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Welcome to Canadian Writers in Person

Since 2004, York has hosted readings and presentations by over 50 of Canada’s most significant, emerging authors through the Canadian Writers in Person (CWIP) series. These wonderful episodes in CanLit have been captured on video, but have remained stored in their original taped form and thus essentially inaccessible until now. The purpose of this archive is to enable scholars, students and lovers of Canadian literature to hear authors read their own works in their own voices and reflect on their unique experiences of the creative process. The in-class presentations are open to the public at no cost.

Canadian Writers in Person Video Archive

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a.rawlings - Q & A Angela Rawlings (a.rawlings) is a poet and multidisciplinary artist whose first book, Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists was published in 2006 (Coach House). A movement and sound-based version of this text was performed at Harbourfront in the same year. Rawlings received the bpNichol Award for Distinction in Writing from York University in 2001 and was co-editor of the anthology Shift and Switch: New Canadian Poetry (Mercury, 2005). As the recipient of the Chalmers Arts Fellowship Rawlings has been creating work in Belgium and Iceland in 2009/2010. Submitted by Artmob Guest on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 20:05.	a.rawlings - Reading Angela Rawlings (a.rawlings) is a poet and multidisciplinary artist whose first book, Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists was published in 2006 (Coach House). A movement and sound-based version of this text was performed at Harbourfront in the same year. Rawlings received the bpNichol Award for Distinction in Writing from York University in 2001 and was co-editor of the anthology Shift and Switch: New Canadian Poetry (Mercury, 2005). As the recipient of the Chalmers Arts Fellowship Rawlings has been creating work in Belgium and Iceland in 2009/2010. Submitted by Artmob Guest on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 20:04.
Afua Cooper - Q & A Afua Cooper is an established writer of non-fiction, history, and poetry. She holds a PhD in African-Canadian history with specialties in slavery and abolition and teaches history at the University of Toronto. Submitted by Artmob Guest on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 20:04.	Afua Cooper - Reading Afua Cooper is an established writer of non-fiction, history, and poetry. She holds a PhD in African-Canadian history with specialties in slavery and abolition and teaches history at the University of Toronto. Submitted by Artmob Guest on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 20:01.
Andrew Pyper - Part 1 Andrew Pyper was born in Stratford, Ontario in 1968. He is the author of Kiss Me, a collection of short stories, as well as the novels Lost Girls (selected as a New York Times notable Book of the Year) and The Trade Mission. Lost Girls was an international bestseller, and is currently in development for a feature film adaptation. Andrew Pyper lives in Toronto. Submitted by Artmob Guest on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 20:06.	Andrew Pyper - Part 2 Andrew Pyper was born in Stratford, Ontario in 1968. He is the author of Kiss Me, a collection of short stories, as well as the novels Lost Girls (selected as a New York Times notable Book of the Year) and The Trade Mission. Lost Girls was an international bestseller, and is currently in development for a feature film adaptation. Andrew Pyper lives in Toronto. Submitted by Artmob Guest on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 20:08.