Writer in Residence
Shelley Wood
The UBCO writer in residence program promotes Canadian writing and literature to Okanagan residents and provides emerging writers with the opportunity to get feedback on their creative work. We are pleased to welcome Shelley Wood as the 2024 Writer-in- Residence.
Originally from Vancouver, BC, Shelley Wood did her undergraduate degree in English Literature at McGill and her graduate degree in Journalism at UBC. Her short stories and creative nonfiction have been published in Grain, Room, Causeway Lit, Canadian Notes & Queries, Phoebe, the Antigonish Review, The New Quarterly, Bath Flash Fiction, Freefall, and the Saturday Evening Post. Her debut novel, The Quintland Sisters (William Morrow, 2019), was an instant #1 Canadian bestsellerand her second novel, The Leap Year Gene, will be published in August 2024 by Harper Collins Canada and Union Square Press (US). She divides her time between her home in Kelowna, BC, and her work as a medical journalist and editorial director for the Cardiovascular Research Foundation in New York, NY.
Public Talk
Date: Wednesday, March 6
Time: 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Location: FINA Gallery in the Creative and Critical Studies building.
Call for Manuscripts
Writers of adult fiction or non-fiction are invited to submit manuscripts for review and feedback. The Writer in Residence will meet with the first 6 general public authors whose manuscript submissions satisfy the requirements below and the first 6 UBC student authors whose manuscript submissions satisfy the requirement below.
We regret that the Writer in Residence may not be able to meet with everyone who submits a manuscript. Meetings with the Writer in Residence are by appointment only and will occur between February 26th and March 8 2024. There is no fee for the appointment or to submit a manuscript.
Manuscripts will be accepted between February 1 and 19, 2024.