https://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Napage&feedformat=atomUNB Archives and Special Collections - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T11:03:25ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.39.5https://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Norman_Levine&diff=8349Norman Levine2016-04-06T18:57:17Z<p>Napage: Created page with "{{UnderDevelopment}} Norman Levine was UNB’s first writer-in-residence for the 1965-66 academic year. Having spent a great deal of time in England where he published his fi..."</p>
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Norman Levine was UNB’s first writer-in-residence for the 1965-66 academic year. Having spent a great deal of time in England where he published his first book, Levine returned to Canada for the year with a poor reputation. His 1958 travel book ''Canada Made Me ''allegedly undermined the burgeoning movement of Canadian nationalism at the time. UNB English professor Desmond Pacey, however, found the book to be a “‘pleasant change’ from the usual boosterism of travel literature”, and was thus interested in making Levine a candidate for the university’s first writer-in-residence. Other writers in this deliberation between Pacey and the Canada Council included Leonard Cohen, Alden Nowlan, and Ernest Buckler. Levine’s appointment was ultimately finalized and approved in March of 1964. During his residency, Levine gave a number of public talks on writing to the university community, met with students, and wrote a monthly article for the ''Atlantic Advocate ''that focused a particular creative writer’s oeuvre, as well as acting as its literary advisor. Nowlan would later criticize Levine for not making himself available often enough to students.<br />
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UA Case 191; Section 2; Files 1-2; Norman Levine</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Jeramy_Dodds&diff=8344Jeramy Dodds2016-03-21T18:13:28Z<p>Napage: Created page with "Jeramy Dodds was UNB’s 34<sup>th</sup> writer-in-residence for the 2014-2015 academic year. He had previously been writer-in-residence at the Berton House in Dawson City fro..."</p>
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<div>Jeramy Dodds was UNB’s 34<sup>th</sup> writer-in-residence for the 2014-2015 academic year. He had previously been writer-in-residence at the Berton House in Dawson City from April to June 2010. Dodds gave a poetry workshop in UNBSJ on March 19. He also &nbsp;gave a reading on September 18 at Memorial Hall.<br />
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UA Case 191; Section 2; Jeramy Dodds</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Joan_Clark&diff=8343Joan Clark2016-03-21T18:10:35Z<p>Napage: </p>
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<div>Joan Clark was UNB’s 33nd writer-in-residence for the 2012-2013 academic year. She was a part of the Lorenzo reading series at UNBSJ on March 10, and gave a farewell reading on April 10 in the Alumni Memorial Lounge at UNBF. Clark returned to UNB on October 30, 2015, to give another reading int Marshall D’Avray Hall.<br />
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UA Case 191;Section 2; Joan Clark<br />
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<span style="font-size:small;">"UNB Fredericton to host reading by award-winning author Joan Clark" -&nbsp;[[http://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2015/10/29/unb-fredericton-to-host-reading-by-award-winning-author-joan-clark/ http://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2015/10/29/unb-fredericton-to-host-reading-by-award-winning-author-joan-clark/]</span></div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Joan_Clark&diff=8342Joan Clark2016-03-21T18:10:26Z<p>Napage: </p>
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<div>Joan Clark was UNB’s 33nd writer-in-residence for the 2012-2013 academic year. She was a part of the Lorenzo reading series at UNBSJ on March 10, and gave a farewell reading on April 10 in the Alumni Memorial Lounge at UNBF. Clark returned to UNB on October 30, 2015, to give another reading int Marshall D’Avray Hall.<br />
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UA Case 191;Section 2; Joan Clark<br />
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== <span style="font-size:small;">"UNB Fredericton to host reading by award-winning author Joan Clark" -&nbsp;[[http://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2015/10/29/unb-fredericton-to-host-reading-by-award-winning-author-joan-clark/ http://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2015/10/29/unb-fredericton-to-host-reading-by-award-winning-author-joan-clark/]</span></div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Joan_Clark&diff=8341Joan Clark2016-03-21T18:09:58Z<p>Napage: </p>
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<div>Joan Clark was UNB’s 33nd writer-in-residence for the 2012-2013 academic year. She was a part of the Lorenzo reading series at UNBSJ on March 10, and gave a farewell reading on April 10 in the Alumni Memorial Lounge at UNBF. Clark returned to UNB on October 30, 2015, to give another reading int Marshall D’Avray Hall.<br />
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UA Case 191;Section 2; Joan Clark<br />
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== <span style="font-size:small;">"UNB Fredericton to host reading by award-winning author Joan Clark" -&nbsp;[http://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2015/10/29/unb-fredericton-to-host-reading-by-award-winning-author-joan-clark/ http://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2015/10/29/unb-fredericton-to-host-reading-by-award-winning-author-joan-clark/]</span> ==</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Joan_Clark&diff=8340Joan Clark2016-03-21T18:08:35Z<p>Napage: Created page with "Joan Clark was UNB’s 33nd writer-in-residence for the 2012-2013 academic year. She was a part of the Lorenzo reading series at UNBSJ on March 10, and gave a farewell reading..."</p>
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<div>Joan Clark was UNB’s 33nd writer-in-residence for the 2012-2013 academic year. She was a part of the Lorenzo reading series at UNBSJ on March 10, and gave a farewell reading on April 10 in the Alumni Memorial Lounge at UNBF. Clark returned to UNB on October 30, 2015, to give another reading int Marshall D’Avray Hall.<br />
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UA Case 191;Section 2; Joan Clark<br />
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== <span style="font-size:small;">"UNB Fredericton to host reading by award-winning author Joan Clark" -&nbsp;http://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2015/10/29/unb-fredericton-to-host-reading-by-award-winning-author-joan-clark/</span> ==<br />
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<div>Sue Sinclair was UNB’s 32<sup>nd</sup> writer-in-residence for the 2011-2012 academic year, and, as of February 2016, was one of four possible candidates for a tenured position as UNB’s director of creative writing. She gave a reading from her poetry collection ''Breaker ''in the Faculty Staff Club at UNBSJ.<br />
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UA Case 191; Section 2; Sue Sinclair</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=John_Barton&diff=8338John Barton2016-03-16T18:25:02Z<p>Napage: Created page with "John Barton was UNB’s 31th writer-in-residence for the 2010-2011 academic year. He has worked as the editor of ''The Malahat Review ''and co-editing ''Arc. ''He read from hi..."</p>
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<div>John Barton was UNB’s 31th writer-in-residence for the 2010-2011 academic year. He has worked as the editor of ''The Malahat Review ''and co-editing ''Arc. ''He read from his novel ''Hymn ''for UNBSJ’s Lorenzo reading series on March 17, and also did a farewell reading on April 12 in Memorial Hall.<br />
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UA Case 191; Section 2; John Barton</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Fred_Stenson&diff=8337Fred Stenson2016-03-16T18:20:21Z<p>Napage: Created page with "Fred Stenson was UNB’s 30<sup>th</sup> writer-in-residence for the 2009-2010 academic year. He gave a reading on September 16 in the Alumni Memorial Lounge. Sources: UA Ca..."</p>
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<div>Fred Stenson was UNB’s 30<sup>th</sup> writer-in-residence for the 2009-2010 academic year. He gave a reading on September 16 in the Alumni Memorial Lounge.<br />
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UA Case 191;Section 2; Fred Stenson</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Gerald_Beirne&diff=8336Gerald Beirne2016-03-16T18:19:39Z<p>Napage: Created page with "Gerald Beirne was UNB’s 29<sup>th</sup> writer-in-residence for 2008-2009 academic year, and returned to the position for the fall 2015 term. Beirne had previously taught pa..."</p>
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<div>Gerald Beirne was UNB’s 29<sup>th</sup> writer-in-residence for 2008-2009 academic year, and returned to the position for the fall 2015 term. Beirne had previously taught part-time at UNB’s English Department. He was the recipient of the Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year Award in 1996. “You’re supposed to do your own writing as well, and you’re based at the college,” Beirne commented in the Daily Gleaner. “…so there is a commitment to the university and a commitment to the community...” After his residency at UNB, Beirne went on to become chairman of the action plan committee for the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick in 2010.Gerald Beirne was UNB’s 29<sup>th</sup> writer-in-residence for 2008-2009 academic year, and returned to the position for the fall 2015 term. Beirne had previously taught part-time at UNB’s English Department. He was the recipient of the Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year Award in 1996. “You’re supposed to do your own writing as well, and you’re based at the college,” Beirne commented in the Daily Gleaner. “…so there is a commitment to the university and a commitment to the community...” After his residency at UNB, Beirne went on to become chairman of the action plan committee for the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick in 2010.<br />
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&nbsp;UA Case 191; Section 2;Gerald Beirne</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Karen_Solie&diff=8335Karen Solie2016-03-16T18:17:46Z<p>Napage: </p>
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<div>Karen Solie was UNB’s twenty-sixth writer-in-residence for the 2006-2007 academic year. Her&nbsp;book of poems ''Pigeon ''was the Canadian Winner of the 2010 Griffin Poetry prize. Solie gave a reading at the Fredericton public library on February 21.<br />
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&nbsp;UA Case 191; Section 2; Karen Solie</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Karen_Solie&diff=8334Karen Solie2016-03-16T18:10:34Z<p>Napage: Created page with "Karen Solie was UNB’s twenty-sixth writer-in-residence for the 2006-2007 academic year. Her&nbsp; book of poems ''Pigeon ''was the Canadian Winner of the 2010 Griffin Poetry..."</p>
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<div>Karen Solie was UNB’s twenty-sixth writer-in-residence for the 2006-2007 academic year. Her&nbsp; book of poems ''Pigeon ''was the Canadian Winner of the 2010 Griffin Poetry prize. Solie gave a reading at the Fredericton public library on February 21.<br />
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&nbsp;UA Case 191; Section 2; Karen Solie</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Catherine_Bush&diff=8333Catherine Bush2016-03-16T18:08:54Z<p>Napage: Created page with "Catherine Bush was UNB’s twenty-fifth writer-in-residence for the 2005-2006 academic year. She led a fiction workshop in Moncton for the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswi..."</p>
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<div>Catherine Bush was UNB’s twenty-fifth writer-in-residence for the 2005-2006 academic year. She led a fiction workshop in Moncton for the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick on October 5.<br />
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UA Case 191; Section 2;Catherine Bush</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Ken_McGoogan&diff=8332Ken McGoogan2016-03-16T18:03:33Z<p>Napage: Created page with "Ken McGoogan was UNB’s twenty-third writer-in-residence for the 2003-2004 academic year. He gave readings on September 22 in Memorial Hall, on October 7 in the Ward Chipman..."</p>
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<div>Ken McGoogan was UNB’s twenty-third writer-in-residence for the 2003-2004 academic year. He gave readings on September 22 in Memorial Hall, on October 7 in the Ward Chipman Library Building in UNBSJ, and a farewell reading on April 3 at MacPhail’s Taproom in Fredericton.<br />
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UA Case 191; Section 2;Ken McGoogan</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Anne_Simpson&diff=8331Anne Simpson2016-03-16T17:59:19Z<p>Napage: Created page with "Anne Simpson was UNB’s twenty-second writer-in-residence during the 2002-2003 academic year. She was awarded the 2004 Griffin Poetry Prize for her poetry collection ''Loop...."</p>
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<div>Anne Simpson was UNB’s twenty-second writer-in-residence during the 2002-2003 academic year. She was awarded the 2004 Griffin Poetry Prize for her poetry collection ''Loop. ''In a 2008 interview with Valerie Poulin, Simpson provided a number of tips to writers seeking advice from resident writers; Simpson recommended emerging writers send a limited amount of unfinished nnwork so that she could find places where the writer could improve, and also advised that writers send texts that they have been working on for some time, so that they may have already seen the work’s weakness and strengths by the time they meet with her.<br />
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UA Case 191; Section 2;Anne Simpson</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=John_Steffler&diff=8330John Steffler2016-03-16T17:58:35Z<p>Napage: Created page with "John Steffler was UNB’s twenty-first writer-in-residence for the 2001-2002 academic year. Steffler had previously&nbsp;taught at the Banff festival for the Arts, the Maritim..."</p>
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<div>John Steffler was UNB’s twenty-first writer-in-residence for the 2001-2002 academic year. Steffler had previously&nbsp;taught at the Banff festival for the Arts, the Maritimes writers’ workshop, Memorial University. His residency was funded by Arts Board of New Brunswick, UNB, as well as the Canada Council. Steffler provided a reading on September 26 in Memorial Hall.<br />
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UA Case 191; Section 2;John Steffler</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=George_Fetherling&diff=8329George Fetherling2016-03-16T17:55:33Z<p>Napage: Created page with "George (formerly Douglas) Fetherling was UNB’s twentieth writer-in-residence for the 2000-2001 academic year. He held a previous writer-in-residence position at Queen’s Un..."</p>
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<div>George (formerly Douglas) Fetherling was UNB’s twentieth writer-in-residence for the 2000-2001 academic year. He held a previous writer-in-residence position at Queen’s University in 1993, and was a contributing editor for a number of magazines, including ''Quill and Quire ''and ''Toronto Life. ''Fetherling have a reading in the Alumni Memorial Lounge on September 26.<br />
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UA Case 191; Section 2; George [Douglas] Fetherling</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Colleen_Wagner&diff=8328Colleen Wagner2016-03-16T17:54:03Z<p>Napage: Created page with "Colleen Wagner was UNB’s nineteenth writer-in-residence during the 1999-2000 academic year. She was awarded the 1996 Governor General’s award for her play “The Monument..."</p>
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<div>Colleen Wagner was UNB’s nineteenth writer-in-residence during the 1999-2000 academic year. She was awarded the 1996 Governor General’s award for her play “The Monument” and was the founder of the Notable Acts Theatre Company in Fredericton.<br />
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UA Case 191; Section 2;Colleen Wagner</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Writers-in-Residence&diff=8327Writers-in-Residence2016-03-16T17:50:35Z<p>Napage: </p>
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<div>The Writer-in-Residence program began in 1965 due to the efforts of [[Desmond_Pacey_Memorial_Lectures|Desmond Pacey]], head of the [[Department_of_English|English Department]] at UNB at the time. Funding from the Canada Council helped to create the first position of it's kind in a Canadian university. The term of the appointment varies from a few months to several years, the notable exception being Alden Nowlan, who remained as Writer-in-Residence for fifteen years. Writers-in-Residence have an office in the [[Department_of_English|Department of English]] where they meet with students and community members to provide feedback and advice on their creative writing. They also give public readings and are generally involved with the literary community.<br />
