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 I, as EICs, had meetings…
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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 article. SFU’s Humanities Student Union (HUMSU) invites…
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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 up. However, I never imagined I…
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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 Creative Writing Certificate previously offered by…
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[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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Are 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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Are 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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