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Situated in both the and the D茅partement des litt茅ratures de langue fran莽aise, de traduction et de cr茅ation听(DLTC) within the Faculty of Arts, the Mordecai Richler Writer-in-Residence Program is designed to host one accomplished writer per academic year. Writers selected for the prestigious writer-in-residence position are expected to give public lectures and readings, meet with and help to develop students鈥� writing; organize workshops, and generally participate in the creative and intellectual life of the departments and the Faculty.

This year鈥檚 Mordecai Richler Writer-in-Residence is acclaimed Montreal-based author Heather O鈥橬eill. Heather O鈥橬eill is the author of six books, including Lullabies for Little Criminals, The Lonely Hearts Hotel, and When We Lost Our Heads. She has been awarded the Canada Reads Prize, the Danuta Gleed Award, The Writer's Trust Fellowship, and the Hugh Mclennan Prize for Fiction. Her fiction has been nominated for the Giller Prize twice and the Women's Prize for Fiction three times. She is also an award-winning essayist who has written for The Guardian, The New York Times Magazine, The Globe and Mail, and The Walrus.

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While in residence in the Department of English, Heather O鈥橬eill held a Creative Writing Workshop with students and participated in a conference devoted to Life Writing.

Events

• Creative Writing Workshop
  Friday, February 16, 11:30-14:30
  Tuesday, February 27, 15:00-17:00
  3475 Peel, Rm. 204
  
  A two-part creative writing workshop run by Heather O鈥橬eill for interested undergraduates and graduate students. Students engaged in writing exercises, workshoped one another鈥檚 submitted writing, and consulted one-on-one with the Writer about their submitted work.
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• Life Writing Conference
  February 28, 17:45-20:00
  Faculty Club
  3450 McTavish Street
  
  Heather O'Neill in conversation with Professors Alexander Manshel, Ara Osterweil, and lecturer Kasia Van Schaik. Each speaker read from autobiographical works in progress followed by a discussion and a Q&A.

听co-founders听Ashley Fortier听and听Oliver Fugler听will be in residence January through March, 2023. Metonymy Press is based in听Tio鈥檛ia:ke (Montreal), unceded Kanien鈥檏eh谩:ka (Mohawk) territory. They publish literary fiction and nonfiction by emerging writers in the hope of reducing barriers to publishing for authors whose perspectives are underrepresented. They produce quality materials relevant to queer, feminist, and social justice communities.听Throughout the season, Metonymy authors and editors will be holding events on small press publishing, the Canadian literary scene and more, and they will showcase their own work through readings and events. They will also hold office hours to engage in conversations on publishing, writing and more.听

Events:

• January 18 - Roundtable听on small press publishing in Canada featuring听Oliver Fugler听and听Ashley Fortier听of Metonymy Press,听David Bradford听of House House Press,听Eloisa Aquino听of B&D Press, and听Ashley听Opheim听of Metatron Press. Moderated by English PhD student听Jay Ritchie. The event will be live streamed and live captioned. Arts 160, 12-1:30 pm.听
• January 24 -听In conversation听between听Felix Chau Bradley听and Metonymy author听Markus Harwood-Jones听about editorial relationships. Felix is currently editing Markus's forthcoming YA novel,听The Haunting of Adrian Yates. The event will be live streamed and live captioned. Arts 160, 5-6 pm.
• February 6 - Metonymy author showcase and cabaret, hosted by Erin Hurley (English). This event features readings from听writer-in-residence听H. Felix Chau Bradley,听Kama La Mackerel, and听Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch, and participation of Metonymy authors听Addie Tsai,听Shanice Nicole, and more. The readings will be followed by a wine and cheese reception. The event will be live streamed and live captioned. Leacock 232, 5-7 pm
• February 20 - A translation conversation听between听Val茅rie Bah,听Kama La Mackerel, and听St茅phane Martelly,听moderated by听Alanna Thain听(English) and听Catherine Leclerc听(D茅partement des litt茅ratures de langue fran莽aise, de traduction et de creation) about translation in the context of Bah鈥檚 novel听Les听Enrag.茅.es听/听The Rage Letters. The conversation will focus on translating within and across queer, trans, Black, multilingual and diaspora communities. Co-sponsored by D茅partement des litt茅ratures de langue fran莽aise, de traduction et de creation and Centre de recherches interdisciplinaires en 茅tudes montr茅alaises. The event will be live streamed and live captioned. Leacock 232, 6-8 pm.
• March 29 - A discussion听featuring co-editors of the upcoming听queer and trans Arab anthology听El Ghourabaa听鈥斕鼸li Tareq听and听Samia Marshy听鈥� and听El Ghourabaa听contributor Leila Marshy. El Bechelany-Lynch and S. Marshy will discuss the process of choosing pieces for the anthology, working with so many authors at once, and their vision for this anthology. L. Marshy will join them to discuss the collaborative editorial experience. The discussion will be moderated by Sabrina Attar. Arts Building, Room 160, 4-5 pm