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The writer-in-residence program has its roots in post-World War II Canada. After the war, there an exponential increase of enrolment in universities across Canada as well as New Brunswick. Most of these new students were former soldiers who had gained an greater interest in studying culture during their time spent in Europe. Pacey, and the university more broadly, were thus interested in establishing programs that would provide cultural programming to satisfy the demands of this new influx of students, and to make sure that this programming was especially relevant to students in the Maritime provinces. Due to the slow nature of the bureaucratic process, the residency was not in serious consideration until about twenty years later in the early 1960s.<br />
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Funding for the writer-in-residence position has come from various sources throughout the years. Initially the funding was granted by the Canada Council for Norman Levine’s residency. In "Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature", Nancy Earle states that “the council expressed optimism that the ‘experiment’ would promote its goals of fostering literature and promoting community development and interest in the arts.” However, for Dorothy Livesay’s second year of residency in 1967, the university arranged to provide half the stipend. Additionally, provincial premier Richard Hatfield ensured that a “miniscule fraction” of the province’s operating budget would go towards Alden Nowlan’s permanent residency until the poet’s death in 1983. The New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Heritage has also played a role in funding the residency in the past.<br />
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The writer-in-residence has fulfilled a variety of roles and responsibilities. They are not required to hold any formal classes (though Livesay did teach a graduate poetry workshop in 1967), but are expected to have a certain amount of hour per week dedicated to critiquing the writing of students and other local writers. Livesay and Nowlan also contributed to the writing community by establishing meetings places for writes to converse and workshop. In 1966, Livesay began using McCord Hall as a space for creative writing workshops, a tradition which continues to this day. Nowlan’s house on Windsor Street where he lived during his residency became a social hub for writers and students at the university, and is now used as a campus pub and meeting place for the English department. Previous writers-in-residence have done readings and lectures on campus and other places; one example of this is David Adams Richards, who was a guest lecturer at The New Orleans Center for Public Arts in March of 1985.&nbsp;<br />
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As of 1 September 2008, [[UNB_Saint_John|UNB Saint John]] established the Lorenzo Writer-in-Residence program, made possible by the support of UNB president [[Presidents|John McLaughlin]]. This writer-in-residence program operates on a three year term.<br />
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| align="center" | '''Year(s)'''<br />
| align="center" | '''Name'''<br />
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| 1965-66<br />
| Norman Levine*<br />
|-<br />
| 1966-67<br />
| [[Dorothy_Livesay|Dorothy Livesay]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1968-83<br />
| [[Alden_Nowlan|Alden Nowlan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1972-73<br />
| John Metcalf<br />
|-<br />
| 1983-86<br />
| [[David_Adams_Richards|David Adams Richards]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 (September - December)<br />
| John Hearne^<br />
|-<br />
| 1987-88<br />
| [[Douglas_Glover|Douglas Glover]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1988-89<br />
| [[Helen_Weinzweig|Helen Weinzweig]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1989-90<br />
| [[Nancy_Bauer|Nancy Bauer]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1990-92<br />
| Bill Gaston<br />
|-<br />
| 1992-93<br />
| Don Hannah<br />
|-<br />
| 1993-94<br />
| [[Karen_Connelly|Karen Connelly]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 (September-December)<br />
| [[Elisabeth_Harvor|Elisabeth Harvor]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1995-96<br />
| Anne Michaels<br />
|-<br />
| 1996-97<br />
| Kenneth J. Harvey<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 (September-December)<br />
| Carol Malyon<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 (January-April)<br />
| [[Bill_bissett|bill bissett]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1998-99<br />
| [[Richard_Sanger|Richard Sanger]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1999-00<br />
| Colleen Wagner<br />
|-<br />
| 2000-01<br />
| George [Douglas] Fetherling<br />
|-<br />
| 2001-02<br />
| John Steffler<br />
|-<br />
| 2002-03<br />
| Anne Simpson<br />
|-<br />
| 2003-05<br />
| Ken McGoogan<br />
|-<br />
| 2004-05<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Erin Mouré</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">2005-06</span><br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Catherine Bush</span><br />
|-<br />
| 2006-07<br />
| Karen Solie<br />
|-<br />
| 2007-08<br />
| Patricia Young<br />
|-<br />
| 2008-09<br />
| Gerard Beirne<br />
|-<br />
| 2009-10<br />
| Fred Stenson<br />
|-<br />
| 2010-11<br />
| John Barton<br />
|-<br />
| 2011-12<br />
| Sue Sinclair<br />
|-<br />
| 2012-13<br />
| Joan Clark<br />
|-<br />
| 2013-14<br />
| Douglas Glover<br />
|-<br />
| 2014-15<br />
| Jeramy Dodds<br />
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*First appointment of its kind at any Canadian university.<br />
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*Although funded by an outside source and not by the Department of English, Hearne did hold the title of Writer-in-Residence<br />
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Sources: UA Case 191; Section 2<br />
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Archives Canada MG 4 SERIES D 339 VOL. 4 PGS 4, 56<br />
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Tremblay, Tony. ''David Adams Richards of the Miramichi.''Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. eBook.<br />
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T. Tremblay (Personal Communication, November 2, 2015.)<br />
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G L 1: Desmond Pacey Fonds, Series 2.3, Case 12, Files 1-3<br />
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Earle, Nancy. ''Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature. ''Burnaby: Simon Fraser University Library, 2006. PDF.&nbsp;<br />
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<div>The Writer-in-Residence program began in 1965 due to the efforts of [[Desmond_Pacey_Memorial_Lectures|Desmond Pacey]], head of the [[Department_of_English|English Department]] at UNB at the time. Funding from the Canada Council helped to create the first position of it's kind in a Canadian university. The term of the appointment varies from a few months to several years, the notable exception being Alden Nowlan, who remained as Writer-in-Residence for fifteen years. Writers-in-Residence have an office in the [[Department_of_English|Department of English]] where they meet with students and community members to provide feedback and advice on their creative writing. They also give public readings and are generally involved with the literary community.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence program has its roots in post-World War II Canada. After the war, there an exponential increase of enrolment in universities across Canada as well as New Brunswick. Most of these new students were former soldiers who had gained an greater interest in studying culture during their time spent in Europe. Pacey, and the university more broadly, were thus interested in establishing programs that would provide cultural programming to satisfy the demands of this new influx of students, and to make sure that this programming was especially relevant to students in the Maritime provinces. Due to the slow nature of the bureaucratic process, the residency was not in serious consideration until about twenty years later in the early 1960s.<br />
<br />
Funding for the writer-in-residence position has come from various sources throughout the years. Initially the funding was granted by the Canada Council for Norman Levine’s residency. In "Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature", Nancy Earle states that “the council expressed optimism that the ‘experiment’ would promote its goals of fostering literature and promoting community development and interest in the arts.” However, for Dorothy Livesay’s second year of residency in 1967, the university arranged to provide half the stipend. Additionally, provincial premier Richard Hatfield ensured that a “miniscule fraction” of the province’s operating budget would go towards Alden Nowlan’s permanent residency until the poet’s death in 1983. The New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Heritage has also played a role in funding the residency in the past.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence has fulfilled a variety of roles and responsibilities. They are not required to hold any formal classes (though Livesay did teach a graduate poetry workshop in 1967), but are expected to have a certain amount of hour per week dedicated to critiquing the writing of students and other local writers. Livesay and Nowlan also contributed to the writing community by establishing meetings places for writes to converse and workshop. In 1966, Livesay began using McCord Hall as a space for creative writing workshops, a tradition which continues to this day. Nowlan’s house on Windsor Street where he lived during his residency became a social hub for writers and students at the university, and is now used as a campus pub and meeting place for the English department. Previous writers-in-residence have done readings and lectures on campus and other places; one example of this is David Adams Richards, who was a guest lecturer at The New Orleans Center for Public Arts in March of 1985.&nbsp;<br />
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As of 1 September 2008, [[UNB_Saint_John|UNB Saint John]] established the Lorenzo Writer-in-Residence program, made possible by the support of UNB president [[Presidents|John McLaughlin]]. This writer-in-residence program operates on a three year term.<br />
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{| style="border: 1px solid #c6c9ff; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
| align="center" | '''Year(s)'''<br />
| align="center" | '''Name'''<br />
|-<br />
| 1965-66<br />
| Norman Levine*<br />
|-<br />
| 1966-67<br />
| [[Dorothy_Livesay|Dorothy Livesay]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1968-83<br />
| [[Alden_Nowlan|Alden Nowlan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1972-73<br />
| John Metcalf<br />
|-<br />
| 1983-86<br />
| [[David_Adams_Richards|David Adams Richards]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 (September - December)<br />
| John Hearne^<br />
|-<br />
| 1987-88<br />
| [[Douglas_Glover|Douglas Glover]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1988-89<br />
| [[Helen_Weinzweig|Helen Weinzweig]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1989-90<br />
| [[Nancy_Bauer|Nancy Bauer]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1990-92<br />
| Bill Gaston<br />
|-<br />
| 1992-93<br />
| Don Hannah<br />
|-<br />
| 1993-94<br />
| [[Karen_Connelly|Karen Connelly]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 (September-December)<br />
| [[Elisabeth_Harvor|Elisabeth Harvor]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1995-96<br />
| Anne Michaels<br />
|-<br />
| 1996-97<br />
| Kenneth J. Harvey<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 (September-December)<br />
| Carol Malyon<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 (January-April)<br />
| [[Bill_bissett|bill bissett]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1998-99<br />
| Richard Sanger<br />
|-<br />
| 1999-00<br />
| Colleen Wagner<br />
|-<br />
| 2000-01<br />
| George [Douglas] Fetherling<br />
|-<br />
| 2001-02<br />
| John Steffler<br />
|-<br />
| 2002-03<br />
| Anne Simpson<br />
|-<br />
| 2003-05<br />
| Ken McGoogan<br />
|-<br />
| 2004-05<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Erin Mouré</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">2005-06</span><br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Catherine Bush</span><br />
|-<br />
| 2006-07<br />
| Karen Solie<br />
|-<br />
| 2007-08<br />
| Patricia Young<br />
|-<br />
| 2008-09<br />
| Gerard Beirne<br />
|-<br />
| 2009-10<br />
| Fred Stenson<br />
|-<br />
| 2010-11<br />
| John Barton<br />
|-<br />
| 2011-12<br />
| Sue Sinclair<br />
|-<br />
| 2012-13<br />
| Joan Clark<br />
|-<br />
| 2013-14<br />
| Douglas Glover<br />
|-<br />
| 2014-15<br />
| Jeramy Dodds<br />
|}<br />
<br />
*First appointment of its kind at any Canadian university.<br />
<br />
*Although funded by an outside source and not by the Department of English, Hearne did hold the title of Writer-in-Residence<br />
<br />
<br/>'''Source(s):'''<br />
<br />
Sources: UA Case 191; Section 2<br />
<br />
Archives Canada MG 4 SERIES D 339 VOL. 4 PGS 4, 56<br />
<br />
Tremblay, Tony. ''David Adams Richards of the Miramichi.''Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. eBook.<br />
<br />
T. Tremblay (Personal Communication, November 2, 2015.)<br />
<br />
G L 1: Desmond Pacey Fonds, Series 2.3, Case 12, Files 1-3<br />
<br />
Earle, Nancy. ''Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature. ''Burnaby: Simon Fraser University Library, 2006. PDF.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
&#x7B;&#x7B;Copyright&#x7D;&#x7D;<br />
[[Category:People]] [[Category:Fine Arts at UNB]] [[Category:Honorary Titles]]</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Writers-in-Residence&diff=8325Writers-in-Residence2016-03-16T17:47:57Z<p>Napage: </p>
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<div>The Writer-in-Residence program began in 1965 due to the efforts of [[Desmond_Pacey_Memorial_Lectures|Desmond Pacey]], head of the [[Department_of_English|English Department]] at UNB at the time. Funding from the Canada Council helped to create the first position of it's kind in a Canadian university. The term of the appointment varies from a few months to several years, the notable exception being Alden Nowlan, who remained as Writer-in-Residence for fifteen years. Writers-in-Residence have an office in the [[Department_of_English|Department of English]] where they meet with students and community members to provide feedback and advice on their creative writing. They also give public readings and are generally involved with the literary community.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence program has its roots in post-World War II Canada. After the war, there an exponential increase of enrolment in universities across Canada as well as New Brunswick. Most of these new students were former soldiers who had gained an greater interest in studying culture during their time spent in Europe. Pacey, and the university more broadly, were thus interested in establishing programs that would provide cultural programming to satisfy the demands of this new influx of students, and to make sure that this programming was especially relevant to students in the Maritime provinces. Due to the slow nature of the bureaucratic process, the residency was not in serious consideration until about twenty years later in the early 1960s.<br />
<br />
Funding for the writer-in-residence position has come from various sources throughout the years. Initially the funding was granted by the Canada Council for Norman Levine’s residency. In "Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature", Nancy Earle states that “the council expressed optimism that the ‘experiment’ would promote its goals of fostering literature and promoting community development and interest in the arts.” However, for Dorothy Livesay’s second year of residency in 1967, the university arranged to provide half the stipend. Additionally, provincial premier Richard Hatfield ensured that a “miniscule fraction” of the province’s operating budget would go towards Alden Nowlan’s permanent residency until the poet’s death in 1983. The New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Heritage has also played a role in funding the residency in the past.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence has fulfilled a variety of roles and responsibilities. They are not required to hold any formal classes (though Livesay did teach a graduate poetry workshop in 1967), but are expected to have a certain amount of hour per week dedicated to critiquing the writing of students and other local writers. Livesay and Nowlan also contributed to the writing community by establishing meetings places for writes to converse and workshop. In 1966, Livesay began using McCord Hall as a space for creative writing workshops, a tradition which continues to this day. Nowlan’s house on Windsor Street where he lived during his residency became a social hub for writers and students at the university, and is now used as a campus pub and meeting place for the English department. Previous writers-in-residence have done readings and lectures on campus and other places; one example of this is David Adams Richards, who was a guest lecturer at The New Orleans Center for Public Arts in March of 1985.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
