Literary Arts

Covers of Books Recommended by Derek Beaulieu in 2022

Banff Centre Director of Literary Arts and Poet Laureate Derek Beaulieu Shares His ‘Best Books of 2022’

Banff Centre Director of Literary Arts and Poet Laureate Derek Beaulieu
Provides His Recommended ‘Best Books of 2022’

Director of Literary Arts Derek Beaulieu

Director of Literary Arts and Poet Laureate Derek Beaulieu Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal

Director of Literary Arts and Poet Laureate Derek Beaulieu Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal

Derek Beaulieu chosen as Banff Poet Laureate

Banff Centre’s Literary Arts Director, Derek Beaulieu, named Banff Poet Laureate

New Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Announced

The new annual literary prize will be launched in 2022 — awarding $150,000 to a single work of fiction by a woman or non-binary writer.

Writers sitting in a studio with open books.

Literary Arts Program Announcement: 2020-2021

Derek Beaulieu joined Banff Centre in October of 2018 and has focused on bringing new faculty and new opportunities to writers including building new partnershi

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Spotlight On: Big Lonely Doug

Banff Centre Spotlight: Big Lonely Doug

Calgary’s former Poet Laureate Derek Beaulieu named Director of Literary Arts at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

The award winning professor will take up his post on October 15, 2018.

A Sense of Place

For Ayelet Tsabari, writing is a way of processing memory, and for someone who has lead such a peripatetic life, memory is often tied to place.

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity publishes limited edition anthology of Canada’s next fables

Fables for the 21st Century features 11 original short stories edited by best-selling authors Rawi Hage, Lisa Moore, and Madeleine Thien.

Phillip Dwight Morgan

Using Poetry to Speak Truth to Power

Banff Centre Spotlight: Phillip Dwight Morgan

Michael Crummey

This Fellowship Frees Writers From Financial Fight

The Writers' Trust has announced Canadian author and Newfoundland native Michael Crummey as inaugural recipient of $50,000 Fellowship celebrating Canada's 150th

Banff Centre partners with the Scotiabank Giller Prize to celebrate excellence in Canadian literature

Banff Centre is proud to celebrate excellence in Canadian literature by partnering with the Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada’s richest literary award for fiction

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