Reviewers

Our reviewers are current and past students of the UBC Creative Writing Program and Master of Arts in Children’s Literature Program.

Toke Adejoy

Toke Adejoye was born and raised in Nigeria. She currently lives in Vancouver, where she is completing her MFA at the UBC School of Creative Writing. She is the Managing Editor of PRISM International.

Ihomehe Agbebaku

Ihomehe Agbebaku is currently pursuing her Masters in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. As a Teaching Assistant in Writing for Children and Young Adults, she is passionate about nurturing young writers and exploring diverse narratives. Alongside her studies, Ihomehe serves as a Reviewer for Young Adulting Magazine and a Reader for PRISM Magazine, where she indulges her love for reading and discovering compelling stories across a wide range of genres and forms, including poetry, fiction, speculative fiction, and screenwriting for various age groups. With a keen interest in diverse literature, Ihomehe is dedicated to celebrating and promoting inclusive voices in the world of literature.

Cherilyn Ahn

Cherilyn Ahn is currently pursuing her passions in English and journalism at the University of British Columbia. Cherilyn hopes to continue to explore diverse fields of storytelling in her future endeavours.

Zobia Alam

Zobia is an undergraduate student at UBC pursuing  psychology and creative writing. Her literary work explores a variety of themes, including culture, mental health, and identity. She is indefinitely inspired by the world around her, and seeks to capture the complexities and nuances of the human experience through her writing.  

Emily Anctil

Emily is a graduate of UBC’s Master of Arts in Children’s Literature program and holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. Reading picture books is her favourite thing to do. You can find more of her reviews at her YouTube channel, Page Turns.

Cath Ayres

Cath completed their B.Ed and M.Ed in Australia, and worked as a teacher for several years before moving to Vancouver to study a Master of Arts in Children’s Literature. Cath is a big fan of beautiful illustrations, rich language, and authentic queer representation.

Juhyun Tony Bae

Juhyun Tony Bae is a Korean-Canadian writer currently studying at UBC. He’s been working on a dystopian YA novel that he says will be completed between the next one to fifty years. His work has been published in Grain, FreeFall, and Wax Poetry and Art. You can follow him on twitter @jTonyBae.

Lauren Benson

Lauren Benson is pursuing her interests in journalism and literature at the University of British Columbia, focusing on a major in English with an emphasis on Literature and Language. Lauren particularly loves historical fiction, literature with a coastal context, and autobiographies about strong women throughout history.

Yanya Bhatia

Yanya Bhatia is an undergraduate student majoring in Psychology at UBC. You can find her buried deep in a book, exploring old bookstores, listening to music or baking.

Oishi Bhattacharya

Oishi Bhattacharya graduated from UBC with a B.A. in English and Creative Writing and is returning for a Master of Arts in English Literature in the fall. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, cooking, taking pictures, and watching sports and films.

Hooria Bilal

Hooria Bilal is an undergraduate at UBC majoring in Biology and minoring in Creative Writing. She enjoys reading middle grade and YA books in her spare time, her favourite genre being fantasy-adventure.

Louise Brecht

Louise Brecht is a Creative Writing and English Literature student at the University of British Columbia. An avid reader and aspiring author, Louise has published works of non-fiction, fiction and poetry in nineteenquestions, Pearls, Collage, and Sweatink.

Cid V Brunet

Cid V Brunet (they/them) published their debut memoir, This Is My Real Name with Arsenal Pulp Press in 2021. Currently, Cid is completing an MFA in creative writing at the University of British Columbia while working as a freelancer and editor. When not working on their upcoming historical fiction novel, Cid enjoys time with their new dog, weightlifting, and caring for an ever-growing collection of houseplants.

Dany Caballero

Dany Caballero is an aspiring writer who loves fantasy and has a soft spot for mythology. She is currently studying Creative Writing at UBC and spends her days trying to turn her daydreams into stories.

Kaitlyn Chan

Kaitlyn Chan graduated from the University of British Columbia with a BA in English Literature and minor in Creative Writing. Fulfilling the typical stereotypes of English majors, Kaitlyn enjoys reading, writing, and tea. She spends her free time training for triathlons, singing songs in her bedroom, and trying not to buy more books.

Lois L. K. Chan

Lois L. K. Chan is currently a Creative Writing major at UBC. She predominantly writes fiction, owns too many short story collections, and was once compared to an “antique store.” Her stories have been published in Yuzu Press, Gingerbread House Literary Magazine, and Soft Star Magazine.