As of 1 September 2008, [[UNB_Saint_John|UNB Saint John]] established the Lorenzo Writer-in-Residence program, made possible by the support of UNB president [[Presidents|John McLaughlin]]. This writer-in-residence program operates on a three year term.<br />
<br />
{| style="border: 1px solid #c6c9ff; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
| align="center" | '''Year(s)'''<br />
| align="center" | '''Name'''<br />
|-<br />
| 1965-66<br />
| Norman Levine*<br />
|-<br />
| 1966-67<br />
| [[Dorothy_Livesay|Dorothy Livesay]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1968-83<br />
| [[Alden_Nowlan|Alden Nowlan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1972-73<br />
| John Metcalf<br />
|-<br />
| 1983-86<br />
| [[David_Adams_Richards|David Adams Richards]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 (September - December)<br />
| John Hearne^<br />
|-<br />
| 1987-88<br />
| [[Douglas_Glover|Douglas Glover]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1988-89<br />
| [[Helen_Weinzweig|Helen Weinzweig]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1989-90<br />
| [[Nancy_Bauer|Nancy Bauer]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1990-92<br />
| Bill Gaston<br />
|-<br />
| 1992-93<br />
| Don Hannah<br />
|-<br />
| 1993-94<br />
| [[Karen_Connelly|Karen Connelly]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 (September-December)<br />
| [[Elisabeth_Harvor|Elisabeth Harvor]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1995-96<br />
| Anne Michaels<br />
|-<br />
| 1996-97<br />
| Kenneth J. Harvey<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 (September-December)<br />
| Carol Malyon<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 (January-April)<br />
| [[Bill_bissett|bill bissett]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1998-99<br />
| Richard Sanger<br />
|-<br />
| 1999-00<br />
| Colleen Wagner<br />
|-<br />
| 2000-01<br />
| George [Douglas] Fetherling<br />
|-<br />
| 2001-02<br />
| John Steffler<br />
|-<br />
| 2002-03<br />
| Anne Simpson<br />
|-<br />
| 2003-05<br />
| Ken McGoogan<br />
|-<br />
| 2004-05<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Erin Mouré</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">2005-06</span><br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Catherine Bush</span><br />
|-<br />
| 2006-07<br />
| Karen Solie<br />
|-<br />
| 2007-08<br />
| Patricia Young<br />
|-<br />
| 2008-09<br />
| Gerard Beirne<br />
|-<br />
| 2009-10<br />
| Fred Stenson<br />
|-<br />
| 2010-11<br />
| John Barton<br />
|-<br />
| 2011-12<br />
| Sue Sinclair<br />
|-<br />
| 2012-13<br />
| Joan Clark<br />
|-<br />
| 2013-14<br />
| Douglas Glover<br />
|-<br />
| 2014-15<br />
| Jeramy Dodds<br />
|}<br />
<br />
*First appointment of its kind at any Canadian university.<br />
<br />
*Although funded by an outside source and not by the Department of English, Hearne did hold the title of Writer-in-Residence<br />
<br />
<br/>'''Source(s):'''<br />
<br />
Sources: UA Case 191; Section 2<br />
<br />
Archives Canada MG 4 SERIES D 339 VOL. 4 PGS 4, 56<br />
<br />
Tremblay, Tony. David Adams Richards of the Miramichi.Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. eBook.<br />
<br />
T. Tremblay (Personal Communication, November 2, 2015.)<br />
<br />
G L 1: Desmond Pacey Fonds, Series 2.3, Case 12, Files 1-3<br />
<br />
Earle, Nancy. ''Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature. ''Burnaby: Simon Fraser University Library, 2006. PDF.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
&#x7B;&#x7B;Copyright&#x7D;&#x7D;<br />
[[Category:People]] [[Category:Fine Arts at UNB]] [[Category:Honorary Titles]]</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Richard_Sanger&diff=8324Richard Sanger2016-03-14T19:01:35Z<p>Napage: Created page with "{{UnderDevelopment}} Richard Sanger was UNB’s eighteenth writer-in-residence for the 1998-1999 academic year. He gave a number of readings from his play ''Two Words for Sno..."</p>
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<div>{{UnderDevelopment}}<br />
<br />
Richard Sanger was UNB’s eighteenth writer-in-residence for the 1998-1999 academic year. He gave a number of readings from his play ''Two Words for Snow ''during his residency.<br />
<br />
Sources:<br />
<br />
UA Case 191; Section 2; Richard Sanger</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Bill_bissett&diff=8323Bill bissett2016-03-14T18:55:55Z<p>Napage: Created page with "bill bissett was UNB’s seventeenth writer-in-residence for 1998 winter term. Though he was raised in Halifax, he gained his reputation in Vancouver during the 1960s and was..."</p>
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<div>bill bissett was UNB’s seventeenth writer-in-residence for 1998 winter term. Though he was raised in Halifax, he gained his reputation in Vancouver during the 1960s and was known for his countercultural writing which upset standard ideals in the literary community. He had authored over 60 books of radical poetry and artwork by the time he took residency at UNB. bissett did a reading at Memorial Hall on January 21, 1998.<br />
<br />
Sources:<br />
<br />
UA Case 191; Section 2; bill bissett</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Writers-in-Residence&diff=8322Writers-in-Residence2016-03-14T18:47:23Z<p>Napage: </p>
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<div>The Writer-in-Residence program began in 1965 due to the efforts of [[Desmond_Pacey_Memorial_Lectures|Desmond Pacey]], head of the [[Department_of_English|English Department]] at UNB at the time. Funding from the Canada Council helped to create the first position of it's kind in a Canadian university. The term of the appointment varies from a few months to several years, the notable exception being Alden Nowlan, who remained as Writer-in-Residence for fifteen years. Writers-in-Residence have an office in the [[Department_of_English|Department of English]] where they meet with students and community members to provide feedback and advice on their creative writing. They also give public readings and are generally involved with the literary community.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence program has its roots in post-World War II Canada. After the war, there an exponential increase of enrolment in universities across Canada as well as New Brunswick. Most of these new students were former soldiers who had gained an greater interest in studying culture during their time spent in Europe. Pacey, and the university more broadly, were thus interested in establishing programs that would provide cultural programming to satisfy the demands of this new influx of students, and to make sure that this programming was especially relevant to students in the Maritime provinces. Due to the slow nature of the bureaucratic process, the residency was not in serious consideration until about twenty years later in the early 1960s.<br />
<br />
Funding for the writer-in-residence position has come from various sources throughout the years. Initially the funding was granted by the Canada Council for Norman Levine’s residency. In "Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature", Nancy Earle states that “the council expressed optimism that the ‘experiment’ would promote its goals of fostering literature and promoting community development and interest in the arts.” However, for Dorothy Livesay’s second year of residency in 1967, the university arranged to provide half the stipend. Additionally, provincial premier Richard Hatfield ensured that a “miniscule fraction” of the province’s operating budget would go towards Alden Nowlan’s permanent residency until the poet’s death in 1983. The New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Heritage has also played a role in funding the residency in the past.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence has fulfilled a variety of roles and responsibilities. They are not required to hold any formal classes (though Livesay did teach a graduate poetry workshop in 1967), but are expected to have a certain amount of hour per week dedicated to critiquing the writing of students and other local writers. Livesay and Nowlan also contributed to the writing community by establishing meetings places for writes to converse and workshop. In 1966, Livesay began using McCord Hall as a space for creative writing workshops, a tradition which continues to this day. Nowlan’s house on Windsor Street where he lived during his residency became a social hub for writers and students at the university, and is now used as a campus pub and meeting place for the English department. Previous writers-in-residence have done readings and lectures on campus and other places; one example of this is David Adams Richards, who was a guest lecturer at The New Orleans Center for Public Arts in March of 1985.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
As of 1 September 2008, [[UNB_Saint_John|UNB Saint John]] established the Lorenzo Writer-in-Residence program, made possible by the support of UNB president [[Presidents|John McLaughlin]]. This writer-in-residence program operates on a three year term.<br />
<br />
{| style="border: 1px solid #c6c9ff; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
| align="center" | '''Year(s)'''<br />
| align="center" | '''Name'''<br />
|-<br />
| 1965-66<br />
| Norman Levine*<br />
|-<br />
| 1966-67<br />
| [[Dorothy_Livesay|Dorothy Livesay]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1968-83<br />
| [[Alden_Nowlan|Alden Nowlan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1972-73<br />
| John Metcalf<br />
|-<br />
| 1983-86<br />
| [[David_Adams_Richards|David Adams Richards]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 (September - December)<br />
| John Hearne^<br />
|-<br />
| 1987-88<br />
| [[Douglas_Glover|Douglas Glover]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1988-89<br />
| [[Helen_Weinzweig|Helen Weinzweig]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1989-90<br />
| [[Nancy_Bauer|Nancy Bauer]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1990-92<br />
| Bill Gaston<br />
|-<br />
| 1992-93<br />
| Don Hannah<br />
|-<br />
| 1993-94<br />
| [[Karen_Connelly|Karen Connelly]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 (September-December)<br />
| [[Elisabeth Harvor|Elisabeth Harvor]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1995-96<br />
| Anne Michaels<br />
|-<br />
| 1996-97<br />
| Kenneth J. Harvey<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 (September-December)<br />
| Carol Malyon<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 (January-April)<br />
| Bill Bissett<br />
|-<br />
| 1998-99<br />
| Richard Sanger<br />
|-<br />
| 1999-00<br />
| Colleen Wagner<br />
|-<br />
| 2000-01<br />
| George [Douglas] Fetherling<br />
|-<br />
| 2001-02<br />
| John Steffler<br />
|-<br />
| 2002-03<br />
| Anne Simpson<br />
|-<br />
| 2003-05<br />
| Ken McGoogan<br />
|-<br />
| 2004-05<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Erin Mouré</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">2005-06</span><br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Catherine Bush</span><br />
|-<br />
| 2006-07<br />
| Karen Solie<br />
|-<br />
| 2007-08<br />
| Patricia Young<br />
|-<br />
| 2008-09<br />
| Gerard Beirne<br />
|-<br />
| 2009-10<br />
| Fred Stenson<br />
|-<br />
| 2010-11<br />
| John Barton<br />
|-<br />
| 2011-12<br />
| Sue Sinclair<br />
|-<br />
| 2012-13<br />
| Joan Clark<br />
|-<br />
| 2013-14<br />
| Douglas Glover<br />
|-<br />
| 2014-15<br />
| Jeramy Dodds<br />
|}<br />
<br />
*First appointment of its kind at any Canadian university.<br />
<br />
*Although funded by an outside source and not by the Department of English, Hearne did hold the title of Writer-in-Residence<br />
<br />
<br/>'''Source(s):'''<br />
<br />
Sources: UA Case 191; Section 2<br />
<br />
Archives Canada MG 4 SERIES D 339 VOL. 4 PGS 4, 56<br />
<br />
Tremblay, Tony. David Adams Richards of the Miramichi.Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. eBook.<br />
<br />
T. Tremblay (Personal Communication, November 2, 2015.)<br />
<br />
G L 1: Desmond Pacey Fonds, Series 2.3, Case 12, Files 1-3<br />
<br />
Earle, Nancy. ''Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature. ''Burnaby: Simon Fraser University Library, 2006. PDF.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
{{Copyright}}<br />
[[Category:People]] [[Category:Fine Arts at UNB]] [[Category:Honorary Titles]]</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Elisabeth_Harvor&diff=8321Elisabeth Harvor2016-03-14T18:44:40Z<p>Napage: </p>
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<div>{{UnderDevelopment}}<br />
<br />
Elisabeth Harvor was UNB’s thirteenth writer-in-residence for the fall term of 1994. Harvor worked a variety of material during her time at UNB, including a children’s book, a novella, and a poetry manuscript. She gave a reading a Memorial Hall on&nbsp;September 26.<br />
<br />
Sources:<br />
<br />
UA Case 191; Section 2;&nbsp;Elisabeth Harvor<br />
<br />
&nbsp;</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Elisabeth_Harvor&diff=8320Elisabeth Harvor2016-03-14T18:44:28Z<p>Napage: Created page with "&#x7B;&#x7B;UnderDevelopment&#x7D;&#x7D; Elisabeth Harvor was UNB’s thirteenth writer-in-residence for the fall term of 1994. Harvor worked a variety of material during her..."</p>
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<div>&#x7B;&#x7B;UnderDevelopment&#x7D;&#x7D;<br />
<br />
Elisabeth Harvor was UNB’s thirteenth writer-in-residence for the fall term of 1994. Harvor worked a variety of material during her time at UNB, including a children’s book, a novella, and a poetry manuscript. She gave a reading a Memorial Hall on&nbsp;September 26.<br />
<br />
Sources:<br />
<br />
UA Case 191; Section 2;&nbsp;Elisabeth Harvor<br />
<br />
&nbsp;</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Writers-in-Residence&diff=8319Writers-in-Residence2016-03-14T18:32:10Z<p>Napage: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Writer-in-Residence program began in 1965 due to the efforts of [[Desmond_Pacey_Memorial_Lectures|Desmond Pacey]], head of the [[Department_of_English|English Department]] at UNB at the time. Funding from the Canada Council helped to create the first position of it's kind in a Canadian university. The term of the appointment varies from a few months to several years, the notable exception being Alden Nowlan, who remained as Writer-in-Residence for fifteen years. Writers-in-Residence have an office in the [[Department_of_English|Department of English]] where they meet with students and community members to provide feedback and advice on their creative writing. They also give public readings and are generally involved with the literary community.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence program has its roots in post-World War II Canada. After the war, there an exponential increase of enrolment in universities across Canada as well as New Brunswick. Most of these new students were former soldiers who had gained an greater interest in studying culture during their time spent in Europe. Pacey, and the university more broadly, were thus interested in establishing programs that would provide cultural programming to satisfy the demands of this new influx of students, and to make sure that this programming was especially relevant to students in the Maritime provinces. Due to the slow nature of the bureaucratic process, the residency was not in serious consideration until about twenty years later in the early 1960s.<br />
<br />
Funding for the writer-in-residence position has come from various sources throughout the years. Initially the funding was granted by the Canada Council for Norman Levine’s residency. In "Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature", Nancy Earle states that “the council expressed optimism that the ‘experiment’ would promote its goals of fostering literature and promoting community development and interest in the arts.” However, for Dorothy Livesay’s second year of residency in 1967, the university arranged to provide half the stipend. Additionally, provincial premier Richard Hatfield ensured that a “miniscule fraction” of the province’s operating budget would go towards Alden Nowlan’s permanent residency until the poet’s death in 1983. The New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Heritage has also played a role in funding the residency in the past.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence has fulfilled a variety of roles and responsibilities. They are not required to hold any formal classes (though Livesay did teach a graduate poetry workshop in 1967), but are expected to have a certain amount of hour per week dedicated to critiquing the writing of students and other local writers. Livesay and Nowlan also contributed to the writing community by establishing meetings places for writes to converse and workshop. In 1966, Livesay began using McCord Hall as a space for creative writing workshops, a tradition which continues to this day. Nowlan’s house on Windsor Street where he lived during his residency became a social hub for writers and students at the university, and is now used as a campus pub and meeting place for the English department. Previous writers-in-residence have done readings and lectures on campus and other places; one example of this is David Adams Richards, who was a guest lecturer at The New Orleans Center for Public Arts in March of 1985.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
