Our faculty this summer is no less impressive:

Nino Ricci’s first novel, Lives of the Saints, garnered international acclaim, appearing in seventeen countries and winning a host of awards, including the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction. It formed the first volume of a trilogy that was adapted as a miniseries starring Sophia Loren. Ricci is also the author of Testament, winner of the

Trillium Award, and of The Origin of Species, which earned him his second Governor General’s Literary Award. His most recent novel is Sleep, winner of the Canadian Authors’ Award for Fiction and a national bestseller.

Olive Senior is the author of 17 books of poetry, fiction, non-fiction and children’s literature. Her short story collection Summer Lightning won the inaugural Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and her latest, The Pain Tree, was the recipient of the 2016 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Her poetry book Over the Roofs of the World was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award and Gardening in the Tropics is on the CAPE syllabus for Caribbean schools. Her other work has been longlisted twice for the International Dublin Literary Award, and shortlisted for many other awards, including the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and the Kirkus Prize. She has been on the Humber School for Writers faculty for many years and conducts writing workshops internationally.

Alissa York’s internationally acclaimed novels include Mercy, Effigy (shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize), Fauna and, most recently, The Naturalist. Stories from her short fiction collection, Any Given Power, won the Journey Prize and the Bronwen Wallace Award. Her award-win-ning essays and articles have appeared

in The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, Brick magazine and elsewhere. In 1998, Alissa co-founded Cyclops Press, an independent publishing company specializing in literary multimedia titles. She has been teaching and mentoring writers for a decade. Having lived all over Canada, she now makes her home in Toronto.

Please note: Instructors may be added or substituted.

Nell Freudenberger is the Timothy Findley Visiting Chair in Creative Writing for 2017. Awarded to a faculty member of inter-national reputation, this position honours the memory of the distinguished Canadian author, playwright and School for Writers faculty member who died in 2002. Past chairs include Edward Albee and Tim O’Brien. Nell

is the author of the novels The Newlyweds and The Dissident, and the PEN/Malamud Award-winning story collection Lucky Girls. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award, and a Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Fellowship from the New York Public Library, she was named one of Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists and one of the New Yorker’s 20 Under 40. Her fiction and non-fiction have been published in the New Yorker, Harper’s, The Paris Review and the New York Times. She lives in Brooklyn.

Joseph Kertes was born in Hungary, but escaped with his family to Canada after the revolution of 1956. He founded Humber College’s creative writing and comedy programs. His first novel, Winter Tulips, won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. Boardwalk, his second novel, and two children’s books, The Gift and The Red Corduroy Shirt, met with critical acclaim. His novel Gratitude won a Canadian National Jewish Book Award and the U.S. National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. His latest novel, The Afterlife of Stars, was an Editor’s Choice book by the New York Times Book Review.

Colin McAdam has a PhD in English from Cambridge University. He has mentored writers at the Banff Centre and the University of Guelph-Humber. His first novel, Some Great Thing, won the Amazon/Books in Canada Best First Novel Award, and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Rogers Writers’

Trust Fiction Prize, and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in the U.K. His second novel, Fall, was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and won the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize. A Beautiful Truth, his third novel, won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award.

Workshop in Creative Writing

Since 1992, the School for Writers has offered an immersive, focused workshop

to jump start your creative writing. Mornings are spent in classes with one of Humber’s esteemed writing advisors, and afternoons are devoted to craft and industry talks by faculty, publishing experts and special guests. Whether you’re a beginner or a more experienced writer, there’s something for you in this six-day workshop!

“One of the best programs of its kind in North America.” The Globe and Mail

Early on, the School for Writers distinguished itself as a leading centre for the study of creative writing, and over our 26 years, three hundred-plus alumni have published over a thousand books. Published alumni include Dr. Vincent Lam (Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures), Eva Stachniak (The Chosen Maiden), Roberta Rich (The Midwife of Venice), Cathy Marie Buchanan (The Painted Girls), and Robert Rotenberg (The Guilty Plea), among many others. Several have been nominated for literary awards, and some have gone on to win. Alumna Shari Lapeña’s thriller (The Couple Next Door) recently sold in over twenty countries.

