Helen Humphreys

A masterclass with Helen Humphreys (Kingston)

Writers Read presents a masterclass with Helen Humphreys (Students only)
Friday March 20, 2 – 3 pm
Room LB 646, Department of English
LB Building, Concordia University
Please note: All students are welcome and are required to register.
Limited to 30 seats.

Helen Humphreys is the award-winning author of eight novels, four
works of creative non- fiction, and four books of poetry. Her writing
has been published internationally and optioned for film, theatre,
opera, and television. She lives and writes in Kingston, Ontario.

TO REGISTER: Visit sign-up sheet outside Sina Queyras’ office,
S-LB 674-02. Please include your name, email address & status
(department, undergraduate, or graduate.)

 

André Alexis Masterclass & Reading

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Creative Writing students can sign up on Sina Queyras’ door LB 674.2 or email writersreadconcordia@gmail.com. Space is limited.

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Alexis will also be giving a reading at Librarie Drawn and Quarterly (211 Rue Beranrd Ouest) on Friday January 15th at 7pm.

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Alexis’ debut novelChildhood (1997), won the Books in Canada First Novel Award, and was a co-winner of the Trillium Award. His most recent novel, Fifteen Dogs, won the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize and Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for theToronto Book Awards.”

Joseph Boyden Master Class

We had a full house for Joseph Boyden and what student’s described as an enthusiastic pep talk about the writing process and life. All photographs courtesy of Concordia University. Our next master class is with Lynn Coady on Friday March 13th. Look for news of our master class with Robert Hass & Brenda Hillman, as well as Jonathan Goldstein the last week of March.

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Joseph Boyden and Kate Sternes with a creative writing student.

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