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Poet Liz Howard鈥檚 debut collection of work, Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent (McClelland & Stewart, 2015), was shortlisted for the 2015 Governor General鈥檚 Award for Poetry and won the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize. Her most recent collection, Letters in a Bruised Cosmos (McClelland & Stewart, 2021), has garnered critical acclaim and is shortlisted for the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize. Her poetry has appeared in Canadian Art, The Fiddlehead, Poetry Magazine, and Best Canadian Poetry 2018. She is one of the jurors for 不良研究所鈥檚 2022 Montreal International Poetry Prize. Howard received an Honours Bachelor of Science with High Distinction from the University of Toronto, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. She is of mixed settler and Anishinaabe heritage.

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Experimental nonfiction filmmaker, screenwriter, playwright, and poet听Alison McAlpine听is the author of 2018 poetic nonfiction film听Cielo, about star gazing in Chile's Atacama Desert. Her first movie,听Second Sight听(2008), an award-winning mid-length film which screened at more than 35 international film festival and broadcast of BBC.

Cielo, Alison鈥檚 first feature, premiered at the 55th New York Film Festival 2017, and has been presented at over 150 international film festivals and cinemas across the world, including Karlovy Vary IFF, Hot Docs; Film Forum, New York City, TIFF Bell Lightbox Toronto, and Filmhouse Edinburgh. Named as 鈥淥ne of the best documentaries of 2018鈥� by Esquire and The Guardian, Cielo has won several awards and four 2019 Gala Qu茅bec nominations.

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Yvette Nolan鈥檚 plays include听BLADE,听Annie Mae鈥檚 Movement,听The Birds (a modern adaptation of Aristophanes鈥� comedy),听The Unplugging听(Jessie Richardson Award, Outstanding Original Script), and听Gabriel Dumont鈥檚 Wild West Show听(co-writer).听Shanawdithit, for which she wrote the libretto, will be produced by Tapestry New Opera in Toronto in May. Her book听Medicine Shows听about Indigenous theatre in Canada was published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2015, and听Performing Indigeneity, which she co-edited with Ric Knowles, in 2016. From 2003-2011, she served as Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts. Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan to an Algonquin mother and an Irish immigrant father, she has lived in Winnipeg, Whitehorse, Guysborough, Toronto, and currently, Saskatoon.

Yvette Nolan talks about her work and background in an interview with Marilyn Santucci.

Nolan's adaptation of Aristophanes鈥� comedy The Birds was performed at Moyse Hall on November 21-23 and November 28-30, 2018.

Nyla Matuk is the author of two books of poetry:听Sumptuary Laws听and听Stranger, both with V茅hicule Press. She is also a contributor to Carcanet鈥檚听New Poetries VI听anthology and听Best Canadian Poetry in English, and a finalist for听The Walrus听Poetry Prize and the Gerald Lampert Award. Her poems have appeared recently in听The New Yorker, PN Review, The Walrus, Poetry, and other magazines in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. Born in Winnipeg, she has lived in Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, London, Ont., and Toronto.



