Winners and Honourable Mentions 2020-2021 Winners Poetry - Maria Helena Rykov Short Fiction - Suhana Rampersad Screenplay - Abbie Henderson Stage Play - Sara Masciotra-Milstein Honourable Mentions Poetry - Michael Kayser Short Fiction - Daryl Bruce Screenplay - Ivy de Rege-Braga Screenplay - Taylor Levy
Miriam will read from her work and then speak with Karen about "writing, reading, fighting and talking." The event will conclude with an audience Q&A and book signing, and is open to members of the York community and beyond. Learn More Date: April 17, 2023Venue: 2nd Floor, Second Student CentreReception: 7:00 – 7:30 pmLecture: 7:30 […]
7 March 2023 1:00pm - 2:00pm Room Vari Hall 1020 The spectacle of court masques was being translated for the public stage in the time of Shakespeare’s late plays, and a big part of that was the instruments, the dance, and the new heroic style of song which emphasized sort of ‘heightened declamation’, where composers […]
Wednesday, March 8 from 11:30-12:30pm Dr. Derek Beaulieu is the author of twenty-six books of poetry, conceptual fiction, critical writing, as well as over 200 chapbooks and 6 edited volumes. He is also Director of Literary Arts at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Join us via Zoom for a reading and talk on […]
Music of the Shakespearean stage in the Restoration period 15 March 2023 4:00pm - 5:00pm Room SC 203 In a pub in 1667 the theatre impresario Tom Killigrew boasted to the diarist Samuel Pepys that ‘that the stage is now by his pains a thousand times better and more glorious than ever heretofore.’ Along with […]
21 March 2023 via Zoom 2:45pm – 3:15pm Jael Richardson is the best-selling author of Gutter Child, which was shortlisted for the Amazon First Novel Award and was the recipient of a Word Award. Richardson lives in Brampton, Ontario where she serves as the Executive Director for the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD). Join us […]
The music of the Blackfriars' Theatre 27 March 2023 11:30am - 12:30pm Room VC 104 The King’s Men’s use of the more exclusive Blackfriars’ Theatre (where admission prices were up to a whopping 2 shillings!) meant that a more discerning audience was going to demand more sophisticated and ‘court’-eous entertainment that the bloody heads and […]
30 March 2023 4:30pm - 5:30pm Charlene Adhiambo is a Kenyan American writer currently based in Harlem, NY. Her one act play Guardian was read at Saudade Theatre’s Re-Descobrimentos Festival in July 2020. She writes stage plays, screenplays, fiction, and songs. She writes in a space somewhere between Ray Bradbury and Toni Morrison, two of […]
Revolutionary Poetics and Poetic Revolutions: Lillian Allen Discusses Make the World New 15 March 2023 via Zoom 2:30pm-3:30pm Leading Canadian poet and international exponent of dub poetry Lillian Allen is a foremother of Canadian poetry. She is a Juno award winner, lifelong arts activist, cultural strategist, and Professor of Creative Writing at OCAD. An award-winning […]
Starkie Mak is a multi-faceted artist experienced in the realms of visual art, illustration, teaching art, writing, and poetry, as well as having a deep-seated respect for literature. Upon moving from Hong Kong to Toronto in 2018, she was motivated to create a story highlighting notions of trust, courage, and love. She is of the mindset […]