As of 1 September 2008, [[UNB_Saint_John|UNB Saint John]] established the Lorenzo Writer-in-Residence program, made possible by the support of UNB president [[Presidents|John McLaughlin]]. This writer-in-residence program operates on a three year term.<br />
<br />
{| style="border: 1px solid #c6c9ff; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
| align="center" | '''Year(s)'''<br />
| align="center" | '''Name'''<br />
|-<br />
| 1965-66<br />
| Norman Levine*<br />
|-<br />
| 1966-67<br />
| [[Dorothy_Livesay|Dorothy Livesay]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1968-83<br />
| [[Alden_Nowlan|Alden Nowlan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1972-73<br />
| John Metcalf<br />
|-<br />
| 1983-86<br />
| [[David_Adams_Richards|David Adams Richards]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 (September - December)<br />
| John Hearne^<br />
|-<br />
| 1987-88<br />
| [[Douglas_Glover|Douglas Glover]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1988-89<br />
| [[Helen_Weinzweig|Helen Weinzweig]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1989-90<br />
| [[Nancy_Bauer|Nancy Bauer]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1990-92<br />
| Bill Gaston<br />
|-<br />
| 1992-93<br />
| Don Hannah<br />
|-<br />
| 1993-94<br />
| [[Karen_Connelly|Karen Connelly]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 (September-December)<br />
| Elisabeth Harvor<br />
|-<br />
| 1995-96<br />
| Anne Michaels<br />
|-<br />
| 1996-97<br />
| Kenneth J. Harvey<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 (September-December)<br />
| Carol Malyon<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 (January-April)<br />
| Bill Bissett<br />
|-<br />
| 1998-99<br />
| Richard Sanger<br />
|-<br />
| 1999-00<br />
| Colleen Wagner<br />
|-<br />
| 2000-01<br />
| George [Douglas] Fetherling<br />
|-<br />
| 2001-02<br />
| John Steffler<br />
|-<br />
| 2002-03<br />
| Anne Simpson<br />
|-<br />
| 2003-05<br />
| Ken McGoogan<br />
|-<br />
| 2004-05<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Erin Mouré</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">2005-06</span><br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Catherine Bush</span><br />
|-<br />
| 2006-07<br />
| Karen Solie<br />
|-<br />
| 2007-08<br />
| Patricia Young<br />
|-<br />
| 2008-09<br />
| Gerard Beirne<br />
|-<br />
| 2009-10<br />
| Fred Stenson<br />
|-<br />
| 2010-11<br />
| John Barton<br />
|-<br />
| 2011-12<br />
| Sue Sinclair<br />
|-<br />
| 2012-13<br />
| Joan Clark<br />
|-<br />
| 2013-14<br />
| Douglas Glover<br />
|-<br />
| 2014-15<br />
| Jeramy Dodds<br />
|}<br />
<br />
*First appointment of its kind at any Canadian university.<br />
<br />
*Although funded by an outside source and not by the Department of English, Hearne did hold the title of Writer-in-Residence<br />
<br />
<br/>'''Source(s):'''<br />
<br />
Sources: UA Case 191; Section 2<br />
<br />
Archives Canada MG 4 SERIES D 339 VOL. 4 PGS 4, 56<br />
<br />
Tremblay, Tony. David Adams Richards of the Miramichi.Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. eBook.<br />
<br />
T. Tremblay (Personal Communication, November 2, 2015.)<br />
<br />
G L 1: Desmond Pacey Fonds, Series 2.3, Case 12, Files 1-3<br />
<br />
Earle, Nancy. ''Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature. ''Burnaby: Simon Fraser University Library, 2006. PDF.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
{{Copyright}}<br />
[[Category:People]] [[Category:Fine Arts at UNB]] [[Category:Honorary Titles]]</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Karen_Connelly&diff=8318Karen Connelly2016-03-14T18:30:46Z<p>Napage: </p>
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Karen Connelly was UNB’s twelfth writer-in-residence for the 1993-1994 academic year. She was awarded the 1993 Governor General’s Award for English Language Non-fiction for her book ''Touch the Dragon. ''Connelly gave her first public reading on September 20 in Memorial Hall. English professor Mary Rimmer said that Connelly was valued for “her writing as well as her communication skills.”<br />
<br />
Sources:<br />
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UA Case 191; Section 2; Karen Connelly</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Karen_Connelly&diff=8317Karen Connelly2016-03-14T18:30:29Z<p>Napage: Created page with "{{Underdevelopment}} Karen Connelly was UNB’s twelfth writer-in-residence for the 1993-1994 academic year. She was awarded the 1993 Governor General’s Award for English L..."</p>
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<div>{{Underdevelopment}}<br />
<br />
Karen Connelly was UNB’s twelfth writer-in-residence for the 1993-1994 academic year. She was awarded the 1993 Governor General’s Award for English Language Non-fiction for her book ''Touch the Dragon. ''Connelly gave her first public reading on September 20 in Memorial Hall. English professor Mary Rimmer said that Connelly was valued for “her writing as well as her communication skills.”<br />
<br />
Sources:<br />
<br />
UA Case 191; Section 2; Karen Connelly<br/></div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Writers-in-Residence&diff=8316Writers-in-Residence2016-03-14T18:24:55Z<p>Napage: </p>
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<div>The Writer-in-Residence program began in 1965 due to the efforts of [[Desmond_Pacey_Memorial_Lectures|Desmond Pacey]], head of the [[Department_of_English|English Department]] at UNB at the time. Funding from the Canada Council helped to create the first position of it's kind in a Canadian university. The term of the appointment varies from a few months to several years, the notable exception being Alden Nowlan, who remained as Writer-in-Residence for fifteen years. Writers-in-Residence have an office in the [[Department_of_English|Department of English]] where they meet with students and community members to provide feedback and advice on their creative writing. They also give public readings and are generally involved with the literary community.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence program has its roots in post-World War II Canada. After the war, there an exponential increase of enrolment in universities across Canada as well as New Brunswick. Most of these new students were former soldiers who had gained an greater interest in studying culture during their time spent in Europe. Pacey, and the university more broadly, were thus interested in establishing programs that would provide cultural programming to satisfy the demands of this new influx of students, and to make sure that this programming was especially relevant to students in the Maritime provinces. Due to the slow nature of the bureaucratic process, the residency was not in serious consideration until about twenty years later in the early 1960s.<br />
<br />
Funding for the writer-in-residence position has come from various sources throughout the years. Initially the funding was granted by the Canada Council for Norman Levine’s residency. In "Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature", Nancy Earle states that “the council expressed optimism that the ‘experiment’ would promote its goals of fostering literature and promoting community development and interest in the arts.” However, for Dorothy Livesay’s second year of residency in 1967, the university arranged to provide half the stipend. Additionally, provincial premier Richard Hatfield ensured that a “miniscule fraction” of the province’s operating budget would go towards Alden Nowlan’s permanent residency until the poet’s death in 1983. The New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Heritage has also played a role in funding the residency in the past.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence has fulfilled a variety of roles and responsibilities. They are not required to hold any formal classes (though Livesay did teach a graduate poetry workshop in 1967), but are expected to have a certain amount of hour per week dedicated to critiquing the writing of students and other local writers. Livesay and Nowlan also contributed to the writing community by establishing meetings places for writes to converse and workshop. In 1966, Livesay began using McCord Hall as a space for creative writing workshops, a tradition which continues to this day. Nowlan’s house on Windsor Street where he lived during his residency became a social hub for writers and students at the university, and is now used as a campus pub and meeting place for the English department. Previous writers-in-residence have done readings and lectures on campus and other places; one example of this is David Adams Richards, who was a guest lecturer at The New Orleans Center for Public Arts in March of 1985.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
As of 1 September 2008, [[UNB_Saint_John|UNB Saint John]] established the Lorenzo Writer-in-Residence program, made possible by the support of UNB president [[Presidents|John McLaughlin]]. This writer-in-residence program operates on a three year term.<br />
<br />
{| style="border: 1px solid #c6c9ff; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
| align="center" | '''Year(s)'''<br />
| align="center" | '''Name'''<br />
|-<br />
| 1965-66<br />
| Norman Levine*<br />
|-<br />
| 1966-67<br />
| [[Dorothy_Livesay|Dorothy Livesay]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1968-83<br />
| [[Alden_Nowlan|Alden Nowlan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1972-73<br />
| John Metcalf<br />
|-<br />
| 1983-86<br />
| [[David_Adams_Richards|David Adams Richards]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 (September - December)<br />
| John Hearne^<br />
|-<br />
| 1987-88<br />
| [[Douglas_Glover|Douglas Glover]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1988-89<br />
| [[Helen_Weinzweig|Helen Weinzweig]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1989-90<br />
| [[Nancy_Bauer|Nancy Bauer]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1990-92<br />
| Bill Gaston<br />
|-<br />
| 1992-93<br />
| Don Hannah<br />
|-<br />
| 1993-94<br />
| Karen Connelly<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 (September-December)<br />
| Elisabeth Harvor<br />
|-<br />
| 1995-96<br />
| Anne Michaels<br />
|-<br />
| 1996-97<br />
| Kenneth J. Harvey<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 (September-December)<br />
| Carol Malyon<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 (January-April)<br />
| Bill Bissett<br />
|-<br />
| 1998-99<br />
| Richard Sanger<br />
|-<br />
| 1999-00<br />
| Colleen Wagner<br />
|-<br />
| 2000-01<br />
| George [Douglas] Fetherling<br />
|-<br />
| 2001-02<br />
| John Steffler<br />
|-<br />
| 2002-03<br />
| Anne Simpson<br />
|-<br />
| 2003-05<br />
| Ken McGoogan<br />
|-<br />
| 2004-05<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Erin Mouré</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">2005-06</span><br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Catherine Bush</span><br />
|-<br />
| 2006-07<br />
| Karen Solie<br />
|-<br />
| 2007-08<br />
| Patricia Young<br />
|-<br />
| 2008-09<br />
| Gerard Beirne<br />
|-<br />
| 2009-10<br />
| Fred Stenson<br />
|-<br />
| 2010-11<br />
| John Barton<br />
|-<br />
| 2011-12<br />
| Sue Sinclair<br />
|-<br />
| 2012-13<br />
| Joan Clark<br />
|-<br />
| 2013-14<br />
| Douglas Glover<br />
|-<br />
| 2014-15<br />
| Jeramy Dodds<br />
|}<br />
<br />
*First appointment of its kind at any Canadian university.<br />
<br />
*Although funded by an outside source and not by the Department of English, Hearne did hold the title of Writer-in-Residence<br />
<br />
<br/>'''Source(s):'''<br />
<br />
Sources: UA Case 191; Section 2<br />
<br />
Archives Canada MG 4 SERIES D 339 VOL. 4 PGS 4, 56<br />
<br />
Tremblay, Tony. David Adams Richards of the Miramichi.Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. eBook.<br />
<br />
T. Tremblay (Personal Communication, November 2, 2015.)<br />
<br />
G L 1: Desmond Pacey Fonds, Series 2.3, Case 12, Files 1-3<br />
<br />
Earle, Nancy. ''Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature. ''Burnaby: Simon Fraser University Library, 2006. PDF.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
{{Copyright}}<br />
[[Category:People]] [[Category:Fine Arts at UNB]] [[Category:Honorary Titles]]</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Nancy_Bauer&diff=8315Nancy Bauer2016-03-14T18:13:40Z<p>Napage: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{UnderDevelopment}}<br />
<br />
Nancy Bauer was UNB’s ninth writer-in-residence for the 1989-1990 academic year. Before beginning as writer-in-residence, Bauer often attended informal discussions on writing at the Ice House, and was one of the founders of the Maritime Writers’ Workshop. Bauer also participated in the Writer-in-Schools program in New Brunswick, where local writers would talk to students about creative writing. Bauer had previously held an residency at Bemidji State University in Minnesota in Spring of 1986.<br />
<br />
Sources:<br />
<br />
UA Case 191; Section 2; Nancy Bauer</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Nancy_Bauer&diff=8314Nancy Bauer2016-03-14T18:13:10Z<p>Napage: Created page with "{{UnderDevelopment}} Nancy Bauer was UNB’s ninth writer-in-residence for the 1989-1990 academic year. Before beginning as writer-in-residence, Bauer often attended informal..."</p>
<hr />
<div>{{UnderDevelopment}}<br />
<br />
Nancy Bauer was UNB’s ninth writer-in-residence for the 1989-1990 academic year. Before beginning as writer-in-residence, Bauer often attended informal discussions on writing at the Ice House, and was one of the founders of the Maritime Writers’ Workshop. Bauer also participated in the Writer in Schools program in New Brunswick, where local writers would talk to students about creative writing. Bauer held an residency at Bemidji State University in Minnesota in Spring of 1986.<br />
<br />
Sources:<br />
<br />
UA Case 191; Section 2; Nancy Bauer</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Writers-in-Residence&diff=8313Writers-in-Residence2016-03-14T18:07:39Z<p>Napage: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Writer-in-Residence program began in 1965 due to the efforts of [[Desmond_Pacey_Memorial_Lectures|Desmond Pacey]], head of the [[Department_of_English|English Department]] at UNB at the time. Funding from the Canada Council helped to create the first position of it's kind in a Canadian university. The term of the appointment varies from a few months to several years, the notable exception being Alden Nowlan, who remained as Writer-in-Residence for fifteen years. Writers-in-Residence have an office in the [[Department_of_English|Department of English]] where they meet with students and community members to provide feedback and advice on their creative writing. They also give public readings and are generally involved with the literary community.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence program has its roots in post-World War II Canada. After the war, there an exponential increase of enrolment in universities across Canada as well as New Brunswick. Most of these new students were former soldiers who had gained an greater interest in studying culture during their time spent in Europe. Pacey, and the university more broadly, were thus interested in establishing programs that would provide cultural programming to satisfy the demands of this new influx of students, and to make sure that this programming was especially relevant to students in the Maritime provinces. Due to the slow nature of the bureaucratic process, the residency was not in serious consideration until about twenty years later in the early 1960s.<br />
<br />
