creative writing
Temporal, spatial, and interrelational passages from The Lyre 16’s team
January 19, 2026By: Clara Xu, SFU Student The Lyre Mag, one of SFU’s longest current running undergraduate journals, published their 16th edition in October 2025. Operating out of the department of world languages and literatures (WLL), the “student-led literary journal” publishes annually, featuring undergraduate student work spanning “poetry, prose, translations, and visual art.” The Peak sat down with The Lyre 16’s editors-in-chief Isobel Sinclair and Callie, and editorial designer Yoona Charland, to discuss their experiences during the editing process. The following interview has been edited for concision and clarity. What type of work did you do for The Lyre? Isobel: Callie and…
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HUMSU invites you to creatively “witness” humanity
March 14, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Editor’s note: Sara Wong, who was interviewed for this piece, is a former Peak employee. The Peak acknowledges and has taken steps to prevent conflicts of interest or potential bias from influencing the…
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Creative Corner: Poetry and its therapeutic properties
February 17, 2023By: Jeeya Parasbhai Khavadia, SFU Student Poems, stories, and other types of creative writing have piqued my interest since I was a child. I used to tear poems from magazines and place them inside my school textbooks to lift myself…
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Need to Know, Need to Go – October 19 to 25
October 18, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor Simon Fraser Student Societies (SFSS) Events | October 19–23 | Free The SFSS is hosting a string of events this week. They’re starting off with a mental health workshop on Monday — perfectly…
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Looking forward to fall with SFU’s newest Writer-in-Residence, Juliane Okot Bitek
September 14, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor As the fall semester kicks off in remote fashion, so does Juliane Okot Bitek’s role as SFU’s 2020–21 Ellen and Warren Tallman Writer-in-Residence. Okot Bitek is an award-winning and prolific writer, poet, and…
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Creative Writing minor to launch at SFU this fall
June 9, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer On the evening of May 25, around 50 attendees joined together over Zoom to celebrate the upcoming launch of SFU’s new creative writing minor. The program, available starting this fall, will eventually replace the…
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SFU alum, Hasan Namir, on Islam and intimacy
January 23, 2017[dropcap]F[/dropcap]earlessly and unapologetically, SFU alumnus Hasan Namir tackles homophobia, religion, and coming-of-age in his award-winning debut novel, God in Pink. The novel is set in Iraq in 2003 and tells the story of Ramy, an orphaned homosexual university student who…
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The Peak is Hiring for The Tartan Magazine!
September 18, 2015Are you looking to be a part of SFU’s new semesterly student-run magazine focused on long-form journalism and creative writing? We’re accepting applications for an Associate Editor in charge of non-fiction content, an Associate Editor in charge of fiction content, and…
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The Peak is Hiring for The Tartan Magazine!
May 2, 2015Are you looking to be a part of SFU’s first student-run magazine focused on long-form journalism and creative writing? The Peak Publications Society will be producing a special 50th anniversary magazine called The Tartan as a pilot project for a…
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