Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to search

Literary Collections General

Words We Call Home

Celebrating Creative Writing at UBC

edited by Linda Svendsen

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2011
Category
General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774844697
    Publish Date
    Nov 2011
    List Price
    $99.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774803670
    Publish Date
    Jan 1990
    List Price
    $31.95

Classroom Resources

Where to buy it

Description

Words We Call Home is a commemorative anthology celebrating more than twenty-five years of achievement for the UBC Creative Writing department -- the oldest writing program in Canada. The more than sixty poets, dramatists, and fiction writers included provide just a sample of the energy and vision the department has fostered over the years. From Earle Birney's pioneering efforts in 1946, to the birth of the department in 1965, to the present day, the programme has created a place for aspiring, talented writers.

About the author

Linda Svendsen’s stories have appeared in many short story anthologies and magazines such as Saturday Night and The Atlantic. She has been cited three times for Distinguished Short Story in Best American Stories and has appeared three times in Best Canadian Stories. An award-winning screenwriter, she has adapted The Sue Rodriguez Story and Margaret Laurence’s The Diviners for television. She is an associate professor in the Creative Writing Program at UBC and lives with her partner, Brian McKeown, and their family in Vancouver.

Linda Svendsen's profile page