Literary Arts

Kyo Maclear. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Date: Thu, May 22 @ 7:00 PM
CLVB '33

Literary Journalism Readings - Chapter 3

Author Kyo Maclear, Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, will host and read alongside writers from the Literary Journalism Residency.
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Taras Grascoe. Photo by Katia Taylor.
Date: Tue, May 20 @ 7:00 PM
CLVB '33

Literary Journalism Readings - Chapter 2

Hosted by the award-winning author of eight nonfiction books, Taras Grescoe, who will read alongside writers from the Literary Journalism Residency.
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Sarah Berman. Photo by Michael Benz.
Date: Thu, May 15 @ 7:00 PM
CLVB '33

Literary Journalism Readings - Chapter 1

Journalist Sarah Berman, shortlisted for multiple awards for Don't Call It a Cult, will host and read alongside writers from the Literary Journalism Residency.
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Casey Plett

Celebrating Five Decades of Literary Arts at Banff Centre

This 50th anniversary milestone represents an opportunity to look back on five decades of exceptional Canadian and international writing.
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Winter Writers Faculty Danez Smith and Omar El Akkad
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Winter Writers Residency 2025

A self-directed program that offers time and space for writers to retreat, reconnect, and re-energize their practice.
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Writers sitting in a studio with open books.
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Mountain Writers Intensive 2024

This program offers writers the opportunity to work on mountain, landscape or environmental writing projects, under the guidance of two celebrated faculty.
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Shane Hawk, Jessica Johns, Cherie Dimaline
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Horror Writing 2025

Banff Centre’s Horror Writing Residency assists writers of this popular and chilling form focus on their craft.
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Program faculty Catriona Strang, Douglas Kearney, and Eric Sneathen
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Summer Writers 2025

This self-directed program offers writers time and space to reconnect and re-energize their practice.
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Ai Jiang, Premee Mohamed, Amal El-Mohtar
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Science Fiction 2025

This residency supports science fiction writers exploring potential futures, perspectives, and narratives.
Application Deadline
April 16, 2025
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Bishakh Som, Matt Madden, and Tom Hart
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Comics and Graphic Novels 2025

The Comics and Graphic Novels residency considers how creatives use this unique media as a place for personal narrative, memoir, and exploration.
Application Deadline
May 21, 2025
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Jen Ferguson, Tanya Boteju and Jordan Scott
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Early Career Writers of Young Adult and Children's Books 2025

New writers of young adult and children's books will expand upon their practice in this 12-day, self-directed residency.
Application Deadline
June 04, 2025
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Deep Winter Writers faculty Holly Pester, Nasser Hussain, and Divya Victor
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Deep Winter Writers 2026

Deep Winter Writers Residency is a self-directed program that offers time and space for writers to retreat, reconnect, and re-energize their writing practice.
Application Deadline
August 20, 2025
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