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Canadian Writers in Person series features CanLit talent

Canadian Writers in Person series features CanLit talent

Canadian Writers in Person Series 2017-18 PosterThis fall will be a real page turner for those interested in CanLit. On select Tuesday evenings throughout the 2017-18 academic year, York University’s celebrated Canadian Writers in Person series presents 11 established and new writers presenting readings from their published work.

“We have a terrific lineup of authors for 2017-18,” says Professor Gail Vanstone, coordinator of the Culture & Expression Program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. Vanstone noted that since compiling the list, one of this year’s featured writers, Jordan Abel, won the Griffin Poetry prize.

The iconic Canadian Writers in Person series poster, designed exclusively for Canadian Writers in Person was created by Erik Morin, a Vancouver-based graphic artist. “Erik Morin is the graphic artist behind the brilliant series of pencil posters, the pencil reminds us of the human creative endeavour of writing,” notes Vanstone. “Erik designed the first poster for the 2005-06, featuring a pencil emerging from a beaver’s den and has been designing them ever since.”

All readings are free and open to the public and take place on select Tuesdays, from 7 to 10pm in 206 Accolade West Building. Read full article