Perrine Leblanc est n茅e 脿 Montr茅al. Elle est dipl么m茅e en lettres de听l'Universit茅 Laval et de l'Universit茅 de Montr茅al. Elle a exerc茅 les m茅tiers de correctrice et d'茅ditrice, notamment chez Lem茅ac et VLB 茅diteur, avant de faire para卯tre en 2010 son premier roman,听L'homme blanc听(Le Quartanier),听publi茅 l'ann茅e suivante dans la collection Blanche des 茅ditions Gallimard sous le titre听Kolia,听puis听en traduction anglaise听en 2013. Elle a re莽u le Grand prix du livre de Montr茅al et le prix litt茅raire du Gouverneur g茅n茅ral du Canada. Son deuxi猫me roman,听Malabourg, finaliste du prix Fran莽oise-Sagan, a paru chez Gallimard au printemps 2014. La traduction anglaise de听Malabourg,听The Lake,听publi茅e par听House of Anansi Press en 2015, a 茅t茅 finaliste du prix du Gouverneur g茅n茅ral du Canada dans la cat茅gorie Traductions.

Alix Ohlin's most recent novel,听Inside, was a finalist for both the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Rogers Writer's Trust Fiction Prize. 听Her other books are听Signs and Wonders,听Babylon and Other听Stories, and听The Missing Person. 听Her writing appears in听Best American Short Stories,听Best American Nonrequired Reading,听The Walrus,听The New York Times,听and many other places. 听Born and raised in Montreal, she lives in Easton, Pennsylvania and teaches at Lafayette College and in the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers.听

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Actor, stage director, writer and screenwriter, Alexis Martin has been an integral part of the Quebec artistic realm for the past twenty-five years.听Over the years, he has accumulated close to forty roles on the theatre stage in the Montreal scene. Since 1999 he has been the co-artistic director of the Nouveau Th茅芒tre Exp茅rimental where he has experimented in writing, acting and staging.

Alexis Martin has also been a part of the Quebec television landscape; participating in many roles on such series as Les Parent, Tout la v茅rit茅, Vice cach茅, Les Boys, Apparences and Les beaux malaises. He won the Gemini award for Best Lead Actor in a Dramatic Series in 2012 for his role of Ga茅tan in Apparences. He will appear in the upcoming Louis B茅langer series S茅quelles.听On the silver screen, he鈥檚 been cast in many Quebec films such as Le party by Pierre Falardeau, 狈脭 by Robert Lepage, Un 32 ao没t sur terre by Denis Villeneuve, Un dimanche 脿 Kigali by Robert Favreau, Les Boys de Louis Sa茂a, 尝鈥檃耻诲颈迟颈辞苍 by Luc Picard, Le collectionneur by Jean Beaudin, Route 132 by Louis B茅langer and Le baiser du barbu by Yves P. Pelletier. Recently he was also in Louis Belanger鈥檚 latest film, Les mauvaises herbes as well as Philippe Falardeau鈥檚 Guibord s鈥檈n va en guerre. Alexis won a Jutra award for his interpretation of Philippe in Un 32 ao没t sur terre.

Sean Michaels听was born in Stirling, Scotland, in 1982. He founded the pioneering mp3blog Said the Gramophone in 2003, while completing his B.A. at 不良研究所, and has gone on to write for publications including The Guardian, McSweeney's, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, The Walrus听and The Believer. Sean's debut novel, Us Conductors, received the 2014 Giller Prize and was recognized by the CBC and NPR as one of the books of the year.听He currently maintains a weekly music column for the听Globe & Mail. Follow him on Twitter at @stgramophone.

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Nicole Brossard est l鈥櫭ヽrivaine en r茅sidence au DLLF en 2015-2016. Elle est n茅e 脿 Montr茅al. Po猫te, romanci猫re et essayiste elle a publi茅 plus de quarante livre depuis 1965. Ses livres ont 茅t茅 traduits en plusieurs langues. Mentionnons: Installations, Mus茅e de l鈥檕s et de l鈥檈au, Le D茅sert mauve, La lettre a茅rienne, Hier, Piano blanc et le plus r茅cent Lumi猫re fragment d鈥檈nvers. D猫s le d茅but des ann茅es 1970, son 艙uvre s鈥檈st vite impos茅e comme une source d鈥檌nspiration formelle pour toute une g茅n茅ration. Notons aussi que, outre son 艙uvre qui comprend plus de quarante titres, Nicole Brossard a cofond茅 la revue litt茅raire La Barre du Jour (1965-1975), cor茅alis茅 un documentaire Some American Feminists (1975) et elle a publi茅 quatre anthologies de po茅sie permettant de mieux faire conna卯tre et d茅couvrir la po茅sie des femmes au Qu茅bec, la po茅sie qu茅b茅coise dans la francophonie et dans le monde ainsi que les 茅critures gaies et lesbiennes au Qu茅bec.

