Kyo Maclear, photo courtesy of the artist.
Hosted by Kyo Maclear
Join us for an engaging evening of storytelling at Literary Cabaret, part of the Literary Journalism residency at Banff Centre. Across three nights, explore captivating readings from participants and faculty mentors.
This chapter is hosted by Kyo Maclear, an essayist, novelist, and children’s author. Her nonfiction books include the hybrid memoir Birds Art Life (2017)—a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction and winner of the Trillium Book Award—and Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets (2023), winner of the Governor General’s Award for nonfiction. Her work has appeared in Orion Magazine, Brick, Border Crossings, The Millions, LitHub, The Volta, Prefix Photo, Resilience, The Guardian, Lion’s Roar, Azure, The Globe and Mail, and elsewhere.
Enjoy a drink from the bar, browse a curated selection of books at Pages Books, and immerse yourself in the vibrant literary atmosphere. Doors open at 6:15 p.m., with readings starting at 7:00 p.m. Afterward, mingle with the writers and faculty until 9:30 p.m. Don’t miss this chance to experience the future of literary journalism.
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Kyo Maclear
Dr. Kyo Maclear is an essayist, editor, novelist and children’s author. Her books have been translated into eighteen languages, published in over twenty-five countries, and garnered nominations from the Writers’ Trust Hilary Weston Prize for Nonfiction, the Governor General’s Literary Awards, the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, the Amazon.ca First Novel Award, and the National Magazine Awards. Her nonfiction books include the hybrid memoir Birds Art Life (2017), winner of the Trillium Book Award, and Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets (2023). She holds a doctorate in Environmental Humanities and teaches writing at the University of Guelph Creative Writing MFA and Humber School for Writers. She is an editor-at-large with Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada where she curates a collection called CRAFT.