Funding for the writer-in-residence position has come from various sources throughout the years. Initially the funding was granted by the Canada Council for Norman Levine’s residency. In "Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature", Nancy Earle states that “the council expressed optimism that the ‘experiment’ would promote its goals of fostering literature and promoting community development and interest in the arts.” However, for Dorothy Livesay’s second year of residency in 1967, the university arranged to provide half the stipend. Additionally, provincial premier Richard Hatfield ensured that a “miniscule fraction” of the province’s operating budget would go towards Alden Nowlan’s permanent residency until the poet’s death in 1983. The New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Heritage has also played a role in funding the residency in the past.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence has fulfilled a variety of roles and responsibilities. They are not required to hold any formal classes (though Livesay did teach a graduate poetry workshop in 1967), but are expected to have a certain amount of hour per week dedicated to critiquing the writing of students and other local writers. Livesay and Nowlan also contributed to the writing community by establishing meetings places for writes to converse and workshop. In 1966, Livesay began using McCord Hall as a space for creative writing workshops, a tradition which continues to this day. Nowlan’s house on Windsor Street where he lived during his residency became a social hub for writers and students at the university, and is now used as a campus pub and meeting place for the English department. Previous writers-in-residence have done readings and lectures on campus and other places; one example of this is David Adams Richards, who was a guest lecturer at The New Orleans Center for Public Arts in March of 1985.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
As of 1 September 2008, [[UNB_Saint_John|UNB Saint John]] established the Lorenzo Writer-in-Residence program, made possible by the support of UNB president [[Presidents|John McLaughlin]]. This writer-in-residence program operates on a three year term.<br />
<br />
{| style="border: 1px solid #c6c9ff; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
| align="center" | '''Year(s)'''<br />
| align="center" | '''Name'''<br />
|-<br />
| 1965-66<br />
| Norman Levine*<br />
|-<br />
| 1966-67<br />
| [[Dorothy_Livesay|Dorothy Livesay]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1968-83<br />
| [[Alden_Nowlan|Alden Nowlan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1972-73<br />
| John Metcalf<br />
|-<br />
| 1983-86<br />
| [[David_Adams_Richards|David Adams Richards]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 (September - December)<br />
| John Hearne^<br />
|-<br />
| 1987-88<br />
| [[Douglas_Glover|Douglas Glover]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1988-89<br />
| [[Helen_Weinzweig|Helen Weinzweig]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1989-90<br />
| Nancy Bauer<br />
|-<br />
| 1990-92<br />
| Bill Gaston<br />
|-<br />
| 1992-93<br />
| Don Hannah<br />
|-<br />
| 1993-94<br />
| Karen Connelly<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 (September-December)<br />
| Elisabeth Harvor<br />
|-<br />
| 1995-96<br />
| Anne Michaels<br />
|-<br />
| 1996-97<br />
| Kenneth J. Harvey<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 (September-December)<br />
| Carol Malyon<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 (January-April)<br />
| Bill Bissett<br />
|-<br />
| 1998-99<br />
| Richard Sanger<br />
|-<br />
| 1999-00<br />
| Colleen Wagner<br />
|-<br />
| 2000-01<br />
| George [Douglas] Fetherling<br />
|-<br />
| 2001-02<br />
| John Steffler<br />
|-<br />
| 2002-03<br />
| Anne Simpson<br />
|-<br />
| 2003-05<br />
| Ken McGoogan<br />
|-<br />
| 2004-05<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Erin Mouré</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">2005-06</span><br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Catherine Bush</span><br />
|-<br />
| 2006-07<br />
| Karen Solie<br />
|-<br />
| 2007-08<br />
| Patricia Young<br />
|-<br />
| 2008-09<br />
| Gerard Beirne<br />
|-<br />
| 2009-10<br />
| Fred Stenson<br />
|-<br />
| 2010-11<br />
| John Barton<br />
|-<br />
| 2011-12<br />
| Sue Sinclair<br />
|-<br />
| 2012-13<br />
| Joan Clark<br />
|-<br />
| 2013-14<br />
| Douglas Glover<br />
|-<br />
| 2014-15<br />
| Jeramy Dodds<br />
|}<br />
<br />
*First appointment of its kind at any Canadian university.<br />
<br />
*Although funded by an outside source and not by the Department of English, Hearne did hold the title of Writer-in-Residence<br />
<br />
<br/>'''Source(s):'''<br />
<br />
Sources: UA Case 191; Section 2<br />
<br />
Archives Canada MG 4 SERIES D 339 VOL. 4 PGS 4, 56<br />
<br />
Tremblay, Tony. David Adams Richards of the Miramichi.Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. eBook.<br />
<br />
T. Tremblay (Personal Communication, November 2, 2015.)<br />
<br />
G L 1: Desmond Pacey Fonds, Series 2.3, Case 12, Files 1-3<br />
<br />
Earle, Nancy. ''Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature. ''Burnaby: Simon Fraser University Library, 2006. PDF.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
{{Copyright}}<br />
[[Category:People]] [[Category:Fine Arts at UNB]] [[Category:Honorary Titles]]</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Helen_Weinzweig&diff=8312Helen Weinzweig2016-03-14T18:03:19Z<p>Napage: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{UnderDevelopment}}<br />
<br />
Helen Weinzweig was UNB’s eight writer-in-residence for the 1988-1989 academic year. Her appointment was funded by the university, the Canada Council, and the New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Heritage. Weinzweig was previously the playwright in residence at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto during 1984. During her year at UNB, Weinzweig lived in a student dormitory “to resolve an unfulfilled ambition to go to college.”<br />
<br />
Sources:<br />
<br />
UA Case 191; Section 2; Helen Weinzweig<br />
<br />
Panofsky, Ruth. "A 'Sense of Loss': A Profile of Helen Weinzweig."&nbsp;''Atlantis&nbsp;''Vol. 22.1, Fall/Winter 1997. Web.</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Helen_Weinzweig&diff=8311Helen Weinzweig2016-03-14T18:02:39Z<p>Napage: Created page with "{{UnderDevelopment}} Helen Weinzweig was UNB’s eight writer-in-residence for the 1988-1989 academic year. Her appointment was funded by the university, the Canada Council,..."</p>
<hr />
<div>{{UnderDevelopment}}<br />
<br />
Helen Weinzweig was UNB’s eight writer-in-residence for the 1988-1989 academic year. Her appointment was funded by the university, the Canada Council, and the New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Heritage. Weinzweig was previously the playwright in residence at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto during 1984. During her year at UNB, Weinzweig lived in a student dormitory “to resolve an unfulfilled ambition to go to college.”<br />
<br />
Sources:<br />
<br />
UA Case 191; Section 2; Helen Weinzweig<br />
<br />
Panofsky, Ruth. "A 'Sense of Loss': A Profile of Helen Weinzweig."&nbsp;''Atlantis&nbsp;''Vol 22.1, Fall/Winter 1997. Web.</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Writers-in-Residence&diff=8310Writers-in-Residence2016-03-14T17:57:21Z<p>Napage: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Writer-in-Residence program began in 1965 due to the efforts of [[Desmond_Pacey_Memorial_Lectures|Desmond Pacey]], head of the [[Department_of_English|English Department]] at UNB at the time. Funding from the Canada Council helped to create the first position of it's kind in a Canadian university. The term of the appointment varies from a few months to several years, the notable exception being Alden Nowlan, who remained as Writer-in-Residence for fifteen years. Writers-in-Residence have an office in the [[Department_of_English|Department of English]] where they meet with students and community members to provide feedback and advice on their creative writing. They also give public readings and are generally involved with the literary community.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence program has its roots in post-World War II Canada. After the war, there an exponential increase of enrolment in universities across Canada as well as New Brunswick. Most of these new students were former soldiers who had gained an greater interest in studying culture during their time spent in Europe. Pacey, and the university more broadly, were thus interested in establishing programs that would provide cultural programming to satisfy the demands of this new influx of students, and to make sure that this programming was especially relevant to students in the Maritime provinces. Due to the slow nature of the bureaucratic process, the residency was not in serious consideration until about twenty years later in the early 1960s.<br />
<br />
Funding for the writer-in-residence position has come from various sources throughout the years. Initially the funding was granted by the Canada Council for Norman Levine’s residency. In "Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature", Nancy Earle states that “the council expressed optimism that the ‘experiment’ would promote its goals of fostering literature and promoting community development and interest in the arts.” However, for Dorothy Livesay’s second year of residency in 1967, the university arranged to provide half the stipend. Additionally, provincial premier Richard Hatfield ensured that a “miniscule fraction” of the province’s operating budget would go towards Alden Nowlan’s permanent residency until the poet’s death in 1983. The New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Heritage has also played a role in funding the residency in the past.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence has fulfilled a variety of roles and responsibilities. They are not required to hold any formal classes (though Livesay did teach a graduate poetry workshop in 1967), but are expected to have a certain amount of hour per week dedicated to critiquing the writing of students and other local writers. Livesay and Nowlan also contributed to the writing community by establishing meetings places for writes to converse and workshop. In 1966, Livesay began using McCord Hall as a space for creative writing workshops, a tradition which continues to this day. Nowlan’s house on Windsor Street where he lived during his residency became a social hub for writers and students at the university, and is now used as a campus pub and meeting place for the English department. Previous writers-in-residence have done readings and lectures on campus and other places; one example of this is David Adams Richards, who was a guest lecturer at The New Orleans Center for Public Arts in March of 1985.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
As of 1 September 2008, [[UNB_Saint_John|UNB Saint John]] established the Lorenzo Writer-in-Residence program, made possible by the support of UNB president [[Presidents|John McLaughlin]]. This writer-in-residence program operates on a three year term.<br />
<br />
{| style="border: 1px solid #c6c9ff; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
| align="center" | '''Year(s)'''<br />
| align="center" | '''Name'''<br />
|-<br />
| 1965-66<br />
| Norman Levine*<br />
|-<br />
| 1966-67<br />
| [[Dorothy_Livesay|Dorothy Livesay]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1968-83<br />
| [[Alden_Nowlan|Alden Nowlan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1972-73<br />
| John Metcalf<br />
|-<br />
| 1983-86<br />
| [[David_Adams_Richards|David Adams Richards]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 (September - December)<br />
| John Hearne^<br />
|-<br />
| 1987-88<br />
| [[Douglas_Glover|Douglas Glover]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1988-89<br />
| Helen Weinzweig<br />
|-<br />
| 1989-90<br />
| Nancy Bauer<br />
|-<br />
| 1990-92<br />
| Bill Gaston<br />
|-<br />
| 1992-93<br />
| Don Hannah<br />
|-<br />
| 1993-94<br />
| Karen Connelly<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 (September-December)<br />
| Elisabeth Harvor<br />
|-<br />
| 1995-96<br />
| Anne Michaels<br />
|-<br />
| 1996-97<br />
| Kenneth J. Harvey<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 (September-December)<br />
| Carol Malyon<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 (January-April)<br />
| Bill Bissett<br />
|-<br />
| 1998-99<br />
| Richard Sanger<br />
|-<br />
| 1999-00<br />
| Colleen Wagner<br />
|-<br />
| 2000-01<br />
| George [Douglas] Fetherling<br />
|-<br />
| 2001-02<br />
| John Steffler<br />
|-<br />
| 2002-03<br />
| Anne Simpson<br />
|-<br />
| 2003-05<br />
| Ken McGoogan<br />
|-<br />
| 2004-05<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Erin Mouré</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">2005-06</span><br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Catherine Bush</span><br />
|-<br />
| 2006-07<br />
| Karen Solie<br />
|-<br />
| 2007-08<br />
| Patricia Young<br />
|-<br />
| 2008-09<br />
| Gerard Beirne<br />
|-<br />
| 2009-10<br />
| Fred Stenson<br />
|-<br />
| 2010-11<br />
| John Barton<br />
|-<br />
| 2011-12<br />
| Sue Sinclair<br />
|-<br />
| 2012-13<br />
| Joan Clark<br />
|-<br />
| 2013-14<br />
| Douglas Glover<br />
|-<br />
| 2014-15<br />
| Jeramy Dodds<br />
|}<br />
<br />
*First appointment of its kind at any Canadian university.<br />
<br />
*Although funded by an outside source and not by the Department of English, Hearne did hold the title of Writer-in-Residence<br />
<br />
<br/>'''Source(s):'''<br />
<br />
Sources: UA Case 191; Section 2<br />
<br />
Archives Canada MG 4 SERIES D 339 VOL. 4 PGS 4, 56<br />
<br />
Tremblay, Tony. David Adams Richards of the Miramichi.Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. eBook.<br />
<br />
T. Tremblay (Personal Communication, November 2, 2015.)<br />
<br />
G L 1: Desmond Pacey Fonds, Series 2.3, Case 12, Files 1-3<br />
<br />
Earle, Nancy. ''Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature. ''Burnaby: Simon Fraser University Library, 2006. PDF.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
{{Copyright}}<br />
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Douglas Glover was UNB’s seventh writer-in-residence for the 1987-88 academic year, and returned to the position for the 2013-14 academic year. He was the recepient of&nbsp;the 2003 English Language fiction Governor-General’s award for his novel ''Elle. ''Glover was the editor for the annual ''Best Canadian Stories ''from 1996 to 2006, and currently publishes the online journal ''Numero Cinq.''<br />
<br />
Glover originally came to UNB in 1971 as a philosophy lecturer at the Saint John Campus. His 1987 residency was funded by both the university and the New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Heritage. During his residency in 2013-14, Glover was a part of the Lorenzo reading series in Saint John, and also gave a writing workshop on March 20 at UNBSJ.&nbsp;<br />
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Sources:<br />
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UA Case 191; Section 2; Douglas Glover</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Writers-in-Residence&diff=8308Writers-in-Residence2016-03-04T20:11:53Z<p>Napage: </p>
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<div>The Writer-in-Residence program began in 1965 due to the efforts of [[Desmond_Pacey_Memorial_Lectures|Desmond Pacey]], head of the [[Department_of_English|English Department]] at UNB at the time. Funding from the Canada Council helped to create the first position of it's kind in a Canadian university. The term of the appointment varies from a few months to several years, the notable exception being Alden Nowlan, who remained as Writer-in-Residence for fifteen years. Writers-in-Residence have an office in the [[Department_of_English|Department of English]] where they meet with students and community members to provide feedback and advice on their creative writing. They also give public readings and are generally involved with the literary community.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence program has its roots in post-World War II Canada. After the war, there an exponential increase of enrolment in universities across Canada as well as New Brunswick. Most of these new students were former soldiers who had gained an greater interest in studying culture during their time spent in Europe. Pacey, and the university more broadly, were thus interested in establishing programs that would provide cultural programming to satisfy the demands of this new influx of students, and to make sure that this programming was especially relevant to students in the Maritime provinces. Due to the slow nature of the bureaucratic process, the residency was not in serious consideration until about twenty years later in the early 1960s.<br />
<br />
