Marty Gervais

“Lights, Literature & Laughter”“Lights, Literature & Laughter” will launch two books produced with the assistance of students in the editing and publishing practicum course.

Reading to launch books edited by students

“Lights, Literature & Laughter” will launch two books produced with the assistance of students in the editing and publishing practicum course.

Portrait photographer Pat Sturn—pictured here in her Ouellette Avenue studioPortrait photographer Pat Sturn—pictured here in her Ouellette Avenue studio—died in 2011, but her vision lives on through a legacy bequest to support arts programs at the University of Windsor.

Photographer’s legacy to support student creativity

Portrait photographer Pat Sturn died in 2011, but her vision lives on through a legacy bequest to support arts programs at the University of Windsor.

Reading to launch anthology of local poets

A UWindsor professor is one of the editors of a book celebrating the talents of poets from the Windsor-Essex region.

Creative writing professor Susan Holbrook and Palimpsest Press publisher Dawn Kresan edited Detours: an anthology of poets from Windsor & Essex County, a showcase of the eclecticism that characterizes the region: the traditional and experimental, the academy and community, the established and emergent, the internationally renowned and promising apprentice.

Alumnae authors to launch books Wednesday

Relationships are at the heart of two books being launched tonight by Black Moss Press.

Talking Derby, by Kate Hargreaves, explores a young woman’s love affair with her roller skates, and the poetry collection Whisky Sour City, edited by Vanessa Shields, brings together works by Windsor poets to reveal their tangled ties with the city.

Faculty, staff and board members among Diamond Jubilee honourees

A significant number of University of Windsor staffers, faculty members and both past and present members of the board have been awarded for their contributions to country in conjunction with the sixtieth anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the Throne.

The following people have received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal:

Poet laureate to host writer-in-residence

Windsor’s poet laureate Marty Gervais will have words with UWindsor writer-in-residence Phil Hall on Thursday, but don’t worry—it’s all in the interests of art.

Both graduates of the University of Windsor, Gervais (MA 1972) and Hall (BA 1976, MA creative writing 1978) will discuss the latter’s work as part of the “Having Words” series of author talks hosted by the Arts Council Windsor and Region. The series promotes informal discussion about the craft of writing, exploring the challenges and joys related to poetry; events are free and open to the public.