News
Jaspreet Singh 's novel Chef, written during his 2006 - 2007 residency, has made the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award longlist.
Marcello Di Cintio has won the 2009 Dave Greber Freelance Writers Magazine Award. Geist Magazine will publish the winning article, "Wall of Shame", which is an adaptation of a chapter from Marcello's book about the communities that live in the shadow of walls, fences and other "hard" barriers.
Sina Queyras , the 2007 - 2008 Canadian Writer-in-Residence, has been shortlisted for a Governor General's Literary Award (in the poetry category) for Expressway, a collection of poetry completed during her Markin-Flanagan residency. Winners will be announced November 17. more
Calgary Writer named 2009 - 2010 Markin-Flanagan Canadian Writer-in-Residence
Calgary writer and U of C alumnus Marcello Di Cintio has been named the 2009 - 2010 Markin-Flanagan Canadian Writer-in-Residence. He will be in residence at the U of C from August 15, 2009 to June 15, 2010. >> more
Read The Calgary Herald article here.
Sina Queyras wins National Magazine Award!
Sina Queyras has won a Gold National Magazine Award for "Her Dreams of the Expressway", a poem completed during her 2007- 2008 Markin-Flanagan residency. The poem was published in the Malahat Review before appearing in her new poetry collection, Expressway. Congratulations, Sina!
photo/Colleen De Neve, The Calgary HeraldJaspreet Singh wins Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction!
Jaspreet Singh has been awarded the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction for his novel Chef, written during his term as the 2006 - 2007 Markin-Flanagan Canadian Writer-in-Residence. Congratulations Jaspreet!
Read The Calgary Herald article here and The Edmonton Journal article here
February 26, 2009 July 17, 2008 New environment for writer
Sina Queyras, the 2006 - 2007 Markin-Flanagan Canadian Writer-in-Residence, returns to Calgary to launch her new poetry collection. > Calgary Herald article
September 21, 2008
Charlotte Gill's Ladykiller is #6 on The Calgary Herald bestsellers list!Â
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September 15, 2008
Calgary Herald (Books & Literature)
Fall Arts Week - Charlotte Gill
Author of acclaimed book Ladykiller, a Governor-General-Award nominated collection of short stories
What: Gill is the new Markin-Flanagan writer-in-residence at the University of Calgary's distinguished writers program, which means she will be passing along her writerly wisdom to students and the city at large for the next year. click here to read the rest of the article.
The Gauntlet
After spending 20 years planting over a million trees across Canada, Charlotte Gill is living in the national oil and gas capital.
Every year the University of Calgary hires a new Markin-Flanagan Canadian Writer-in-Residence to add fresh blood to the English program. This years' writer is ready for her adventure. Gill starts mid-August, but is already making herself comfortable in her new home. more