Funding for the writer-in-residence position has come from various sources throughout the years. Initially the funding was granted by the Canada Council for Norman Levine’s residency. In "Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature", Nancy Earle states that “the council expressed optimism that the ‘experiment’ would promote its goals of fostering literature and promoting community development and interest in the arts.” However, for Dorothy Livesay’s second year of residency in 1967, the university arranged to provide half the stipend. Additionally, provincial premier Richard Hatfield ensured that a “miniscule fraction” of the province’s operating budget would go towards Alden Nowlan’s permanent residency until the poet’s death in 1983. The New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Heritage has also played a role in funding the residency in the past.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence has fulfilled a variety of roles and responsibilities. They are not required to hold any formal classes (though Livesay did teach a graduate poetry workshop in 1967), but are expected to have a certain amount of hour per week dedicated to critiquing the writing of students and other local writers. Livesay and Nowlan also contributed to the writing community by establishing meetings places for writes to converse and workshop. In 1966, Livesay began using McCord Hall as a space for creative writing workshops, a tradition which continues to this day. Nowlan’s house on Windsor Street where he lived during his residency became a social hub for writers and students at the university, and is now used as a campus pub and meeting place for the English department. Previous writers-in-residence have done readings and lectures on campus and other places; one example of this is David Adams Richards, who was a guest lecturer at The New Orleans Center for Public Arts in March of 1985.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
As of 1 September 2008, [[UNB_Saint_John|UNB Saint John]] established the Lorenzo Writer-in-Residence program, made possible by the support of UNB president [[Presidents|John McLaughlin]]. This writer-in-residence program operates on a three year term.<br />
<br />
{| style="border: 1px solid #c6c9ff; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
| align="center" | '''Year(s)'''<br />
| align="center" | '''Name'''<br />
|-<br />
| 1965-66<br />
| Norman Levine*<br />
|-<br />
| 1966-67<br />
| [[Dorothy_Livesay|Dorothy Livesay]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1968-83<br />
| [[Alden_Nowlan|Alden Nowlan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1972-73<br />
| John Metcalf<br />
|-<br />
| 1983-86<br />
| [[David_Adams_Richards|David Adams Richards]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 (September - December)<br />
| John Hearne^<br />
|-<br />
| 1987-88<br />
| Douglas Glover<br />
|-<br />
| 1988-89<br />
| Helen Weinzweig<br />
|-<br />
| 1989-90<br />
| Nancy Bauer<br />
|-<br />
| 1990-92<br />
| Bill Gaston<br />
|-<br />
| 1992-93<br />
| Don Hannah<br />
|-<br />
| 1993-94<br />
| Karen Connelly<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 (September-December)<br />
| Elisabeth Harvor<br />
|-<br />
| 1995-96<br />
| Anne Michaels<br />
|-<br />
| 1996-97<br />
| Kenneth J. Harvey<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 (September-December)<br />
| Carol Malyon<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 (January-April)<br />
| Bill Bissett<br />
|-<br />
| 1998-99<br />
| Richard Sanger<br />
|-<br />
| 1999-00<br />
| Colleen Wagner<br />
|-<br />
| 2000-01<br />
| George [Douglas] Fetherling<br />
|-<br />
| 2001-02<br />
| John Steffler<br />
|-<br />
| 2002-03<br />
| Anne Simpson<br />
|-<br />
| 2003-05<br />
| Ken McGoogan<br />
|-<br />
| 2004-05<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Erin Mouré</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">2005-06</span><br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Catherine Bush</span><br />
|-<br />
| 2006-07<br />
| Karen Solie<br />
|-<br />
| 2007-08<br />
| Patricia Young<br />
|-<br />
| 2008-09<br />
| Gerard Beirne<br />
|-<br />
| 2009-10<br />
| Fred Stenson<br />
|-<br />
| 2010-11<br />
| John Barton<br />
|-<br />
| 2011-12<br />
| Sue Sinclair<br />
|-<br />
| 2012-13<br />
| Joan Clark<br />
|-<br />
| 2013-14<br />
| Douglas Glover<br />
|-<br />
| 2014-15<br />
| Jeramy Dodds<br />
|}<br />
<br />
*First appointment of its kind at any Canadian university.<br />
<br />
*Although funded by an outside source and not by the Department of English, Hearne did hold the title of Writer-in-Residence<br />
<br />
<br/>'''Source(s):'''<br />
<br />
Sources: UA Case 191; Section 2<br />
<br />
Archives Canada MG 4 SERIES D 339 VOL. 4 PGS 4, 56<br />
<br />
Tremblay, Tony. David Adams Richards of the Miramichi.Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. eBook.<br />
<br />
T. Tremblay (Personal Communication, November 2, 2015.)<br />
<br />
G L 1: Desmond Pacey Fonds, Series 2.3, Case 12, Files 1-3<br />
<br />
Earle, Nancy. ''Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature. ''Burnaby: Simon Fraser University Library, 2006. PDF.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
{{Copyright}}<br />
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<div>The Writer-in-Residence program began in 1965 due to the efforts of [[Desmond_Pacey_Memorial_Lectures|Desmond Pacey]], head of the [[Department_of_English|English Department]] at UNB at the time. Funding from the Canada Council helped to create the first position of it's kind in a Canadian university. The term of the appointment varies from a few months to several years, the notable exception being Alden Nowlan, who remained as Writer-in-Residence for fifteen years. Writers-in-Residence have an office in the [[Department_of_English|Department of English]] where they meet with students and community members to provide feedback and advice on their creative writing. They also give public readings and are generally involved with the literary community.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence program has its roots in post-World War II Canada. After the war, there an exponential increase of enrolment in universities across Canada as well as New Brunswick. Most of these new students were former soldiers who had gained an greater interest in studying culture during their time spent in Europe. Pacey, and the university more broadly, were thus interested in establishing programs that would provide cultural programming to satisfy the demands of this new influx of students, and to make sure that this programming was especially relevant to students in the Maritime provinces. Due to the slow nature of the bureaucratic process, the residency was not in serious consideration until about twenty years later in the early 1960s.<br />
<br />
Funding for the writer-in-residence position has come from various sources throughout the years. Initially the funding was granted by the Canada Council for Norman Levine’s residency. In Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature, Nancy Earle states that “the council expressed optimism that the ‘experiment’ would promote its goals of fostering literature and promoting community development and interest in the arts.” However, for Dorothy Livesay’s second year of residency in 1967, the university arranged to provide half the stipend. Additionally, provincial premier Richard Hatfield ensured that a “miniscule fraction” of the province’s operating budget would go towards Alden Nowlan’s permanent residency until the poet’s death in 1983. The New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Heritage has also played a role in funding the residency in the past.<br />
<br />
The writer-in-residence has fulfilled a variety of roles and responsibilities. They are not required to hold any formal classes (though Livesay did teach a graduate poetry workshop in 1967), but are expected to have a certain amount of hour per week dedicated to critiquing the writing of students and other local writers. Livesay and Nowlan also contributed to the writing community by establishing meetings places for writes to converse and workshop. In 1966, Livesay began using McCord Hall as a space for creative writing workshops, a tradition which continues to this day. Nowlan’s house on Windsor Street where he lived during his residency became a social hub for writers and students at the university, and is now used as a campus pub and meeting place for the English department. Previous writers-in-residence have done readings and lectures on campus and other places; one example of this is David Adams Richards, who was a guest lecturer at The New Orleans Center for Public Arts in March of 1985.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
As of 1 September 2008, [[UNB_Saint_John|UNB Saint John]] established the Lorenzo Writer-in-Residence program, made possible by the support of UNB president [[Presidents|John McLaughlin]]. This writer-in-residence program operates on a three year term.<br />
<br />
{| style="border: 1px solid #c6c9ff; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
| align="center" | '''Year(s)'''<br />
| align="center" | '''Name'''<br />
|-<br />
| 1965-66<br />
| Norman Levine*<br />
|-<br />
| 1966-67<br />
| [[Dorothy_Livesay|Dorothy Livesay]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1968-83<br />
| [[Alden_Nowlan|Alden Nowlan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1972-73<br />
| John Metcalf<br />
|-<br />
| 1983-86<br />
| [[David_Adams_Richards|David Adams Richards]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 (September - December)<br />
| John Hearne^<br />
|-<br />
| 1987-88<br />
| Douglas Glover<br />
|-<br />
| 1988-89<br />
| Helen Weinzweig<br />
|-<br />
| 1989-90<br />
| Nancy Bauer<br />
|-<br />
| 1990-92<br />
| Bill Gaston<br />
|-<br />
| 1992-93<br />
| Don Hannah<br />
|-<br />
| 1993-94<br />
| Karen Connelly<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 (September-December)<br />
| Elisabeth Harvor<br />
|-<br />
| 1995-96<br />
| Anne Michaels<br />
|-<br />
| 1996-97<br />
| Kenneth J. Harvey<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 (September-December)<br />
| Carol Malyon<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 (January-April)<br />
| Bill Bissett<br />
|-<br />
| 1998-99<br />
| Richard Sanger<br />
|-<br />
| 1999-00<br />
| Colleen Wagner<br />
|-<br />
| 2000-01<br />
| George [Douglas] Fetherling<br />
|-<br />
| 2001-02<br />
| John Steffler<br />
|-<br />
| 2002-03<br />
| Anne Simpson<br />
|-<br />
| 2003-05<br />
| Ken McGoogan<br />
|-<br />
| 2004-05<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Erin Mouré</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">2005-06</span><br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Catherine Bush</span><br />
|-<br />
| 2006-07<br />
| Karen Solie<br />
|-<br />
| 2007-08<br />
| Patricia Young<br />
|-<br />
| 2008-09<br />
| Gerard Beirne<br />
|-<br />
| 2009-10<br />
| Fred Stenson<br />
|-<br />
| 2010-11<br />
| John Barton<br />
|-<br />
| 2011-12<br />
| Sue Sinclair<br />
|-<br />
| 2012-13<br />
| Joan Clark<br />
|-<br />
| 2013-14<br />
| Douglas Glover<br />
|-<br />
| 2014-15<br />
| Jeramy Dodds<br />
|}<br />
<br />
*First appointment of its kind at any Canadian university.<br />
<br />
*Although funded by an outside source and not by the Department of English, Hearne did hold the title of Writer-in-Residence<br />
<br />
<br/>'''Source(s):'''<br />
<br />
Sources: UA Case 191; Section 2<br />
<br />
Archives Canada MG 4 SERIES D 339 VOL. 4 PGS 4, 56<br />
<br />
Tremblay, Tony. David Adams Richards of the Miramichi.Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. eBook.<br />
<br />
T. Tremblay (Personal Communication, November 2, 2015.)<br />
<br />
G L 1: Desmond Pacey Fonds, Series 2.3, Case 12, Files 1-3<br />
<br />
Earle, Nancy. ''Writers-in-residence in Canada, 1965-2000: Patrons, Authors, and Canadian Literature. ''Burnaby: Simon Fraser University Library, 2006. PDF.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
{{Copyright}}<br />
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<div>[[File:Alden nowlan reading.jpg|right|300x400px|Alden Nowlan giving an Encaenia week in May 1979]]{{UnderDevelopment}}<br />
<br />
-Education: N/A<br />
<br />
-Years as Writer-in-Residence: 1968-1983<br />
<br />
-Other Positions at UNB: N/A<br />
<br />
== Biography at UNB ==<br />
<br />
Alden Nowlan was UNB’s third writer-in-residence from 1968 to his death in 1983. Nowlan was born on January 25, 1933, in Stanley, Nova Scotia, into a household of extreme poverty that did not have heating, plumbing or electricity. Nowlan states that he began writing verses when he was eleven and that he “was ashamed of doing it.” Growing up in a rural area, Nowlan comments that many of the men around him “were afraid of weakness… afraid of love, which they equated with weakness. They were pathetically afraid of tenderness too.” Nowlan then goes on to specify that this masculine stoicism often led these men to associate poetry with tenderness and love. His experience of rural poverty would inform much of his literary work.<br />
<br />
After quitting school 37 days into Grade 5, Nowlan spent much of his youth working at a sawmill by day and hitchhiking into town to visit the library by night. Nowlan was often fond of saying that he “was the only professional writer who would be classified as functionally illiterate by Statistics Canada.” After answering a job ad for reporter from the Hartland Observer, Nowlan managed to secure the job by lying about his high school diploma and previous writing experience. Later in his career, Nowlan became a reporter and editor for the Telegraph Journal in Saint John. During his career as a newspaper reporter in Hartland, Nowlan met Richard Hatfield - a man whose occupation as premier of New Brunswick would later help secure UNB’s funding to keep Nowlan as a permanent writer-in-residence at UNB. In 1966 Nowlan underwent a set of serious surgeries after he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. This was a flashpoint in Nowlan’s literary history because he began to have doubts that newspaper editing was the best career for him. The next year, Nowlan won the Governor General’s Award for his book&nbsp;''Bread, Wine, and Salt'', a collection containing many poems that depicted his struggle with cancer. In 1968 he was granted his residency at UNB. Richard Hatfield, who Nowlan had met working in Hartland, made sure that a “miniscule fraction” of New Brunswick’s budget would be pledged towards Nowlan’s residency at UNB for as long as the poet lived.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
During Nowlan’s tenure at UNB, he had a great effect on students and instructors alike. Nowlan’s house soon became “a lively social centre… where there was always the promise of a good discussion on literature, politics, and culture.” As early as 1969, students were visiting at his home on Windsor Road, and one professor, Donald Cameron, noticed that they often mentioned him in personal essays that he assigned to them. Nowlan himself claimed to be pleased with his position as writer-in-residence and said that, “If there is anything I’d like to be remember for in years to come, it would that I had given confidence to writers to write about places where they actually lived…” This piece of advice would be of great help to a David Adam Richards, whose novel Nights Below Station Street won the Governor General’s award for fiction in 1988 and depicted life in Miramichi, New Brunswick. Nowlan mentored Richards during his residency. Ted Jones, a graduate from UNB, also records that Nowlan was one of the first poets to visit high schools, giving both readings and lessons. Despite working on his own writing, as well as giving advice to writers at UNB, Nowlan continued to give feedback to the students he visited at Fredericton High School when they sent him poems.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
Sources: UA Case 191; Section 2; Files 1-2; Alden Nowlan<br />
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<div>The Writer-in-Residence program began in 1965 due to the efforts of [[Desmond_Pacey_Memorial_Lectures|Desmond Pacey]], head of the [[Department_of_English|English Department]] at UNB at the time. Funding from the Canada Council helped to create the first position of it's kind in a Canadian university. The term of the appointment varies from a few months to several years, the notable exception being Alden Nowlan, who remained as Writer-in-Residence for fifteen years. Writers-in-Residence have an office in the [[Department_of_English|Department of English]] where they meet with students and community members to provide feedback and advice on their creative writing. They also give public readings and are generally involved with the literary community.<br />
<br />
As of 1 September 2008, [[UNB_Saint_John|UNB Saint John]] established the Lorenzo Writer-in-Residence program, made possible by the support of UNB president [[Presidents|John McLaughlin]]. This writer-in-residence program operates on a three year term.<br />
<br />
{| style="border: 1px solid #c6c9ff; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
| align="center" | '''Year(s)'''<br />
| align="center" | '''Name'''<br />
|-<br />
| 1965-66<br />
| Norman Levine*<br />
|-<br />
| 1966-67<br />
| [[Dorothy_Livesay|Dorothy Livesay]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1968-83<br />
| [[Alden_Nowlan|Alden Nowlan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1972-73<br />
| John Metcalf<br />
|-<br />
| 1983-86<br />
| [[David_Adams_Richards|David Adams Richards]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 (September - December)<br />
| John Hearne^<br />
|-<br />
| 1987-88<br />
| Douglas Glover<br />
|-<br />
| 1988-89<br />
| Helen Weinzweig<br />
|-<br />
| 1989-90<br />
| Nancy Bauer<br />
|-<br />
| 1990-92<br />
| Bill Gaston<br />
|-<br />
| 1992-93<br />
| Don Hannah<br />
|-<br />
| 1993-94<br />
| Karen Connelly<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 (September-December)<br />
| Elisabeth Harvor<br />
|-<br />
| 1995-96<br />
| Anne Michaels<br />