Son 艙uvre a 茅t茅 脿 plusieurs reprises consacr茅e par de nombreux prix litt茅raires dont le prix du Gouverneur g茅n茅ral en 1974 et en 1984, le Prix International de Po茅sie de Trois-Rivi猫res en 1989 et en 1999, le Prix Athanase-David, en 1991 et, en 2006, le Prix Molson du Conseil des Arts du Canada. En 2013, elle recevait le Prix international de litt茅rature francophone Benjamin Fondane.

2015 marque cinquante ans d鈥櫭ヽriture et de publication et cette ann茅e, la Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre (Paris), lui a consacr茅, du 4 juin au 27 juin, une exposition intitul茅e: Portrait de Nicole Brossard ou L鈥檋orizon du fragment. Cet automne, trois nouveaux livres para卯tront: un recueil de po猫mes Temps qui installe les miroirs, un essai sur la traduction intitul茅 Et me voici soudain en train de refaire le monde ainsi que traduction anglaise de son recueil Ardeur.

The Department of English is pleased to announce that听Anita Rau Badami听is the new Richler Writer-In-Residence for the 2014-2015 year. 听Anita is the author of four novels:听Tamarind Mem,听The Hero鈥檚 Walk,听Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?听and听Tell it to the Trees. Her short stories and articles have appeared in national and international periodicals. Anita鈥檚 books are critically acclaimed and have been published in more than a dozen languages across the world. She is the recipient of awards including the Marian Engel Prize, the Regional Commonwealth Award and the Premio Berto Prize for International Literature. Her books have also been nominated for other awards such as the Hugh MacLellan Prize for fiction, the Orange Prize for Literature, the IMPAC Dublin Prize, and the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction. She is currently working on her fifth book.

For more information on Badami's work, please visit:听

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Suzanne Jacob est l鈥櫭ヽrivain en r茅sidence au DLLF en 2014-2015.听 Elle est n茅e 脿 Amos en Abitibi. Elle a fait ses 茅tudes classiques au Coll猫ge de Nicolet (baccalaur茅at 猫s arts de l鈥檜niversit茅 Laval).听Apr猫s un bref passage 脿 la facult茅 des Lettres de l鈥檜niversit茅 de Montr茅al, Suzanne Jacob entreprend une vie qui la conduit 脿 l鈥櫭ヽriture, comme elle l鈥檃 racont茅e dans ses essais听脡crire, comment, pourquoi, La bulle d鈥檈ncre听et听Histoires de s鈥檈ntendre. Po茅sie, nouvelles, chroniques, sc茅narios, romans, Suzanne Jacob a pratiqu茅 presque tous les genres. Son roman听Laura Laur听s鈥檈st m茅rit茅 le prix du Gouverneur g茅n茅ral et le prix Paris-Qu茅bec.听Du dernier paru de ses romans, Gilles Marcotte a 茅crit, dans听础肠迟耻补濒颈迟茅: "Fugueuses听est un roman violemment original, d鈥檜ne 茅criture superbement intelligente, fertile en d茅rapages contr么l茅s, qui agrippe son lecteur d猫s la premi猫re page et ne le l芒chera plus, m锚me apr猫s la fin de sa lecture".

The Department of English is pleased to announce that听听is the new Writer-in-Residence for the 2013-2014 year. Mr. Irani was born and brought up in Bombay, India, and moved to Vancouver in 1998.听 He is the author of the novelsThe Cripple and His Talismans听and听The Song of Kahunsha, the latter of which was a finalist for CBC Radio's Canada Reads and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and which has been published in thirteen countries, achieving best seller status in Canada, China, and Italy. His play听Bombay Black听won 4 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, including Outstanding New Play. Irani was also nominated for the Governor General鈥檚 Award for Drama for his anthology听The Bombay Plays: The Matka King & Bombay Black.听听His latest novel听Dahanu Road听was longlisted for the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize.听听

