Event to Feature Brian Fawcett

March 9, 2005 for immediate release

Outspoken Prince Georgewriter Brian Fawcett will be returning to his hometown later this month andUNBC will be hosting a symposium on Northern BCwriting in his honour.

Titled The Writing WayUp North, the symposium will feature panels on different aspects of Northern BCliterature. The UNBC English program is currently inviting submissions fromstudents and community members – the deadline for a one-page proposal is March14. The symposium will be held on Wednesday, March 30, from 9am to 3pm.

Event to Feature Brian Fawcett

March 9, 2005 for immediate release

Outspoken Prince Georgewriter Brian Fawcett will be returning to his hometown later this month andUNBC will be hosting a symposium on Northern BCwriting in his honour.

Titled The Writing WayUp North, the symposium will feature panels on different aspects of Northern BCliterature. The UNBC English program is currently inviting submissions fromstudents and community members – the deadline for a one-page proposal is March14. The symposium will be held on Wednesday, March 30, from 9am to 3pm.

The night before, well-known writer Brian Fawcett will begiving a talk and reading at the University. Born and raised in Prince George, Fawcetthas been a controversial writer for decades. While he has published 14 books,he is particularly known in northern BC for VirtualClearcut, an award-winning book that captures Fawcett’s continuing interestin his hometown, issues of globalization, and environmental degradation.

Fawcett has donated a significant portion of his personalrecords to the Northern BC Archives at UNBC.This collection includes textual, photographic, electronic and audio recordingsdating from 1951 to 1995 relating to Brian Fawcett's personal and creative lifeas a poet, writer, editor, columnist, and social critic. Highlights of thearchive include drafts of Fawcett’s early published works, his early notebooksand personal journals, unpublished poetry, and extensive correspondence withother well-known Canadian writers over the course of Fawcett’s literary career.

“Brian’s presentation and the writers’ symposium to followis our expression of thanks to Brian for his contributions to UNBC and hiscontinued advocacy of northern BC writing and writers,” says Rob Budde, aprofessor in the UNBC English program.

Brian Fawcett will be giving public talks on Tuesday, March29 at 8pm in Agora room 7-150(adjacent to the Security office).