Capilano University Creative Writing

03/04/2026

Interested in joining our Writing + Literature community?

The BA Writing + Literature's next information session is scheduled for March 10, 2026 at 7pm on Zoom! Reach out to [email protected] for the zoom link, or check our Capilano University events page!

This is the first BA program in BC that combines the study of creative writing and literature in one immersive degree. We believe in learning by doing-- edit a literary magazine, find a practicum position in community, and study creative and scholarly approaches to literature with our cutting edge faculty.

Join us at our beautiful North Vancouver campus, and dig into your creative practice!

More information about the program can be found here: https://www.capilanou.ca/programs--courses/program-profiles/bachelor-of-arts-with-a-major-in-writing-and-literature

03/04/2026

Our March visiting writer is now coming to our campus community via ZOOM!

Join us ONLINE Thursday March 12 at 7pm!

Kathryn Mockler is the author five books of poetry, several short films and experimental videos, and the story collection Anecdotes (Book*hug Press, 2023), which was a finalist for the 2024 Trillium Book Award and shortlisted for the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award.

​Her films and experimental videos have screened at over 60 festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Festival, ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, and EMAF, and most recently at the Arizona Underground Film Festival and the REELPoetryHoustonTX Festival.

Mockler is an associate professor in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria where she teaches screenwriting and fiction.

Hope to see you ONLINE for a reading and craft talk!

Reach out to [email protected] for the ZOOM link!

10/29/2025

Please join us for our next Open Text Visiting Writer, Shashi Bhat!

SHASHI BHAT is the author of the story collection Death by a Thousand Cuts (McClelland & Stewart, 2024), which was longlisted for the Giller Prize, the Danuta Gleed Award, the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and other prizes.

She also published The Most Precious Substance on Earth (M&S, Canada, 2021; Grand Central, 2022), which was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award for fiction, and The Family Took Shape (Cormorant, 2013), a finalist for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award.

Shashi holds an MFA from The Johns Hopkins University and a BA from Cornell University. She is editor-in-chief of EVENT magazine and teaches creative writing at Douglas College. Learn more about her work at https://shashibhat.com/

This event will be held Monday Nov. 3 at 1pm in LB322, and will be hosted by .

06/07/2025

Registration for our BA Writing + Literature classes starts July 3. Make your registration plan today, and check out our amazing upper-level courses in creative writing and literature.

Reach out to [email protected] if you have any concerns about registration. We can't wait to see you this fall term!

05/08/2025

Are you the next The Capilano Review summer intern?

The Capilano Review is seeking a CapU student intern with a strong knowledge of and enthusiasm for the literary and/or visual arts, an interest in learning about the publishing sector, and excellent attention to detail. The internship will comprise approximately 25 hours of work, both remote and in-person at the TCR offices (in downtown Vancouver), for which the intern will be paid a flat-rate $500 honorarium at the conclusion of the internship.

The intern will work with The Capilano Review’s editorial team on:
- Updating posts and pages in the website (WordPress)
- Research in the magazine’s online archives
- Proofreading issue and online content
- Research related to editorial practice and accessibility
- Assisting with mailing out issues and letters
- Assisting with in-person events (in July)
- Updating content for e-newsletters

Interested candidates may forward their cover letter and resumé to [email protected] with the subject line “Cap U Internship” for consideration.

03/13/2025

Join us this Thursday March 13 at 4pm in LB322 for our Open Text Visiting Writer Michelle Cyca!

Michelle Cyca is an award-winning journalist and editor from Vancouver, and a member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 6. Her reporting, essays and literary criticism can be found in The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, IndigiNews and The Tyee, among other publications. She is a contributing writer to The Walrus, and received a National Magazine Award in 2024 for her columns. Her Maclean's cover story "The Curious Case of Gina Adams" also received a National Magazine Award in 2023 for investigative journalism.

Michelle teaches reporting in Indigenous communities at the University of British Columbia, and serves as the board chair of tapwêwin media, an Indigenous-led nonprofit organization. Previously, she was the co-publisher of SAD Mag, a National Magazine Award-winning biannual print publication focused on art, design and storytelling from Vancouver.

Join us Thursday for a reading and craft talk from this award-winning writer! 🔥

02/19/2025

Join Capilano Creative Writing for author Selina Boan's Open Text Visiting Writers Event on Monday, February 24, 2025 at 4pm in LIB 322.

Selina will read from their recent work, talk to us about craft, and there will be time to chat and ask questions as well.

Selina Boan is a white settler-nehiyaw (Cree) writer and educator living on the traditional, unceded territories of thexʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-waututh), and sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) peoples. Her debut poetry collection, Undoing Hours won the 2022 Pat Lowther Memorial Award and the Indigenous Voices Award for Published Poetry in English. Her work has been published widely, including The Best Canadian Poetry 2018 and 2020. She is a poetry editor for CV2.

Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions!

02/12/2025

Capilano University's new BA in Writing + Literature is ready to launch! The first program in BC to combine creative writing and literary study in one experiential degree, our new BA is accepting applications now!

Learn literary publishing, teaching techniques, and creative problem-solving with our award-winning faculty. Join us for our small class sizes, affordable tuition and a hands-on program that focuses on professional skills.

Have questions about our new Bachelor of Arts? Reach out to [email protected] or join us for an open house Wed Feb 26 from 5:30-8pm at our North Vancouver campus.

02/10/2025

Follow us on instagram and get to know our *amazing* faculty members!

63 Followers, 94 Following, 25 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from BA Writing Literature ()

11/08/2024

Claim your free ticket now! Next week is the first Faculty Readers edition of the Capilano Creative Writing Open Text Writers Series

featuring Andrea Actis, Leah Bailly, Adèle Barclay, Cara DiGirolamo, Holly Flauto, David Geary, Xioaxuan Huang and Fenn Stewart.

10/18/2024

Capilano University Creative Writing instructor shares her writing process with Bronwen Tate. The article also includes writing prompts for you to try!

The answers to the blanks on the immigration application have burst out of their normal official structures into poems—each one stretching out in a different way.

10/16/2024

https://OpenTextFacultyReading2024.eventbrite.ca

featuring Andrea Actis, Leah Bailly, Adèle Barclay, Cara DiGirolamo, Holly Flauto, David Geary, Xioaxuan Huang and Fenn Stewart.