Nickle Galleries Gallery Hall on March 1 at 7:30 p.m.

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U of C students, faculty, and community are invited to join us for a talk by Jael Ealey Richardson, acclaimed author and founder of @TheFold_ for the 2023 Paget/Hoy Speakers Series, hosted by Shazia Hafiz Ramji at ST 143 on March 1 at 10 a.m.

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New Spring Course in the Book Arts Lab! arts.ucalgary.ca/news/new-sprin…

Congratulations to Suzette Mayr on this well-deserved achievement and honor.

The Insurgents’ Architects’ (TIA) House Presents: A Talk With Kazim Ali taking place today at 12:00 p.m. at TIA House, Social Sciences Tower 1059. Learn more: ow.ly/xui050Lto46

Big news! HOW TO FAIL AS A POPSTAR is going into production as a series!

More news coming soon but for now: We are looking for male/nb performers 12-15 yrs old, South Asian. Ability to sing a plus.

Contact [email protected] for audition info. Please share <3

Happy #IReadCanadian Day! We've created a Goodreads list of titles by all the 🇨🇦 Writers-in-Residence we've been lucky to host since 1993. Find books by Suzette Mayr, Eden Robinson, Ian Williams, Marcello DiCintio, Jaspreet Singh, Leah Horlick and more🧡 goodreads.com/review/list/15…

We're cheering you on Joshua Whitehead! 🥳

Killam award winner identifies connections between the haunted house and the sick body news.ucalgary.ca/news/killam-aw…

UofC English's Creative Writing Professor Suzette Mayr's sixth novel shortlisted for prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize. Read more to learn about the intensively researched origins of The Sleeping Car Porter:
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Chris dela Torre The Homestretch CBC and Vivek Shraya UofC English discuss VIVEK SHRAYA 🆚's new book, Revenge of the Raccoons (illustrated by Juliana Neufeld). Out now from Owlkids Publishing! cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

TIA House Presents A Talk With Kazim Ali - The Insurgent Architects' House for Creative Writing tiahouse.ca/events/tia-hou… via TIA House UofC

Yesterday was a big day. I had the honour of becoming one of five pre-doctoral Killam Laureates at U of C with the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship ❤️ KillamLaureates U Calgary

Recap from the ‘Scotiabank Giller Prize: An Evening with the Finalists’ featuring English Professor Suzette Mayr, shortlisted for her novel ‘The Sleeping Car Porter’
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TIA House is very excited to announce our first in-person event since 2019.
Our guest speaker will be Kazim Ali. Please join us for this public event, which will take place on Nov 3rd, 12:00pm at TIA House (SS1059)

Hey, Calgary! Kim Fu, Rawi Hage, Tsering Yangzom Lama, and Suzette Mayr will be at Studio Bell on Oct. 19 for Between the Pages. The event will be hosted by Derek Beaulieu. Get your tickets here: bit.ly/3SL8lqa #ScotiabankGillerPrize #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #CanLit