Wednesday, July 10, 2024 11:30am-2:30pm SLH 107 Lutenist John Edwards is the Artistic Director of The Musicians In Ordinary, which explores the repertoire of the Renaissance and Baroque. John will give a lecture and demonstration, accompanied by singer Rachel Tomasic, on the Music of Shakespeare, to be performed on period instruments.
Tamara Faith Berger writes fiction and screenplays. She is the author of the novels Maidenhead (winner of The Believer Book Award), Little Cat, Kuntalini, Queen Solomon and most recently, Yara. She lives and works in Toronto. How close can a writer be to their reader? A discussion about language, voice and sexuality in literature, questioning […]
Emma Healey is a writer from Toronto. Her most recent book, Best Young Woman Job Book: A Memoir, was published by Random House Canada in 2022. It was named a best book of the year by the Globe and Mail and Wired Magazine as well as CBC Radio's Q. It was also shortlisted for the […]
Plus a conversation with Deepa Mehta & Shyam Selvadurai Date: December 7, 2023Format: in-person ONLYVenue: Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre Reception at CIBC Lobby: 6:30 – 7:00 p.m.Main Event: Film Screening + Q&A: 7:00 – 9:20 p.m.
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 1:00pm-2:30pm Vanier College, Room 119 Derek McCormack will speak to the AP/CWR 4610: Senior Prose Workshop about queer experimental fiction, art writing, fashion, and independent publishing. This talk will include a short reading by Derek but will mostly comprise a free-flowing Q&A. Derek McCormack is the author of twelve works of […]
Date: Wednesday September 13, 2023Time: 1:30pmLocation: McLaughlin College, 014 Shyam will read from his new novel, Mansions of the Moon, and will also be available for questions from the audience about his work and his residency. Shyam Selvadurai Shyam Selvadurai is the author of Funny Boy, Cinnamon Gardens, Swimming in the Monsoon Sea, a novel for young adults, and The […]
Wendy McGrath is a poet, writer, and visual artist living in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton) on Treaty 6 Territory. McGrath’s writing practice embraces multiple genres—fiction, poetry, spoken word, and creative non-fiction. McGrath describes her writing as “Prairie Gothic” and gives voice to working class stories. McGrath holds a Master's Degree in English from York University and a Bachelor […]
Patricia Keeney, a long-time professor of creative writing at York University, has had her fourth bilingual volume of poetry published in France. The author of 10 books of poetry in English, this is Keeney’s eighth volume in another language. Keeney has also taught English and humanities at York for some 40 years. Selected and translated by […]
Call for submissions: President's Prizes in Creative Writing Competition Get writing. The President’s Prizes in Creative Writing Competition are looking for original pieces in one or all of the following genres: poetry, short fiction, screenplay and stageplay. The contest is open to all full or part-time York University undergraduate students at the Keele and Glendon […]
Shyam Selvadurai in conversation with Larissa Lai and Janika Oza Wednesday, October 25 | 1:30 P.M.McLaughlin College 014 Shyam Selvadurai Author of Funny Boy, Cinnamon Gardens, Swimming in the Monsoon Sea, The Hungry Ghosts and Mansion of the Moon. Janika Oza Author of the national bestseller, A History of Burning. Larissa Lai Author of nine […]