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SUMMARY:UBC Library Writer-In-Residence Kevin Spenst in Conversation with Betsy Warland
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nJoin poet\, editor\, and writer-in-residence Kevin Spenst 
 in conversation with acclaimed author and editor Betsy Warland as they 
 explore alternative forms of writing\, literary experimentation\, and the 
 evolving relationship between language\, memory\, and place. Drawing from 
 Spenst’s forthcoming work Gathered Together in the Stanley Park Manor: A 
 Collective History (Anvil Press)\, the conversation will examine how 
 personal stories\, archival fragments\, and community voices come together 
 to illuminate the layered histories of shared spaces.\n\nKevin will also 
 discuss his residency at UBC Library\, including his creative practice\, 
 community engagement\, and plans to work with students and writers through 
 workshops and conversations.\n\n\nBetsy Warland (moderator)\n\nAuthor\, 
 editor\, mentor\, and teacher\, Betsy Warland has published 13 books of 
 creative nonfiction and poetry. The second edition of Warland’s 2010 book 
 of essays on writing\, Breathing the Page—Reading the Act of Writing 
 (Cormorant Books)\, came out with ten new essays in 2023. Warland’s 1987 
 book\, serpent (w)rite\, (Coach House Press)\, was likely one of the 
 foreruners of CNF. Along with her BA in Visual Art\, Warland draws upon 
 music composition strategies. In 2022\, a street opera composed by Lloyd 
 Burritt\, based on her 2016 CNF book\, Oscar of Between\, was premiered in 
 Vancouver. Over the past few years\, Warland has been working with 
 Vancouver writers with lived experience of mental health issues. A 
 Westcoast first: Off the Map\, co-edited Seema Shah\, Kate Bird and 
 Warland\, will be published in June\, 2025 by Bell Press. Warland received 
 the City of Vancouver Mayor’s Award for Literary Excellence in 2016. In 
 2021\, an annual national prize\, The VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres 
 Award\, is announced yearly at the Vancouver Writers 
 Festival.\n\n\nLocation: HSBC Hall\, UBC Robson Square (800 Robson St\, 
 Vancouver\, BC V6Z 3B7).  \n\nAdvance registration is not required. Please 
 arrive early\, as seating will be available on a first-come\, first-served 
 basis.
ORGANIZER;CN="Allan Cho":MAILTO:allan.cho@ubc.ca
CATEGORIES:Writer-in-Residence
CONTACT;CN="Allan Cho":MAILTO:allan.cho@ubc.ca
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