
Nancy Holmes Conversation Series
March 4 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

The series is named in honour of Nancy Holmes, an internationally recognized artist, scholar, editor, community builder and Professor Emerita in Creative Writing.
Each year an alum of the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies working in the areas of ecological or socially engaged research is invited to present their work in conversation with current graduate students or faculty.
This first iteration will happen on the evening of March 4 and will feature Kelly Shepherd (MFA Alum 2014) who will be launching a new book, Dog and Moon, in conversation with MFA Creative Writing students, Amy Wang, Tosh Sherkat and Slava Bart.
This event is free, accessible, and open to the public.
For more information visit the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies website or contact Matt Rader, matthew.rader@ubc.ca
About Nancy Holmes
Nancy Holmes is the author of six critically acclaimed collections of poetry, most recently, Arborophobia (University of Alberta Press 2022) and the editor of the groundbreaking anthology, Open Wide a Wilderness: Canadian Nature Poems (Wilfrid Laurier Press 2009). Holmes is highly regarded in the areas of research-creation and interdisciplinary collaborations including two large-scale, federally-funded projects, the Eco Art Incubator (with UBC Associate Professor, Denise Kenney) and Border Free Bees (with Dr. Cameron Cartiere Emily Carr University of Art + Design). She has been recognized for her writing by The Malahat Review and Arc, and is the past winner of the Robert Kroetsch National Teaching Award. Holmes served in many roles at UBC including Head of Creative Studies, MFA Program Coordinator, and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies.