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New Rogers Communications Chair of Literary Journalism Announced

Award-winning author Charlotte Gill is the new Rogers Communications Chair of Literary Journalism at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
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Arts, Culture, and Digital Transformation Summit | Banff Centre

Final Speakers List Announced: Re-imagining the place of the artist in a digital world

The speakers list for Banff Centre’s groundbreaking Arts, Culture and Digital Transformation Summit has been finalized.
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Banff Centre’s 2020 Music Programming Announced

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s full line-up of 2020 residency programs in music has been released.
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Piano to Zanskar wins Grand Prize in the 2019 Banff Mountain Film Competition

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is thrilled to announce Piano to Zanskar as winner of the Grand Prize in the 2019 Banff Mountain Film Competition.
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Down From The Mountain by Bryce Andrews

Down from the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear by Bryce Andrews takes the Grand Prize in the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is pleased to announce Down from the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear by Bryce Andrews as Grand Prize winner of the 2019 Banff Mountain Book...
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Literary Arts

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 partnerships, expanding international connections...
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2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition category award winners

Banff Mountain Book Competition announces 2019 category award winners

Banff Mountain Book Competition unveils category award winners set to compete for the Book Competition’s Grand Prize on October 31 at this year’s Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival.
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Banff Mountain Film Competition announces 2019 Film Finalists

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is excited to announce that 100 films have been chosen as finalists in the Banff Mountain Film Competition.
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Reinhold Messner to attend 2019 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is excited to announce mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner will be attending the 2019 Festival.
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David Smart

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Competition announces 2019 Summit of Excellence Award winner, influential rock climber and writer David Smart

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is proud to announce David Smart as the recipient of the 2019 Summit of Excellence Award, which recognizes an outstanding individual who has made a...
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Opera Programs

Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) teams up with Banff Centre for its first ever national tour of LA BOHÈME!

AtG celebrates its landmark 10th anniversary season by uprooting opera from the opera house and staging it at bars across Canada— ending with the first staged opera in the Yukon in over 100 years
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2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition

2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition Long List announced

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is pleased to announce the long list of category finalists for Banff Mountain Book Competition.
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