Literary Arts

Zoe Whittall, award-winning Canadian poet, and novelist Zoe Whittal

Date: Fri, Mar 13 @ 7:30 PM

Kinnear Centre 3rd Floor #301

Spring Writers Retreat Open Readings

Featuring readings by writers in the Spring Writers Retreat and special guest mentor and award-winning Canadian poet, and novelist Zoe Whittal.

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Date: Wed, Jan 22 @ 7:30 PM

Bentley Chamber Music Studio

Winter Writers Retreat Open Readings

Featuring readings by writers in the Winter Writers Retreat and special guest mentor and award-winning Canadian novelist and poet, Gary Barwin.

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Susan Choi | Banff Centre

Autobiography and Fiction with Electric Literature | August 16 | House Program

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Spotlight On: Big Lonely Doug

Banff Centre Spotlight: Big Lonely Doug

Date: Tue, May 07 @ 3:00 PM

Library & Archives

An Afternoon with Derek Beaulieu

A poetic afternoon with Banff Centre's Director of Literary Arts, Derek Beaulieu

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Calgary’s former Poet Laureate Derek Beaulieu named Director of Literary Arts at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

The award winning professor will take up his post on October 15, 2018.

A Sense of Place

For Ayelet Tsabari, writing is a way of processing memory, and for someone who has lead such a peripatetic life, memory is often tied to place.

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity publishes limited edition anthology of Canada’s next fables

Fables for the 21st Century features 11 original short stories edited by best-selling authors Rawi Hage, Lisa Moore, and Madeleine Thien.

Garnette Cadogan on the Power and Privilege of Walking

We spoke with essayist Garnette Cadogan to discuss the politics of walking, who controls public space, and how moving through that space helps to unspool his th

Emma Healey

Emma Healey Sees the World Beneath the World

Emma Healy is a Toronto-based poet and essayist whose second book, "Stereoblind," is a collection of prose poems. We spoke to her about obsession, and the bizar

Billy-Ray Belcourt on Poetry as Protest

Part poet, part theorist, Billy-Ray Belcourt is ceaselessly impressive. Get to know more about him and his work in this Q+A.

Collage of program faculty, Stuart Ross and Canisia Lubrin

Program Dates July 31, 2023 - August 11, 2023

Summer Writers Residency 2023

This is a self-directed program offering time and space for writers to reconnect, and re-energize their practice.

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