Monica Miller
SFU Authors for social change
February 3, 2013By Monica Miller Stephen Collis Stephen Collis teaches contemporary North American poetry at SFU, with a focus on how literature intersects with movements for social change and justice. Author of five books of poetry and recipient of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2011, Collis also writes social criticism. Last fall, he was a Shadbolt Fellow at SFU, allowing him one year off to write based on a proposal for a book-length philosophical essay on change. “Virtually every discipline — whether in the humanities, physics, biology, you name it — has an explanation of change (how things change, why things…
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Miriam Margolyes brings the women of Charles Dickens to life
November 26, 2012The worldwide tour of Dickens' Women celebrates the bi centenary of Dickens' birth By Monica Miller Photos by Prudence-Upton Although she is best known to youth as Professor Sprout from the Harry Potter movies, Miriam Margolyes is much more…
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SFU Author Spotlight: Poetry Abound
November 26, 2012By Monica Miller Catherine Owen is a Vancouver poet who completed her BA and MA at SFU (1997–2001) in English Literature, writing her thesis on poet Robinson Jeffers. She is the author of nine collections of poetry and has been…
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Discovering the world of Hayao Miyazaki
November 26, 2012Cinematheque and Vancity Theatre scheduled to screen films from the masters of Studio Ghibli By Monica Miller I watched my first Hayao Miyazaki movie around age seven — My Neighbour Totoro (Tonari no Totoro, 1988) — with my big sister…
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Project Bookmark Canada marks first literary locations west of Ontario
November 5, 2012Wayson Choy’s The Jade Peony is commemorated with dual-language plaque in Chinatown. By Monica Miller Photos by Monica Miller It is probably every young Harry Potter fan’s dream to go to London and see Platform 9 3/4 at King’s Cross…
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The SFU authors spotlight
November 5, 2012By Monica Miller Sarah Leavitt is a graduate of SFU’s Writer’s Studio (2002) and a published author in a variety of genres including comics, fiction and non-fiction. While doing her MFA for Creative Writing at UBC, Leavitt completed her first…
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Vancouver International Writers Festival marks 25 years
October 22, 2012Writers Festival bring out a plethora of talented authors. By Monica Miller Photos by Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival October marks many things: the changing of the seasons, harvest vegetables, Halloween, midterms, and the annual Vancouver International Writers &…
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Something completely different and not completely true
October 15, 2012The VIFF premiere of a Monty Python film. By Monica Miller Photos by Vancouver International Film Festival Not a documentary, not a traditional Monty Python film, and not completely true. A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Graham Chapman is…
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Journalism: No Job For a Woman
October 15, 2012Screening at Vancouver International Film Festival covers various women and their struggles to be taken seriously. By Monica Miller Photos by Vancouver International Film Festival Women in the media sphere are commonplace nowadays, but you still hear about the struggles…
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The Virtual Self leaves us wondering
September 17, 2012Nora Young's latest book may be better left on the shelf. By Monica Miller Nora Young, the lively host of CBC Radio’s The Spark, published her first book in April of this year, which explores the impact our digital activities…
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