The Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence
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John Gordon "Jack" McClelland (1922 - 2004) |
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David Chariandy lives in Vancouver and teaches in the department of English at Simon Fraser University. His first novel, entitled Soucouyant, was nominated for the Governor General's Award and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. His second novel, entitled Brother, won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and the Toronto Book Prize. Brother was also named a book of the year by The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Toronto Star, The Montreal Gazette, The New York City Public Library, Kirkus Reviews, Esquire Magazine, and The Guardian; a film adaptation of Brother (directed by Clement Virgo) will be released in fall 2022. His most recent book is a memoir entitled I've Been Meaning To Tell You: A Letter To My Daughter. David's writings have been published internationally and translated into a dozen languages. In 2019, he was awarded Yale University's Windham-Campbell Prize for fiction. David will offer an in-person, non-credit fiction and creative non-fiction workshop at Massey College in the Fall 2022 term on Wednesdays, 4-8 pm. APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS David Chariandy will offer an in-person non-credit fiction and creative non-fiction workshop in the Fall 2022 term in the Round Room at Massey College on Wednesdays, 4-8 pm. The first meeting will be on September 14th. The workshop, which will accommodate no more than 11 participants, is by application only and open to everyone who is currently part of the University of Toronto three-campus community-faculty, students, and staff. If you're interested in taking this workshop, please submit an application following the guidelines below. What to submit: A four-page double-spaced writing sample plus a 200-250 word summary of your writing experience (if any) and current writing project. Please submit these as a single document in Word or pdf format. The attachment should be saved under your name and the program's name (e.g., Last Name_JackMcClelland WIR_2023). No cover letter or note is necessary. How to submit: Please send your writing sample and project summary via your U of Toronto email address; submissions via a different email address will not be accepted or acknowledged. Send your submission to Ms. Tavleen Purewal. The submission email should include the following subject heading: "Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence 2022 Seminar." Deadline for submissions: Midnight, Saturday, July 16. The screening will be done by the writer-in-residence, and results will be announced by mid August. ___________________________________________
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Jack McClelland Writers-in-Residence
2021-22 Souvankham Thammavongsa 2019-20 Susan Swan 2018-19 André Alexis 2017-18 Garry Thomas Morse
2016-17 Sachiko Murakami 2009-10 Michael Redhill 2008-09 Christopher Dewdney 2007-08 David Gilmour 2006-07 Don McKay 2005-06 Camilla Gibb 2004-05 George Fetherling 2003-04 Steven Heighton 2002-03 Albert F. Moritz 2001-02 Kildare Dobbs 2000-01 Austin Clarke 1999-00 Erin Mouré 1998-99 Sarah Ellis 1997-98 Roo Borson 1996-97 Jane Urquhart 1995-96 Tom Wayman 1994-95 Susan Musgrave 1993-94 Tomson Highway Spring 1993 Audrey Thomas 1991-92 Judith Merril 1990-91 Patrick Lane 1989-90 Lorna Crozier 1988-89 Erika Ritter 1987-88 Al Purdy 1986-87 Gwendolyn MacEwen 1985-86 Mary di Michele 1984-85 Leon Rooke 1983-84 Mavis Gallant Spring 1983 Dorothy Livesay Fall 1982 Brian Moore 1981-82 Irving Layton 1980-81 Marian Engel1 979-80 Timothy Findley 1978-79 Dennis Lee 1977-78 Carol Bolt 1976-77 John Newlove 1975-76 Adele Wiseman 1974-75 Fletcher Markle 1973-74 W.O. Mitchell 1972-73 Margaret Atwood Spring 1971 Josef Škvorecký Fall 1970 R.D.C. Finch 1969-70 Margaret Laurence 1968-69 Jack Ludwig 1965-68 Earle Birney |
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