About the department
For over forty years, the creative writing program in the Department of English has offered students an extraordinarily rich artistic and literary experience. Dedicated faculty, and visiting writers and writers-in-residence as diverse as Austin Clarke, Mordecai Richler, C.D. Wright, Irving Layton, Ben Lerner, Michel Tremblay, Jorie Graham, George Saunders, and Ann-Marie MacDonald have shared their knowledge of writing as art and profession in workshops, master classes, and one-on-one sessions with our students. Those students, in turn, have won or been finalists for major Canadian and international literary prizes. As editors and publishers, they have brought new talent to the fore. Studying creative writing at Concordia is a goal, and an opportunity to learn from accomplished writers, teachers and fellow students whose wealth of experience makes participation in the program a unique and rewarding experience.
Full-time faculty
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Professor, English
creative writing / poetry / the long & the serial poem / ekphrasis / "ruin porn" -
Professor, English
fiction & nonfiction writing / culture, politics & history of the former Yugoslavia -
Professor, English
poetry writing / fiction & narrative writing / entre-genre / Canadian poetry / women’s literature -
Associate Professor, English
creative writing / 19th century drama & literature / anatomical waxworks / botanical gardens / medical history
Master classes with visiting writers
Master Classes are a signature aspect of Concordia’s flagship literary series, Writers Read. Students in our Creative Writing program are offered the unique opportunity to meet with, and ask questions of, renowned writers such as:
- Colm Toibin
- George Saunders
- Miriam Toews
- Jorie Graham
- George Elliott Clarke
- Mary Gaitskill
- Lydia Davis
Writing in Montreal
Writing, performance, music, visual arts, and digital media all thrive in Montreal’s multicultural environment. Concordia University’s creative writing program is at the centre of the city’s vibrant literary scene.