|-<br />
| 1996-97<br />
| Kenneth J. Harvey<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 (September-December)<br />
| Carol Malyon<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 (January-April)<br />
| Bill Bissett<br />
|-<br />
| 1998-99<br />
| Richard Sanger<br />
|-<br />
| 1999-00<br />
| Colleen Wagner<br />
|-<br />
| 2000-01<br />
| George [Douglas] Fetherling<br />
|-<br />
| 2001-02<br />
| John Steffler<br />
|-<br />
| 2002-03<br />
| Anne Simpson<br />
|-<br />
| 2003-05<br />
| Ken McGoogan<br />
|-<br />
| 2004-05<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Erin Mouré</span><br />
|-<br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">2005-06</span><br />
| <span style="color: #000000;">Catherine Bush</span><br />
|-<br />
| 2006-07<br />
| Karen Solie<br />
|-<br />
| 2007-08<br />
| Patricia Young<br />
|-<br />
| 2008-09<br />
| Gerard Beirne<br />
|-<br />
| 2009-10<br />
| Fred Stenson<br />
|-<br />
| 2010-11<br />
| John Barton<br />
|-<br />
| 2011-12<br />
| Sue Sinclair<br />
|-<br />
| 2012-13<br />
| Joan Clark<br />
|-<br />
| 2013-14<br />
| Douglas Glover<br />
|-<br />
| 2014-15<br />
| Jeramy Dodds<br />
|}<br />
<br />
*First appointment of its kind at any Canadian university.<br />
<br />
*Although funded by an outside source and not by the Department of English, Hearne did hold the title of Writer-in-Residence<br />
<br />
<br/>'''Source(s):'''<br />
<br />
*UA Case 191<br />
<br />
{{Copyright}}<br />
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<div>[[File:Dorothy Livesay Reading 1967.jpg|right|middle|300x400px|Dorothy Livesay reading in 1967]]{{UnderDevelopment}}<br />
<br />
-Education: BA University of Toronto 1931,&nbsp;<br />
<br />
-Years as Writer-in-Residence: 1966-1968<br />
<br />
-Other Positions at UNB: N/A<br />
<br />
== Biography at UNB ==<br />
<br />
Dorothy Livesay was the University of New Brunswick’s writer-in-residence for the 1966 and 1967 school years. Born October 12, 1909 in Winnipeg, Livesay’s family soon moved to Toronto in 1920, where she took an interest in a broad variety of poets and began her own writing. Livesay’s first volume of poetry, ''Green Pitcher, ''was published in 1928. Throughout her career, Livesay wrote Marxist and feminist criticism of society while remaining powerfully lyrical and subtle. She was bestowed the Governor General’s award in 1944 for her collection ''Day and Night, ''and received the award again in 1947 for ''Poems for People.''<br />
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Livesay began corresponding with Desmond Pacey as early as 1946; their letters deal mostly with literary criticism of Canadian authors such as Isabella Valency Crawford, as well as Pacey commentary on poems that Livesay. There is also evidence that Pacey recommended Livesay for fellowships at Canadian universities as early as 1958. Pacey also edited and introduced a volume of Livesay’s selected poems in 1957.<br />
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As Norman Levine’s residency began to draw to a close in late 1966, Pacey began look for a new writer to fill the position of writer-in-residence at UNB. On April 7, 1966, Pacey sent letters offering the position to a number of writers, including Livesay. She replied on April 13, with enthusiasm for the possibility of filling the residency. There was, however, a delay in the Canada Council’s confirmation of the fund to support Livesay’s residency. Livesay herself suspected that this was because someone present on the council did not approve of her communist politics and activism; in a letter to Pacey, Livesay called herself “a pacifist, and not political animal…” and sought to portray her conduct on university campus’ as “decorous”. The Canada Council’s doubts did not arise from Livesay’s politics, but rather from the career’s matured stage; the council had wished that the grant money for a writer-in-residence be given to a writer with “a particular need and should be at a particularly productive stage in their career.” The council agreed to Livesay’s appointment in late April, and Pacey confirmed the appointment with Livesay in June. For her second year in residence, Livesay did not receive funding from the Canada Council, but was deemed a part of the English Department’s staff and termed “Resident Writer” rather than given an official title of professor. Livesay does not appeared listed in the official course calendar for the 1967-1968 school year.<br />
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In her time writer-in-residence, Livesay was expected to give public lectures and run graduate level creative writing classes on top of dedicating time to meet with prospective writers and offer critiques of their work. Livesay also had a number of other engagements during her residency: she attended the Atlantic Student Conference in early 1967 acting as a resource person, went on tour for two weeks of February of the same year, and wrote reviews for UNB’s literary magazine The Fiddlehead. During the 1967-68 schoolyear, Livesay began to use McCord Hall, informally known as the Icehouse, as a space for creative writing workshops, a practice which has continued up until the contemporary period of the university. On using McCord Hall for these workshops, Livesay commented to Pacey that she was seeking “a comprise between the hardness of the seminar room and the softness of my sofa.” Near the end of her residence, Livesay helped the English department in suggesting new potential writers for the program, including John Newlove.<br />
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Though Livesay was generally amiable with UNB’s English department, she did have a number of concerns how the department was managed. Livesay expressed that particular doctoral student’s inability to speak publicly rendered the student unable to be a professor, and that should this student be granted a PhD, it would reflect poorly on the English department’s standards. Additionally, she cites the unequal pay that MA assistants were receiving compared to other departments as an indication that the English department was not being fair to its graduate students. Pacey himself became a target of Livesay’s criticism; the poet thought he was too interested in administrative power within the English department, and noted a recent incident where Pacey suggested a democratic process of appointing new persons to positions of Head of English and Dean of Graduate Studies, only to withdraw this method and emplace his own candidates. New Brunswick’s poverty was another subject Livesay was concerned with; in letter to Pacey dated November 14, 1967, Livesay remarks, “In my view, New Brunswick people have just never faced the fact that they have never tried to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. Their dependence on outside ‘sponsors’ has been utterly deplorable. So the young people flee… in droves!”<br />
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There is some evidence to suggest that Livesay was not completely at ease in her position as writer-in-residence; she wrote to Pacey saying she felt “isolated” and that she had “no one to have dialogues with – exchange ideas.” In a letter to Robert Gibbs in April of 1972, Livesay states that teaching did not appeal to her, though being a writer-in-residence was relatively affable for her.<br />
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Sources:<br />
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UA Case 191; Section 2; Dorothy Livesay<br />
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MG L 1: Desmond Pacey Fonds, Series 2.3, Case 12, Files 1-3.<br />
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MG L 37: Robert Gibbs Fonds, Series 2,&nbsp;File 10b, Box 2<br />
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David Adams Richards was UNB’s fourth writer-in-residence from September 1983 to April 1986. He is known mainly for his fiction writing on the working class people of Miramichi in New Brunswick, and was the recipient of the 1989 Governor General’s Award for English-Language Fiction with his novel ''Nights Below Station Street. ''Douglas Featherling would note that “his depiction of inarticulate men and women as complicated being well worth exploring is authentic without ever being sensationalistic.” However, Richards himself has said that poverty and region are not the cornerstones of his work. Instead the writer says that his work is mostly about the spiritual courage of his small-town characters.<br />
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After Alden Nowlan’s death in 1983, Richards became a prime candidate for UNB’s writer residency, as he was well known by UNB English professors Fred Cogswell and Robert Gibbs. Additionally, Richards’ writing was recognised throughout the Maritimes and Canada more broadly. After a two week residency at Mount Allison in January of 1983, Richards became UNB’s writer in residency in September of the same year. It appears that not many students met with Richards; in his biography ''David Adams Richards of the Miramichi'', St. Thomas professor Tony Tremblay says, “…his presence was secondary to the professional academic literacy practiced at the university. Students knew he was there, but few sought him out.” In an interview with''Books in Canada ''from September 1993, Richards comments about his time as a writer-in-residence at UNB and other universities: “…I don’t think can teach writing. You can, I suppose, point out mistakes that writers probably know in their heart of hearts that they’ve made. And that’s fine. But part of the discovery of your own voice, I think, is the ability to be allowed to make your own mistakes… I’ve made this clear to young writers I’ve come in contact with – writer how you feel, not how someone tells you to feel.”<br />
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While Richards might not met with many students during his residency, he kept busy with other tasks that would make him an important public figure for the university. Richards attended the annual meeting of the Federation of New Brunswick Writers on April 28, 1984, and was featured in a reading for the proceeding festival on the 29<sup>th</sup>. Richards was also a part of the jury for the Canada Council arts ‘B’ grant in June of the same year. Other notable events for Richards included a guest lecturer series at The New Orleans Center for Public Arts in March of 1985, and inclusion in the International Festival of Authors in 1986.<br />
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Sources:<br />
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UA Case&nbsp;191;&nbsp;Section 2; David Adams Richards<br />
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Tremblay, Tony.&nbsp;''David Adams Richards of the Miramichi.''Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. eBook.&nbsp;<br />
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David Adams Richards was UNB’s fourth writer-in-residence from September 1983 to April 1986. He is known mainly for his fiction writing on the working class people of Miramichi in New Brunswick, and was the recipient of the 1989 Governor General’s Award for English-Language Fiction with his novel ''Nights Below Station Street. ''Douglas Featherling would note that “his depiction of inarticulate men and women as complicated being well worth exploring is authentic without ever being sensationalistic.” However, Richards himself has said that poverty and region are not the cornerstones of his work. Instead the writer says that his work is mostly about the spiritual courage of his small-town characters.<br />
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After Alden Nowlan’s death in 1983, Richards became a prime candidate for UNB’s writer residency, as he was well known by UNB English professors Fred Cogswell and Robert Gibbs. Additionally, Richards’ writing was recognised throughout the Maritimes and Canada more broadly. After a two week residency at Mount Allison in January of 1983, Richards became UNB’s writer in residency in September of the same year. It appears that not many students met with Richards; in his biography ''David Adams Richards of the Miramichi'', St. Thomas professor Tony Tremblay says, “…his presence was secondary to the professional academic literacy practiced at the university. Students knew he was there, but few sought him out.” In an interview with''Books in Canada ''from September 1993, Richards comments about his time as a writer-in-residence at UNB and other universities: “…I don’t think can teach writing. You can, I suppose, point out mistakes that writers probably know in their heart of hearts that they’ve made. And that’s fine. But part of the discovery of your own voice, I think, is the ability to be allowed to make your own mistakes… I’ve made this clear to young writers I’ve come in contact with – writer how you feel, not how someone tells you to feel.”<br />
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While Richards might not met with many students during his residency, he kept busy with other tasks that would make him an important public figure for the university. Richards attended the annual meeting of the Federation of New Brunswick Writers on April 28, 1984, and was featured in a reading for the proceeding festival on the 29<sup>th</sup>. Richards was also a part of the jury for the Canada Council arts ‘B’ grant in June of the same year. Other notable events for Richards included a guest lecturer series at The New Orleans Center for Public Arts in March of 1985, and inclusion in the International Festival of Authors in 1986.<br />
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David Adams Richards was UNB’s fourth writer-in-residence from September 1983 to April 1986. He is known mainly for his fiction writing on the working class people of Miramichi in New Brunswick, and was the recipient of the 1989 Governor General’s Award for English-Language Fiction with his novel ''Nights Below Station Street. ''Douglas Featherling would note that “his depiction of inarticulate men and women as complicated being well worth exploring is authentic without ever being sensationalistic.” However, Richards himself has said that poverty and region are not the cornerstones of his work. Instead the writer says that his work is mostly about the spiritual courage of his small-town characters.<br />
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After Alden Nowlan’s death in 1983, Richards became a prime candidate for UNB’s writer residency, as he was well known by UNB English professors Fred Cogswell and Robert Gibbs. Additionally, Richards’ writing was recognised throughout the Maritimes and Canada more broadly. After a two week residency at Mount Allison in January of 1983, Richards became UNB’s writer in residency in September of the same year. It appears that not many students met with Richards; in his biography ''David Adams Richards of the Miramichi'', St. Thomas professor Tony Tremblay says, “…his presence was secondary to the professional academic literacy practiced at the university. Students knew he was there, but few sought him out.” In an interview with''Books in Canada ''from September 1993, Richards comments about his time as a writer-in-residence at UNB and other universities: “…I don’t think can teach writing. You can, I suppose, point out mistakes that writers probably know in their heart of hearts that they’ve made. And that’s fine. But part of the discovery of your own voice, I think, is the ability to be allowed to make your own mistakes… I’ve made this clear to young writers I’ve come in contact with – writer how you feel, not how someone tells you to feel.”<br />
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While Richards might not met with many students during his residency, he kept busy with other tasks that would make him an important public figure for the university. Richards attended the annual meeting of the Federation of New Brunswick Writers on April 28, 1984, and was featured in a reading for the proceeding festival on the 29<sup>th</sup>. Richards was also a part of the jury for the Canada Council arts ‘B’ grant in June of the same year. Other notable events for Richards included a guest lecturer series at The New Orleans Center for Public Arts in March of 1985, and inclusion in the International Festival of Authors in 1986.</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=David_Adams_Richards&diff=8300David Adams Richards2016-03-04T18:44:19Z<p>Napage: Created page with "{{UnderDevelopment}} David Adams Richards was UNB’s fourth writer-in-residence from September 1983 to April 1986. He is known mainly for his fiction writing on the working..."</p>
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David Adams Richards was UNB’s fourth writer-in-residence from September 1983 to April 1986. He is known mainly for his fiction writing on the working class people of Miramichi in New Brunswick, and was the recipient of the 1989 Governor General’s Award for English-Language Fiction with his novel ''Nights Below Station Street. ''Douglas Featherling would note that “his depiction of inarticulate men and women as complicated being well worth exploring is authentic without ever being sensationalistic.” However, Richards himself has said that poverty and region are the cornerstones of his work. Instead the writer says that his work is mostly about the spiritual courage of his small-town characters.<br />
