Posts Tagged ‘writer-in-residence’
Mount Royal University in Calgary is doing everything right
Everywhere he goes, Our Hero runs into a life-size image of himself. This is happening at Mount Royal University in Calgary, where he is spending a week as writer-in-residence. Last night, all kinds of old friends turned up for a talk entitled Our Story Begins in Calgary. And the introductions and expressions of thanks…
Read MoreThe days fly away like wild horses over the hills
The days fly away like wild horses over the hills. The poet Charles Bukowski said it first. But I’ve been feeling it as I get set to spend a week as writer-in-residence in Calgary. I’ll be at Mount Royal University from March 23 through March 27, courtesy of the English Department. For my public…
Read MoreIs Mount Royal University ready for this?
This may or may not be a photo of Mount Royal University. Guaranteed: it IS a photo taken within a couple of hundred kilometres of that august institution. The rationale? Our Hero will get out into these hilly environs next March, after spending a week at MRU as writer-in-residence. He just signed a contract, undertaking…
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