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2023-24 Writer in Residence

Jaclyn Desforges is the 2023-24 Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence. 

A Writer in Residence is an established author who mentors aspiring scribes.

 

About Jaclyn Desforges 

Jaclyn Desforges is the author of Danger Flower and Why Are You So Quiet? She is the winner of the 2022 Hamilton Literary Award for Poetry, 2022 City of Hamilton Creator Award, 2020 Hamilton Emerging Artist Award for Writing, two 2019 Short Works Prizes and the 2018 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia’s School of Creative Writing and lives in Hamilton with her partner and daughter.

Writer in Residence Finale

Hear readings from community members mentored by Jaclyn.

Thursday April 11, 2024, 7pm

McMaster University, LR Wilson Hall - Lyons Family Studio (formerly Black Box Theatre), 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton. 

Reserve a spot.