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Marc Zaffran (dont le nom de plume est Martin Winckler) est l鈥櫭ヽrivain en r茅sidence au DLLF en 2013-2014. Il succ猫de 脿 脡lise Turcotte dans le cadre du programme d鈥櫭ヽrivain en r茅sidence Mordecai-Richler. Il donne un atelier d鈥櫭ヽriture narrative 脿 l鈥檃utomne 2013 et un atelier de cr茅ation litt茅raire 脿 l鈥檋iver 2014. Auteur d鈥檜ne quinzaine de romans ainsi que de nouvelles, de contes, de r茅cits autographiques, d鈥檈ssais, de chroniques radiophoniques et de traductions litt茅raires, scientifiques et m茅dicales, Marc Zaffran s鈥檈st 茅galement int茅ress茅 脿 la cr茅ation audio-visuelle. Il a pr茅sent茅 de nombreuses communications et conf茅rences et a donn茅 des ateliers de cr茅ation 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al, 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 d鈥橭ttawa et aux 茅tudiants en m茅dicine de l鈥橴niversit茅 不良研究所.

The听听and the听听are听thrilled to announce this year鈥檚 selected Mordecai Richler Writers-in-Residence are celebrated authors Steven Heighton and 脡lise Turcotte. Last year鈥檚 writers, Kathleen Winter and Louis Hamelin were a tremendous success and generated incredible feedback from the 不良研究所 community and beyond. To ensure the longevity of this inspiring Program, private financial support is essential. Our aim is to secure endowed funding from individuals who share a passion for literature in all forms. With your visionary support, together we can nurture new talent by providing valuable insight into the creative process. To learn more, visit听

Steven Heighton鈥檚 recent books are The Dead Are More Visible and Workbook: Memos & Dispatches on Writing. His novel, Afterlands, appeared in six countries, was a New York Times Book Review editors鈥� choice, a best of year choice in ten publications in Canada, the USA, and the UK; and has been optioned for film. His fiction and poetry have been translated into ten languages and appeared in such publications as London Review of Books, Poetry, Tin House, The Walrus, Best American Poetry (2012), and Best English Stories. He has received four gold National Magazine Awards, been nominated for the Governor General鈥檚 Award, the Trillium Award, and Britain鈥檚 W.H. Smith Award. Steven is also an occasional fiction reviewer for the New York Times Book Review.

脡lise Turcotte a publi茅 plusieurs recueils de po茅sie dont La Voix de Carla (prix 脡mile-Nelligan 1987), La Terre est ici (Prix 脡mile-Nelligan 1989), Sombre M茅nagerie (Grand Prix du festival international de la po茅sie 2002, prix de po茅sie Terrasses Saint-Sulpice de la revue Estuaire 2002). Elle a 茅crit trois romans, Le Bruit des choses vivantes (prix Louis H茅mon), L鈥櫭巐e de la merci et La Maison 茅trang猫re, qui remporte le Prix du Gouverneur g茅n茅ral en 2003. En 2007, elle publie une s茅rie de r茅cits intitul茅e Pourquoi faire une maison avec ses morts. Ses livres sont traduits en anglais, en catalan et en espagnol. 脡lise est aussi nouvelliste et l鈥檃uteur de plusieurs livres pour enfants. Elle vit 脿 Montr茅al et enseigne la litt茅rature au c茅gep depuis 1986.

The听听and the听听are听thrilled to announce the two novelists selected as the inaugural Mordecai Richler Writers-in-Residence.

Kathleen Winter's story collection, boYs, won the Metcalf-Rooke award and the 2008 Winterset Award. Her 2010 Canadian best-selling novel Annabel was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Governor General's Award for Fiction, the Rogers Writers' Trust Award, and the Orange Prize. The book has been translated into several languages. Ms. Winter will begin her residency at 不良研究所 for the 2012 winter term.

Novelist and journalist Louis Hamelin carved a unique and important voice in Quebec and Canadian literature in 1989 with his Governor General鈥檚 award-winning first novel, La Rage. He has since written eight books, including La Constellation du Lynx, the 2011 winner of the Prix des libraires du Qu茅bec. Mr. Hamelin is also a regular writer for Le Devoir and collaborator on numerous literary journals and reviews. Mr. Hamelin earned his undergraduate degree from 不良研究所 in science and agriculture and a Masters degree in Literature from UQAM. Mr. Hamelin will begin his residency at 不良研究所 in September.