the lyre

The cover of The Lyre’s 15th volume, which features the exterior of a house surrounded by shrubbery, is visible on a laptop screen situated near a window.
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SFU’s The Lyre makes ripples across campus

Peak Web January 9, 2025

By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer The Lyre is SFU’s literary magazine produced through the university’s world languages and literatures program, publishing works from undergraduate students, artists, and SFU graduates, as well as students from other universities. The magazine includes poetry, short stories, essays, translations, photography, and more. The 15th volume, On the Record, was published on October 24, 2024. This edition focuses on “the power of permanence and the certainty of the liminal,” exploring ideas of calamity yet tranquility, while drawing on personal experiences, inspirations, and fictional storylines. On the Record begins with a heavy-hitting poem from Kristy Kwok titled…

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Illustration of a blue calendar, with "Need to Know, Need to Go" written on top
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Need to Know, Need to Go: March 15–21

Arts March 15, 2021

By: Gurleen Aujla, SFU Student Visual Art Forum: Ursula Johnson | March 16, 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. | FREE | Online Audain Visual Artist in Residence and the SFU School for the Contemporary Arts present a free, virtual artist talk featuring…

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SFU publications and initiatives that students can contribute to

Arts October 17, 2020

By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer CJSF CJSF is a radio station which broadcasts from SFU’s Burnaby campus. The community station is a non-commercial broadcasting programme and is run by staff and volunteers from the SFU community. Their program includes a…

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