Literary Arts

Meet One of the Greatest Mountaineers of All Time

Reinhold Messner is the most famous mountaineer of all time. Read a convseration about his views on anarchy and obsession, a theological seminary he attended in

What This Adventure Writer and Photographer Takes on Every Trip

Adventurer, writer, and photographer, Bruce Kirkby has spent more than two decades exploring the most remote corners of the planet.

Deepa Mehta in conversation with Ian Brown

How 'Water' Director Deepa Mehta Visualizes a Film in Her Head

There's so much work to be done before Deepa Mehta puts pen to paper.

Salman Rushdie headlines Literary Arts programming

Salman Rushdie, Suketu Mehta, Alexandra Fuller to Headline Literary Arts programming

Literary Arts announces a new slate of residencies and events featuring a prestigious lineup of Canadian and internationally-renowned authors including Salman R

Devyani Saltzman

Author, curator and journalist, Devyani Saltzman, appointed director of Literary Arts at The Banff Centre

An accomplished Canadian author, curator and journalist, Devyani Saltzman has been appointed director of Literary Arts at The Banff Centre, effective December 1

Banff International Literary Translation Centre hosts Book of Negroes author Lawrence Hill

Lawrence Hill, author of the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize-winning novel The Book of Negroes, returns to The Banff Centre as a guest of the Banff International L

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