The workshop consists of a Sunday afternoon reception, five weekday classes from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., a lunch break, and afternoon lectures. Some evening events are also scheduled.

Authors who have taught in the program: Elizabeth Abbott, Edward Albee, Jami Attenberg, Martin Amis, Margaret Atwood, Joan Barfoot, Kevin Barry, Richard Bausch, Ann Beattie, Jonathan Bennett, Constance Beresford-Howe, David Bergen, Michelle Berry, David Bezmozgis, Sandra Birdsell, Neil Bissoondath, H.S. Bhabra, Francesca Lia Block, Giles Blunt, Dennis Bock, Joseph Boyden, Dionne Brand, Bonnie Burnard, Catherine Bush, Barry Callaghan, Stevie Cameron, Peter Carey, Hayden Carruth, Wayson Choy, Eliza Clark, Trevor Cole, Karen Connelly, Douglas Cooper, Sally Cooper, Carole Corbeil, Michael Coren, Alan Cumyn, Robyn Davidson, Lauren B. Davis, Anthony De Sa, David Donnell, Roddy Doyle, Elizabeth Duncan, Esi Edugyan, Marina Endicott, Howard Engel, Timothy Findley, Richard Ford, Cecil Foster, Nell Freudenberger, Bruce Jay Friedman, Mary Gaitskill, Mavis Gallant, Camilla Gibb, Graeme Gibson, Julia Glass, Samantha Harvey, Elisabeth Harvor, Michael Helm, Aleksandar Hemon, Lawrence Hill, Miranda Hill, Nalo Hopkinson, Isabel Huggan, Helen Humphreys, Ha Jin, Diane Keating, Joseph Kertes, Janice Kulyk Keefer, Tribly Kent, Hari Kunzru, Rachel Kushner, Shaena Lambert, Carole Langille, Andrea Levy, Mark Leyner, Ashley Little, Annabel Lyon, Jake MacDonald, Kyo Maclear, Alistair MacLeod, Rabindranath Maharaj, Valerie Martin, John Bentley Mays, Colin McAdam, John Metcalf, Anne Michaels, David Mitchell, Christopher Moore, Lisa Moore, Kim Moritsugu, Donna Morrissey, Sylvia Mulholland, Dan Needles, Howard Norman, Tim O’Brien, Caryl Phillips, Alison Pick, Bruce Powe, Francine Prose, Paul Quarrington, Michael Redhill, David Adams Richards, Nino Ricci, Daniel Richler, Mordecai Richler, Robert Rotenberg, Elizabeth Ruth, Robert J. Sawyer, Richard Scarsbrook, Richard Scrimger, Diane Schoemperlen, Shyam Selvadurai, Olive Senior, Sarah Sheard, Carol Shields, Antanas Sileika, Joseph Skibell, Johanna Skibsrud, Marsha Skrypuch, Linda Spalding, Josef Skvorecky, Susan Swan, D.M. Thomas, Miriam Toews Barry Unsworth, Jane Urquhart, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Erika de Vasconcelos, M.G. Vassanji, Marianne Wiggins, Frieda Wishinsky, Meg Wolitzer, Eric Wright, Richard B. Wright, Tim Wynne-Jones, Alissa York

FACULTY

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Sunday, July 9 – Friday, July 14, 2017

The School for Writers returns home!

“Humber made all the difference. After five years of writing my first novel, Old City Hall, I was halfway through and I was stuck. Fortunately, I got into the Humber Summer Workshop where I spent seven extraordinary days studying with David Bezmozgis. I then took the six-month Correspondence Program with Michelle Berry. Great writers. Wonderful teachers. In 2009, Old City Hall was published in Canada and 20 other countries, and translated into nine foreign languages.”

