Gerald Beirne
Gerald Beirne was UNB’s 29th 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 29th 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.
Sources:
UA Case 191; Section 2;Gerald Beirne