{"id":246,"date":"2020-10-20T16:06:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T20:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps-en\/?page_id=246"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:35:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:35:22","slug":"rishma-dunlop-reading-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/en\/experience\/rishma-dunlop-reading-series\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rishma Dunlop Reading Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Creative Writing Program\u2019s annual reading series is named in memory of Dr. Rishma Dunlop, a former coordinator and champion of the Creative Writing Program, a renowned poet, and a beloved and essential faculty member in the departments of English and Education for many years until her untimely death in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rishma Dunlop Reading Series offers students the opportunity to encounter exciting local and international writers working in a wide variety of genres, as well as editors, publishers and other professionals in the writing world. The series also invites graduates of the program to read from their newly published work, and features a yearly faculty reading and conversation about how writing happens in the lives of published authors and students alike.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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