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.