SFU English - Writer in Residence

10/20/2025

Happening this Thursday: Off the Shelf Poetry Reading Series, featuring D. M. Bradford and Rahat Kurd at the SFU Belzberg Library!
Doors: 6:30 PM
Event: 7-9 PM
This is a free event and no RSVP is required. Just come and enjoy some amazing poetry!
Learn more.
https://events.sfu.ca/event/46262-1

10/08/2025

10/07/2025

Check out our writer-in-residence, D. M. Bradford at the Off the Shelf Poetry Reading Series!

Enjoy enlightening poetry by D. M. Bradford and Rahat Kurd on Thursday, October 23rd at the SFU Belzberg Library. Doors open at 6:30 PM and the event starts at 7 PM. This is a free event and no RSVP is required.
Learn more: https://events.sfu.ca/event/46262-1

10/01/2025

Today is the last day to register for the launch of D. M. Bradford's residency!
Enjoy poetry and light refreshments at Harbour Centre campus (1400-1410) tomorrow.
Doors 6:15 PM; event begins at 7 PM. Free - all are welcome!
Learn more/RSVP.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1579286591709?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/25/2025

Today, through a series of conversations, we’re exploring the notion of what it means to have a relationship to land, to be or not be of a place (in other words, to belong or not) and how the intrinsic tensions in all that may be metabolized through the practice of art, and more importantly, that ...

09/24/2025

Just over a week to go until our writer-in-residence launch event!
Join us on Thursday, October 2nd at SFU’s Harbour Centre campus for an evening of powerful poetry from D. M. Bradford, introduced by our very own Professor Cornel Bogle.

Enjoy delicious food, meaningful conversation, and a vibrant literary atmosphere at our welcoming reception.

Learn more and RSVP today!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1579286591709?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/15/2025

Learn more about D. M. Bradford, SFU English's 2025 writer-in-residence, in this new feature story. Darby discusses their writing consultations, poetry collections, and plans for the October 2nd launch event.

https://www.sfu.ca/english/news-events/news/2025/poet-and-translator-d--m--bradford-to-launch-2025-sfu-writer-in-.html

09/08/2025

Please join SFU English for the launch of D. M. Bradford's residency. Enjoy poetry and light refreshments at Harbour Centre campus (1400-1410).
Doors 6:15 PM; event begins at 7 PM. Free - all are welcome!

Learn more/RSVP.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1579286591709?aff=oddtdtcreator

07/29/2025

SFU English is pleased to announce that the 2025 Ellen & Warren Tallman writer-in-residence will be D.M. Bradford! SFU students and the public may begin booking writing consultations with D.M. Bradford in September.
Learn more on our website.
https://www.sfu.ca/english/writer-in-residence.html

07/11/2025

Festival Reading List October 20–26, 2025 The Reading List represents over 115 authors who will be joining us at our flagship Festival, taking place this year from October 20–26 (along with some extraordinary fall Special Events). Granville Island will transform into Vancouver’s biggest book c...