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2025 Kreisel Lecture with David A. Robertston: Save the Date!

The CLC is thrilled to announce that award-winning author David A. Robertson will give the 2025 Kreisel Lecture. He will speak on the topic of Writing as Social Activism.

Please mark this event on your calendar! The 2025 Kreisel Lecture will take place on Wednesday, March 12, at 7:00 PM, at the TIMMS Centre for the Arts at the University of Alberta. 

Stay tuned to our website or newsletter for more event information and registration details in February. 

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The CLC Poetry Contest  / Le concours de poésie du CLC

Submissions are now open for the 2025 Student Poetry Contest!

This annual contest is looking for the best poem written primarily in English and/or in French by a student attending the University of Alberta, MacEwan University, Athabasca University, or NAIT.

This year's theme is "Polyphony."

Deadline for submissions: February 18, 2025.

For full contest information, and to read poems from past contest winners, click HERE.

Pour en savoir plus, cliquez ICI. Vous pouvez voir aussi les poèmes des anciens gagnants.

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Lillian Allen Visits the CLC

Join the CLC, with CRC Dr. Michael A. Bucknor, in listening to and learning from Juno Award-winning dub poet Lillian Allen. We will be hosting two events:

Masterclass: "Words in Motion" (Registration Required)
Wednesday, January 29, from 3-6 PM

Reading, Conversation, Performance
Thursday, January 30, from 12:30-1:45 PM in Henderson Hall (Rutherford Library South 1-17)

To learn more about Lillian and her work, for complete event details, click HERE

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Reading + Conversation with Mercedes Eng

On Tuesday, January 14, join the CLC and U of A Writer-in-Residence Ryan Fitzpatrick to hear Mercedes Eng discuss and read from her most recent book, Cop City Swagger.

The event will take place from 2-3 PM in Henderson Hall (Rutherford Library South 1-17). It is free and open to the public.

To learn more about Mercedes and her work, and for complete event details, click HERE

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Une nouvelle lecture et conversation, avec Louise Dupré et Evelyne Gagnon

Écoutez cette lecture et conversation entre deux poètes francophones qui nous invitent à considérer les poèmes comme des « exercices de joie », de compassion, et d’empathie. 

Apprenez-en davantage ici.

Écoutez: SoundCloud

Regardez: YouTube

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2024 Kreisel Lecture with Kate Beaton

Award-winning cartoonist and author Kate Beaton gave the 18th annual Kreisel Lecture on March 7, 2024.

Watch Here


Kate's lecture will be published by University of Alberta Press in February 2025.

 

 

Support the CLC / Soutenir le CLC

With your help, the CLC can continue to foster communities of readers, writers, teachers, students, and scholars of Canadian literature and its diverse literary landscapes.

The University of Alberta is recognized as a charitable organization and will issue tax receipts for donations over $25. You can donate quickly and easily through the link below.

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