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🎬🍿A retelling of the Arthurian legend, this dark fantasy follows the reckless and headstrong Sir Gawain on a daring quest to confront a mysterious emerald-skinned giant—where surviving the journey means accepting his own execution…

Following the link to save a FREE seat! All are welcomed! Free popcorn and drinks provided!
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🎮 Interested in writing your own video game? Follow the link to learn more about the Professional Certificate in Writing For Video Games. https://creativewriting.ubc.ca/continuing-education-creative-writing/writing-for-video-games/

Congratulations to MFA alum U.M. Agoawike, whose debut novel, Black as Diamond, was recently published by Bindery Books!

The dark fantast follows Asaru, an inhuman winged warrior, on his quest to find his missing brother in the human realm, but he winds up being summoned by Wren, a reckless healer toying with dangerous magic. Inextricably bound, the pair are forced on the run as they try to break a fatal curse—or die trying…

🎮The arrival of Spacewar! in 1962 changed everything about video
game. It was not only the first video game to be played across multiple computer installations, it also captured a golden rule of great game design: interactivity.

What are the other keys in writing for a good video game? Follow the link to learn more about the Professional Certificate in Writing For Video Games. https://creativewriting.ubc.ca/continuing-education-creative-writing/writing-for-video-games/

Did you know that many rom-com screenwriters often skip ahead to the ending early in the outlining process? It’s all part of the genre’s structure.

Master the art and craft that bring your rom-com vision to life with screenwriter and UBC Lecturer Zac Hug.

Follow the link to learn more about our Continuing Education courses. https://creativewriting.ubc.ca/continuing-education-creative-writing/writing-the-romantic-comedy/

🍿 🎬 Join us on a Friday movie night featuring short films by our MFA and BFA students and alumni. We will talk with the filmmakers as we go. No reservations needed, just show up!

Congratulations to MFA alum Brent Van Staalduinen (MFA '15), whose new book, The Peace Thieves, is out now with Thistledown Press.

Asking tough questions about the true costs of war—not only to the citizens of the country where the conflict occurs, but to the people who attempt to help and protect them—The Peace Thieves is about the search for peace during a civil war and through its long, complicated aftermath.

Thirty years after his tour as a peacekeeper in Croatia in 1993, Francis is getting by - though only just - but when Viva arrives in Hamilton searching for the father she never knew, Francis' world tilts, upsetting the burden of his wartime memories…

Congratulations to MFA alum Brent Van Staalduinen (MFA '15), whose new book, The Peace Thieves, is out now with Thistledown Press.

Asking tough questions about the true costs of war—not only to the citizens of the country where the conflict occurs, but to the people who attempt to help and protect them—The Peace Thieves is about the search for peace during a civil war and through its long, complicated aftermath.

Thirty years after his tour as a peacekeeper in Croatia in 1993, Francis is getting by - though only just - but when Viva arrives in Hamilton searching for the father she never knew, Francis' world tilts, upsetting the burden of his wartime memories…

Brent van Staalduinen: Writer Thistledown Press

June is Pride Month! 🌈📚🌈 To celebrate, to elevate, and to embrace one another, we’re highlighting some 2SLGBTQ+ literature to add to your reading list.

These works written and edited by UBC School of Creative Writing Faculty, alumni and students span from essay collections, young adult fiction, historical fantasy, to psychological thriller. Because diverse voices make us stronger together!

🎨 ✏️ Join us for a free comics workshop with professor Sarah Leavitt, just back from the Cannes Festival, where the animation based on her comic Tangles had its world premiere.

This is your chance to experience the teaching approach of our new Continuing Education course, Comics Class for Writers, and ask any questions you have about the full course before enrolling!

In this workshop “Create your comics memoir”, you’ll experiment with shapes, lines, colour, and words, to convey information and emotion in a four-panel bite-sized comic. Don’t worry about whether you “can draw” or not – comics are about much more than that. Beginners welcomed and celebrated; sharing your work is always optional.

📍Follow the registration link and reserve your spot! https://creativewriting.ubc.ca/comics-class-for-writers-workshop/

This spring, 250 first year comics students in professor Sarah Leavitt’s CRWR 208 class wrote and drew comics inspired by Kengo Kurimoto’s Wildful. They picked a location of their choice, made notes, sketched, then explored possible story directions through writing and drawing.

Interested in taking a comics course at UBC? In the newly launched Continuing Education course taught by Sarah, Comics Class for Writers, you’ll learn to use drawing as a way of thinking and improve your storytelling.

Learn more by visiting the UBC Creative Media Writing webpage "Continuing Education".
https://creativewriting.ubc.ca/continuing-education-creative-writing/comics-class-for-writers/