CCWOC is pleased to welcome its Fall 2015 Writer-in-Residence, KITTY FITZGERALD!
KITTY FITZGERALD is the author of five novels, including Pigtopia, which took 2nd place in the Barnes & Novel Discover Awards. Her first short story collection, Miranda’s Shadow, was published in 2013. Identity - a re-working of her first novel, Marge - was published by Room to Write in 2014. She has written radio drama for the BBC, several theatre plays, film, journalism, poetry and edited several collections of short fiction. Born in Ireland, she now lives on the North East coast of England.
For help with your creative writing, please contact Kitty at ccwocwir@umanitoba.ca or at 204-480-1067 to arrange a FREE meeting with her. She will be here from September until the beginning of December 2015.
Past Writers/Storytellers-in-Residence:
Dovie Thomason - Winter 2015
Liz Duffy Adams - Fall 2014
Louise Wallwein - Winter 2014
Christine Fellows and John K. Samson - Fall 2013
Clare Murphy - Winter 2013
Sally Ito - Fall 2012
Mary Louise Chown and Kay Stone - Winter 2012
Patrick Ryan - Fall 2011
Méira Cook – Winter 2011
Ignatius Mabasa - Fall 2010
Roberta Kennedy - Winter 2010
Jan Andrews - Fall 2009
Armin Wiebe - Fall 2008
Rody Gorman - Fall 2008
Gregory Scofield - Fall 2007
Kitty reads from her collection of short
stories, Miranda's Shadow
U of M PhD Student Melanie Unrau reads
from her book, Happiness Threads
Faculty, students, and staff help Dean of
Arts, Dr. Jeffrey Taylor, welcome Kitty
to the university
Kitty discusses her work with attendees