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After Alden Nowlan’s death in 1983, Richards became a prime candidate for UNB’s writer residency, as he was well known by UNB English professors Fred Cogswell and Robert Gibbs. Additionally, Richards’ writing was recognised throughout the Maritimes and Canada more broadly. After a two week residency at Mount Allison in January of 1983, Richards became UNB’s writer in residency in September of the same year. It appears that not many students met with Richards; in his biography ''David Adams Richards of the Miramichi'', St. Thomas professor Tony Tremblay says, “…his presence was secondary to the professional academic literacy practiced at the university. Students knew he was there, but few sought him out.” In an interview with''Books in Canada ''from September 1993, Richards comments about his time as a writer-in-residence at UNB and other universities: “…I don’t think can teach writing. You can, I suppose, point out mistakes that writers probably know in their heart of hearts that they’ve made. And that’s fine. But part of the discovery of your own voice, I think, is the ability to be allowed to make your own mistakes… I’ve made this clear to young writers I’ve come in contact with – writer how you feel, not how someone tells you to feel.”<br />
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While Richards might not met with many students during his residency, he kept busy with other tasks that would make him an important public figure for the university. Richards attended the annual meeting of the Federation of New Brunswick Writers on April 28, 1984, and was featured in a reading for the proceeding festival on the 29<sup>th</sup>. Richards was also a part of the jury for the Canada Council arts ‘B’ grant in June of the same year. Other notable events for Richards included a guest lecturer series at The New Orleans Center for Public Arts in March of 1985, and inclusion in the International Festival of Authors in 1986.</div>Napagehttps://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Dorothy_Livesay&diff=8109Dorothy Livesay2015-12-04T18:22:32Z<p>Napage: </p>
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== Biography at UNB ==<br />
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Dorothy Livesay was the University of New Brunswick’s writer-in-residence for the 1966 and 1967 school years. Born October 12, 1909 in Winnipeg, Livesay’s family soon moved to Toronto in 1920, where she took an interest in a broad variety of poets and began her own writing. Livesay’s first volume of poetry, ''Green Pitcher, ''was published in 1928. Throughout her career, Livesay wrote Marxist and feminist criticism of society while remaining powerfully lyrical and subtle. She was bestowed the Governor General’s award in 1944 for her collection ''Day and Night, ''and received the award again in 1947 for ''Poems for People.''<br />
<br />
Livesay began corresponding with Desmond Pacey as early as 1946; their letters deal mostly with literary criticism of Canadian authors such as Isabella Valency Crawford, as well as Pacey commentary on poems that Livesay. There is also evidence that Pacey recommended Livesay for fellowships at Canadian universities as early as 1958. Pacey also edited and introduced a volume of Livesay’s selected poems in 1957.<br />
<br />
As Norman Levine’s residency began to draw to a close in late 1966, Pacey began look for a new writer to fill the position of writer-in-residence at UNB. On April 7, 1966, Pacey sent letters offering the position to a number of writers, including Livesay. She replied on April 13, with enthusiasm for the possibility of filling the residency. There was, however, a delay in the Canada Council’s confirmation of the fund to support Livesay’s residency. Livesay herself suspected that this was because someone present on the council did not approve of her communist politics and activism; in a letter to Pacey, Livesay called herself “a pacifist, and not political animal…” and sought to portray her conduct on university campus’ as “decorous”. The Canada Council’s doubts did not arise from Livesay’s politics, but rather from the career’s matured stage; the council had wished that the grant money for a writer-in-residence be given to a writer with “a particular need and should be at a particularly productive stage in their career.” The council agreed to Livesay’s appointment in late April, and Pacey confirmed the appointment with Livesay in June. For her second year in residence, Livesay did not receive funding from the Canada Council, but was deemed a part of the English Department’s staff and termed “Resident Writer” rather than given an official title of professor. Livesay does not appeared listed in the official course calendar for the 1967-1968 school year.<br />
<br />
In her time writer-in-residence, Livesay was expected to give public lectures and run graduate level creative writing classes on top of dedicating time to meet with prospective writers and offer critiques of their work. Livesay also had a number of other engagements during her residency: she attended the Atlantic Student Conference in early 1967 acting as a resource person, went on tour for two weeks of February of the same year, and wrote reviews for UNB’s literary magazine The Fiddlehead. During the 1967-68 schoolyear, Livesay began to use McCord Hall, informally known as the Icehouse, as a space for creative writing workshops, a practice which has continued up until the contemporary period of the university. On using McCord Hall for these workshops, Livesay commented to Pacey that she was seeking “a comprise between the hardness of the seminar room and the softness of my sofa.” Near the end of her residence, Livesay helped the English department in suggesting new potential writers for the program, including John Newlove.<br />
<br />
Though Livesay was generally amiable with UNB’s English department, she did have a number of concerns how the department was managed. Livesay expressed that particular doctoral student’s inability to speak publicly rendered the student unable to be a professor, and that should this student be granted a PhD, it would reflect poorly on the English department’s standards. Additionally, she cites the unequal pay that MA assistants were receiving compared to other departments as an indication that the English department was not being fair to its graduate students. Pacey himself became a target of Livesay’s criticism; the poet thought he was too interested in administrative power within the English department, and noted a recent incident where Pacey suggested a democratic process of appointing new persons to positions of Head of English and Dean of Graduate Studies, only to withdraw this method and emplace his own candidates. New Brunswick’s poverty was another subject Livesay was concerned with; in letter to Pacey dated November 14, 1967, Livesay remarks, “In my view, New Brunswick people have just never faced the fact that they have never tried to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. Their dependence on outside ‘sponsors’ has been utterly deplorable. So the young people flee… in droves!”<br />
<br />
There is some evidence to suggest that Livesay was not completely at ease in her position as writer-in-residence; she wrote to Pacey saying she felt “isolated” and that she had “no one to have dialogues with – exchange ideas.” In a letter to Robert Gibbs in April of 1972, Livesay states that teaching did not appeal to her, though being a writer-in-residence was relatively affable for her.<br />
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Sources: MG L 1: Desmond Pacey Fonds, Series 2.3, Case 12, Files 1-3.<br />
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MG L 37: Robert Gibbs Fonds, Series 2,&nbsp;File 10b, Box 2<br />
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== Biography at UNB ==<br />
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Alden Nowlan was UNB’s third writer-in-residence from 1968 to his death in 1983. Nowlan was born on January 25, 1933, in Stanley, Nova Scotia, into a household of extreme poverty that did not have heating, plumbing or electricity. Nowlan states that he began writing verses when he was eleven, and that he “was ashamed of doing it.” Growing up in a rural area, Nowlan comments that many of the men around him “were afraid of weakness… afraid of love, which they equated with weakness. They were pathetically afraid of tenderness too.” Nowlan then goes on to specify that this masculine stoicism often led these men to associate poetry with tenderness and love. His experience of rural poverty would inform much of his literary work.<br />
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After quitting school 37 days into Grade 5, Nowlan spent much of his youth working at a sawmill by day and hitchhiking into town to visit the library by night. Nowlan was often fond of saying that he “was the only professional writer who would be classified as functionally illiterate by Statistics Canada.” After answering a job ad for reporter from the Hartland Observer, Nowlan managed to secure the job by lying about his high school diploma and previous writing experience. Later in his career, Nowlan became a reporter and editor for the Telegraph Journal in Saint John. During his career as a newspaper reporter in Hartland, Nowlan met Richard Hatfield, whose occupation as premier of New Brunswick would later help secure UNB’s funding to keep Nowlan as a permanent writer-in-residence at UNB. In 1966, Nowlan underwent a set of serious surgeries after he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. This was a flashpoint in Nowlan’s literary, as he began to have doubts that newspaper editing was the best career for him. The next year, Nowlan won the Governor General’s Award for his book&nbsp;''Bread, Wine, and Salt'', a collection containing many poems that depicted his struggle with cancer. In 1968, he was granted his residency at UNB. Richard Hatfield, who Nowlan had met working in Hartland, made sure that a “miniscule fraction” of New Brunswick’s budget would be pledged towards Nowlan’s residency at UNB for as long as the poet lived.<br />
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During Nowlan’s tenure at UNB, he had a great effect on students and instructors alike. Nowlan’s house soon became “a lively social centre… where there was always the promise of a good discussion on literature, politics, and culture.” As early as 1969, students were visiting at his home on Windsor Road, and one professor, Donald Cameron, noticed that they often mentioned him in personal essays that he assigned to them. Nowlan himself claimed to be pleased with his position as writer-in-residence, and said that, “If there is anything I’d like to be remember for in years to come, it would that I had given confidence to writers to write about places where they actually lived…” This piece of advice would be of great help to a David Adam Richards, whose novel Nights Below Station Street won the Governor General’s award for fiction in 1988, and depicted life in Miramichi, New Brunswick. Nowlan mentored Richards during his residency. Ted Jones, a graduate from UNB, also records that Nowlan was one of the first poets to visit high schools, giving both readings and lessons. Despite working on his own writing as well as giving advice to writers at UNB, Nowlan continued to give feedback to the students he visited at Fredericton High School when they sent him poems.&nbsp;<br />
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Sources: UA Case 191<br />
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-Biography at UNB:&nbsp;<br />
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Dorothy Livesay was the University of New Brunswick’s writer-in-residence for the 1966 and 1967 school years. Born October 12, 1909 in Winnipeg, Livesay’s family soon moved to Toronto in 1920, where she took an interest in a broad variety of poets and began her own writing. Livesay’s first volume of poetry, ''Green Pitcher, ''was published in 1928. Throughout her career, Livesay wrote Marxist and feminist criticism of society while remaining powerfully lyrical and subtle. She was bestowed the Governor General’s award in 1944 for her collection ''Day and Night, ''and received the award again in 1947 for ''Poems for People.''<br />
<br />
Livesay began corresponding with Desmond Pacey as early as 1946; their letters deal mostly with literary criticism of Canadian authors such as Isabella Valency Crawford, as well as Pacey commentary on poems that Livesay. There is also evidence that Pacey recommended Livesay for fellowships at Canadian universities as early as 1958. Pacey also edited and introduced a volume of Livesay’s selected poems in 1957.<br />
<br />
As Norman Levine’s residency began to draw to a close in late 1966, Pacey began look for a new writer to fill the position of writer-in-residence at UNB. On April 7, 1966, Pacey sent letters offering the position to a number of writers, including Livesay. She replied on April 13, with enthusiasm for the possibility of filling the residency. There was, however, a delay in the Canada Council’s confirmation of the fund to support Livesay’s residency. Livesay herself suspected that this was because someone present on the council did not approve of her communist politics and activism; in a letter to Pacey, Livesay called herself “a pacifist, and not political animal…” and sought to portray her conduct on university campus’ as “decorous”. The Canada Council’s doubts did not arise from Livesay’s politics, but rather from the career’s matured stage; the council had wished that the grant money for a writer-in-residence be given to a writer with “a particular need and should be at a particularly productive stage in their career.” The council agreed to Livesay’s appointment in late April, and Pacey confirmed the appointment with Livesay in June. For her second year in residence, Livesay did not receive funding from the Canada Council, but was deemed a part of the English Department’s staff and termed “Resident Writer” rather than given an official title of professor. Livesay does not appeared listed in the official course calendar for the 1967-1968 school year.<br />
<br />
In her time writer-in-residence, Livesay was expected to give public lectures and run graduate level creative writing classes on top of dedicating time to meet with prospective writers and offer critiques of their work. Livesay also had a number of other engagements during her residency: she attended the Atlantic Student Conference in early 1967 acting as a resource person, went on tour for two weeks of February of the same year, and wrote reviews for UNB’s literary magazine The Fiddlehead. During the 1967-68 schoolyear, Livesay began to use McCord Hall, informally known as the Icehouse, as a space for creative writing workshops, a practice which has continued up until the contemporary period of the university. On using McCord Hall for these workshops, Livesay commented to Pacey that she was seeking “a comprise between the hardness of the seminar room and the softness of my sofa.” Near the end of her residence, Livesay helped the English department in suggesting new potential writers for the program, including John Newlove.<br />
<br />
Though Livesay was generally amiable with UNB’s English department, she did have a number of concerns how the department was managed. Livesay expressed that particular doctoral student’s inability to speak publicly rendered the student unable to be a professor, and that should this student be granted a PhD, it would reflect poorly on the English department’s standards. Additionally, she cites the unequal pay that MA assistants were receiving compared to other departments as an indication that the English department was not being fair to its graduate students. Pacey himself became a target of Livesay’s criticism; the poet thought he was too interested in administrative power within the English department, and noted a recent incident where Pacey suggested a democratic process of appointing new persons to positions of Head of English and Dean of Graduate Studies, only to withdraw this method and emplace his own candidates. New Brunswick’s poverty was another subject Livesay was concerned with; in letter to Pacey dated November 14, 1967, Livesay remarks, “In my view, New Brunswick people have just never faced the fact that they have never tried to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. Their dependence on outside ‘sponsors’ has been utterly deplorable. So the young people flee… in droves!”<br />
<br />
There is some evidence to suggest that Livesay was not completely at ease in her position as writer-in-residence; she wrote to Pacey saying she felt “isolated” and that she had “no one to have dialogues with – exchange ideas.” In a letter to Robert Gibbs in April of 1972, Livesay states that teaching did not appeal to her, though being a writer-in-residence was relatively affable for her.<br />
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Sources: MG L 1: Desmond Pacey Fonds, Series 2.3, Case 12, Files 1-3.<br />
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MG L 37: Robert Gibbs Fonds, Series 2,&nbsp;File 10b, Box 2<br />
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