Humber School for Writers

Our distinguished school has had over 300 alumni go on to publish books. We offer a broad range of courses and programs including an intensive writing week in the Summer Workshop and the opportunity to work on a book-length manuscript in the Correspondence Program.

Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing

For students working on book-length projects.

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Summer Workshop in Creative Writing

A week-long intensive workshop at Humber's beautiful Lakeshore Campus.

41st edition Toronto International Festival of Authors - October 22 - November 1st 2020, bringing a new world into focus

TIFA x Humber School for Writers Master Class Series

A series of virtual master classes during the Toronto International Festival of Authors.

Love & Defiance Podcast

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This is the Humber School for Writers Love & Defiance podcast. I’m David Bezmozgis, creative director of the Humber School for Writers. The Love & Defiance podcast features Humber students and graduates who’ve lived interesting or extraordinary lives and who have brought those experiences into their writing.

Episode 1 (audio/mpeg)

David Bezmozgis speaks with Jillian Stirk about her experience as a young diplomat in Warsaw during the Solidarity movement and how the letters she wrote home to her parents formed the basis of her novel, Small Ironies.

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Episode 2 (audio/mpeg)

David Bezmozgis speaks with Colin Buchanan about his novel, Yellow Women's Doorbells, which takes us from personal heartbreak and institutionalization into the hidden heart of the deep South.