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.
Love & Defiance Podcast
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.
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.
News
School for Writers
A Q&A with Marthese Fenech
School for Writers
Mon, July 20, 2020
For Marthese Fenech, the inspiration for her novels struck when she was just a teenager, and it has stuck with her ever since.
A Q&A with Sidura Ludwig, author of You Are Not What We Expected
School for Writers
Wed, July 08, 2020
You Are Not What We Expected, a new collection of stories by School for Writers graduate Sidura Ludwig, wasn’t the book she expected it to be.
A Q&A with Sharif Khan
School for Writers
Mon, July 06, 2020
School for Writers graduate, Sharif Khan, published his first novel, Brave Fortune. He told us how it came to be and how Humber helped along the way.
A Q&A with Madhur Anand, author of This Red Line Goes Straight To Your Heart
School for Writers
Thu, July 02, 2020
Two-time School for Writers grad, Madhur Anand, told us a bit about her latest book and about what she learned during her time at Humber.
Nadia L. Hohn’s Essential CanLit for Young Readers
School for Writers
Tue, March 31, 2020
We asked children’s author, educator and Humber School for Writers alumna Nadia L. Hohn to recommend her top Canadian books for young readers.
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