💡In this practical learning interview, learn how Lecturer Sheryda Warrener encourages UBC School of Creative Writing students to engage with local artists and apply techniques from other art mediums to writing: isit.arts.ubc.ca/news/exploring…

Tonight! Green College is hosting poet Joyelle McSweeney from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm in the Coach House. Joyelle will read from her book Death Styles. The event will also be live-streamed. Free! Learn more: greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/event/…

Join us for an evening with Chase Joynt in the inaugural event of Truth and Imagination: A Green College Leading Scholars Series with Chase Joynt and Alex Marzano-Lesnevich in conversation. November 26 from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm. Register: greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/event/… @GreenCollegeUBC

We’re thrilled to announce that Joshua Whitehead will be with us for a two-week residency in JAN! Please join us for a reading and reception on JAN 13 at UBC Vancouver to welcome Joshua. Hosted by Billy-Ray Belcourt. Everyone is welcome. RSVP: UBC Faculty of Arts creativewriting.ubc.ca/events/event/r…

We’re thrilled to announce our online continuing education course, Writing the Romantic Comedy, taught by experienced screenwriter Zac Hug. The course is asynchronous & not graded! And we're offering a discount to launch the course: save 15% until DEC 31. creativewriting.ubc.ca/continuing-edu…

Mark your calendars! The Bryan Wade Brave New Play Rites Festival (BNPR) is scheduled from March 11 to March 15, 2025 at 7:00 pm in the Dorothy Somerset Studio at UBC Vancouver. Tickets go on sale in February 2025. Learn more: bravenewplayrites.com Brave New Play Rites UBC Faculty of Arts

Time is ticking on the opportunity to receive a holiday discount on our new online courses in Writing the Romantic Comedy, taught by experienced screenwriter Zac Hug. Join us for the first course on JAN 13. Save 15% until DEC 31, 2024. Details: creativewriting.ubc.ca/continuing-edu… UBC Faculty of Arts

We’re thrilled to welcome Joshua Whitehead as writer in residence next week! Join us for two free events. First is a reading on JAN 13 in the Dodson Room with Joshua. Second is an online panel discussion on joy in Indigenous literatures on JAN 20. RSVP: creativewriting.ubc.ca/news/writer-in…

Writers Joshua Whitehead (Oji-Cree), Tenille Campbell (Dene/Métis) & Kaitlyn Purcell (Dënésułıné) will read from their recent work & discuss the role of joy in Indigenous literatures with us on JAN 20 at 2:00 pm on Zoom. Join us for this free event! RSVP: creativewriting.ubc.ca/events/event/o…

The application period for 2025/26 entry into our BFA program is now open. Submit your application by February 28. Questions? We have a helpful information video along with application guidelines to help explain the process: creativewriting.ubc.ca/undergraduate/…

Professor Timothy Taylor has produced a six-part documentary podcast called “The Hidden Holocaust Papers.” The first episode will air on January 27 wherever listeners access their podcasts. Use the QR code below to listen to a preview!

A UBC School of Creative Writing professor uncovers his family’s hidden wartime history through his grandfather's diaries and letters, to be preserved with help from the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre and UBC Library. Read more about how this history is being preserved: bit.ly/4hu88no

The application period for 2025/26 entry into our BFA program is open until February 28. Questions? We have a helpful information video along with application guidelines to help explain the process: creativewriting.ubc.ca/undergraduate/…. Let us know if you need assistance!

📰 From discussions about the state of Canadian and U.S. politics to the media’s representation of trans characters, check out where Arts faculty members were featured in media this past month! Read more of our Arts faculty's commentary in the media ⬇ arts.ubc.ca/news/arts-in-t…

Join us for a special event with poets Mita Mahato & Lara Mimosa Montes on February 10 at 11:00 am on Zoom. They will share practical & poetic strategies from their own writing lives to help bring encouragement to all writers. Learn more: creativewriting.ubc.ca/events/event/a…

Meet our new faculty members! We're excited to welcome Ray Clark, Whitney French, Jennifer Moss, Jules Arita Koostachin (Attawapiskat), Jasmine Sealy and Selina Boan. Read more to learn what they are teaching, reading and their advice for students. creativewriting.ubc.ca/news/new-facul…

With Valentine’s Day approaching, romance is in the air—and on the page. Screenwriter Zac Hug has built a career crafting rom-coms. We spoke with him about his work with Hallmark and how he’s helping aspiring writers with a new online course. UBC Faculty of Arts creativewriting.ubc.ca/news/zac-hug-r…

Join us in-person for this talk with UBC Library Writer-in-Residence Tsering Yangzom Lama on February 26. Register here: libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3844028

The Scripted Media Career Accelerator is hosting another Meet the Makers roundtable event in March. This event is open to our BFA and MFA alumni who have graduated in the last five years. The deadline to apply to participate is on Monday, February 24. crwr.air.arts.ubc.ca/forms/meet-the….