Literary Arts

Collage of program faculty, Sachiko Murakami and Mercedes Eng

Program Dates October 16, 2021 - October 22, 2021

Poetry, Politics, and Embodiment - Fall 2021

This residency offers space to think, talk, and write about poetry and about the "I" and "we" of poems; about confronting inheritance and tradition with the con

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Rainbow over Banff Centre

Program Dates November 29, 2021 - December 06, 2021

Fall Writers Session 2021

The Fall Writers Session is a small-cohort online program that offers writers a chance to learn from each other and faculty, attend exclusive talks, ask questio

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Three faculty members for Emerging Writers 2021

Program Dates August 28, 2021 - September 03, 2021

Emerging Writers Intensive - Online 2021

This 7-day writing workshop is designed for new writers of fiction. The program is for new writers at varying levels of accomplishment, from not-yet-published w

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Writers Jordan Able and Kaie Kellough side by side

Program Dates August 07, 2021 - August 13, 2021

Summer Writers Session 2021 Online

The Summer Writers Session is a small-cohort online program that offers writers a chance to learn from each other and faculty, attend exclusive talks, ask quest

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Writers sitting in a studio with open books.

Literary Arts Program Announcement: 2020-2021

Derek Beaulieu joined Banff Centre in October of 2018 and has focused on bringing new faculty and new opportunities to writers including building new partnershi

Lucas Crawford, award-winning Canadian poet and academic

Date: Fri, Mar 20 @ 7:30 PM

Kinnear Centre 3rd Floor #301

Spring Writers Retreat Open Readings [Cancelled]

Join us for readings by writers in the Spring Writers Retreat and special guest mentor, award-winning Canadian poet, and academic Lucas Crawford.

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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.

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403.762.6100

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107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
PO Box 1020
Banff, Alberta
Canada
T1L 1H5

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