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Globe & Mail Bestselling Author, Old City Hall

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THE SCHOOL FOR WRITERS WORKSHOP IN CREATIVE WRITING

SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarship applicants will automatically be considered for all available scholarships. To apply for these, please state your wish to apply promi-nently in your cover letter and check the box on the registration form. Because competition for scholarships is keen, applicants must provide:

• a statement explaining their financial situation and that of any partner• some proof of need, such as the last page of a tax return or a statement of student debt

The scholarship amount, if awarded, will be paid by cheque after the workshop. Scholarships include:• The Kobzar Writer’s Scholarship ($849) • The Wayson Choy Scholarship ($849) *• The Jean-Marc Iammatteo Scholarship ($500) *• The James Appel Scholarship ($600 x 2)• The Avie Bennett Scholarship ($500 x 4)

*The Wayson Choy and Jean-Marc Iammatteo scholarships are aimed at specific groups. For details, visit our web page.

The Kobzar Writer’s Scholarship is offered to a Canadian writer whose narrative develops with a Canadian Ukrainian theme.

Late applicants may find that scholarship funds have been exhausted. Scholarship cheques, if awarded, will be sent some weeks after the workshop is over.

HOW TO APPLY

By email

You MUST include• a cover letter describing yourself and your

writing project • the Registration Form (or equivalent infor-

mation on a separate page) • no more than 15 pages of an excerpt from

your novel, work of non-fiction, short story, or poetry for assessment. If you are accepted, this copy will be forwarded to your instructor and used in the classroom.

Please make sure that pages are numbered, double-spaced in 12-point font, and that your name appears on each page.

Email your completed application (.doc or .pdf attachments only) by June 2, 2017 to hilary.higgins@humber.ca. Once your manuscript has been evaluated and you have been accepted into the workshop, you will be contacted with registration details.

For application inquiries, please contact either

• Hilary Higgins at 416-675-6622, ext. 3449 OR hilary.higgins@humber.ca

• Jennifer Gordon at 416-675-6622, ext. 3445 OR jennifer.gordon@humber.ca

David Bezmozgis, a writer and film-maker, is the incoming director of the Humber School for Writers. He is the author of Natasha and Other Stories, The Free World and The Betrayers. His writing has appeared in many publications, including The New Yorker, Harper’s, Zoetrope All-Story, and Best American Short Stories. He has been twice nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Literary Award and has received the Amazon.ca First Novel Award among other prizes. In 2010, he was one of the New Yorker’s 20 Under 40. David has written and directed two feature films, Victoria Day and Natasha, each nominated in the writing category at the Canadian Screen Awards. Most recently, David was on the writing staff of the television series Orphan Black.

Jennifer Gordon is the business manager of the School of Creative and Performing Arts. An advocate for sustainable growth in the Canadian arts and cultural sectors, Jennifer has held roles in business development and training, arts administration, and consulting. She previously served as the administrative director for the Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP).

Hilary Higgins is the program assistant to the Humber School for Writers, where she has managed submissions and inqui-ries for the last 17 years. She has extensive experience at Humber College, having previously assisted both the Theatre Performance and Travel & Tourism programs.

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Check appropriate selection and payment:

By June 2, 2017 (All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars)

Course No Class Code Fee

CRWR 101 303 $849 + HST

After June 2, 2017

Course No. Class Code Fee

CRWR 101 313 $919 + HST

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REGISTRATION FORM

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ASSESSMENT AND PLACEMENT

We will take into serious consideration your preference of instructor when deciding your placement. A committee will make all placement decisions and these decisions are final.

RESIDENCY OPTION

On-campus rooms are available through Humber’s Conference Services department. Please visit their website for details and rates: humber.ca/conference/lakeshore-campus- accommodations

TALK TO US IN PERSON!

In 2017, the Humber School for Writers will be at

• Word on the Street (Toronto, Halifax, Vancouver)