Srijaa Chatterjee

Srijaa Chatterjee is an English Literature and Creative Writing student at UBC from Delhi, India. There’s nothing she loves more than diving into a new book while the rain beats down upon the windows. Exploring new things, obsessing over Taylor Swift, and falling in love with a new author each week capture Srijaa’s personality in a nutshell. 

Belle Cole

Belle Cole is an English Literature and Creative Writing student at UBC from San Antonio, Texas. She is passionate about learning new things and proclaims herself a chronic “hobby-hopper,” regularly jumping from one hobby to the next. No matter her current obsession, her spirited love for reading, writing, and traveling remain ever-constant. 

Jade Courchesne

Jade Courchesne is currently working towards an MA in Cinema and Media Studies at UBC. Her SSHRC-funded research considers identity formation and performativity within the Canadian-Chinese diaspora, especially looking at code-switching and language practices of multiracial individuals on screen. Her published work (Ricepaper Magazine, Film Matters Mag and others) contributes to the expanding body of anti-racist literary media through discussions on ‘good’ representation and ‘performing’ race.

Valeria De La Vega

Valeria De La Vega holds a Masters degree in Children’s Literature from the University of British Columbia. She is a Colombian living in Canada who is interested in stories that encourage empathy. She is drawn to narratives of immigrants, being Latin American, and stories she can relate to her country’s history.

Daniella Diogo

Daniella Diogo is an undergraduate at UBC majoring in Psychology and wishing she was in Creative Writing. Since she can remember, she’s been an avid reader and writer, her favourite genre being YA Fantasy and Romance.

Jane Diokpo

Jane Diokpo is a UBC Media Studies undergraduate who loves films, graphic design, reading, and writing. She also loves petting cute dogs from time to time.

Chiara Dissanayake

Chiara Dissanayake is a student at the University of British Columbia.

Shiren Djorgee

Shiren Djorgee is a Ghanaian Canadian undergrad student majoring in Psychology and an aspiring author. When she is not agonizing about her Psychology midterms, she is agonizing about drafting her novel.

Maia Dueck

Maia Dueck is an avid reader and writer currently enrolled in the Creative Writing program at UBC. Her favorite trope is probably enemies-to-lovers.  

Annalise Fisher

A graduate of UBC with a degree in German and Creative Writing, Annalise writes things, knits, and plays video games while trying to figure out what to be when she grows up.

Sara Francoeur

Sara Francoeur lives with her family in a beachy neighbourhood just outside of Vancouver, B.C. With a degree in comparative religion and a background in fashion, Sara now studies creative writing at UBC. 

Kaileigh Funnell

Kaileigh Funnell is a non-binary student at the University of British Columbia studying theatre design and production with a minor in Creative Writing. They grew up in Clarenville, Newfoundland, and are now based out of Vancouver, BC. They have a passion for writing, specifically young adult novels and comics.

Katie Gaston

Katie Gaston is a Canadian writer. She is passionate about expression and studies English literature and music at the University of British Columbia. When she is not composing bad love songs on the piano, she is attempting to write the next great Canadian novel and is drinking too many iced matcha lattes.

Vanessa Bedford Gill

Vanessa Bedford Gill is a Librarian and pursuing her MA in Children’s Literature at UBC. She enjoys creative writing, travelling, and drinking copious amounts of tea while reading picture books to her four children, even though they tell her that they are far too old for this pastime!

Shubhdeep Kaur Gill 

Shubhdeep Kaur Gill is a first-year student at UBC, hoping to study creative writing. She has had an interest for reading since her sister started teaching her the alphabet and has since developed an equal interest for writing as well. When she’s not reading or writing, she can be found painting, playing guitar, or procrastinating.

Jocelyne Gregory

Jocelyne Gregory is a UBC MFA creative writing candidate and a graduate of SFU’s The Writer’s Studio. She’s an author and editor and has provided manuscript consultations with the Sechelt Public Library and the Writer’s Studio. A lifelong gamer and fan of comics, she lives on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada.

Ibha Gupta

Ibha has a Masters in English and is now completing her second Masters in Children’s Literature at UBC. Her research interests are issues of representation and diversity in Fantasy Fiction. She misses the sunny beaches of Goa, India which she grew up on but has come to the conclusion that she absolutely loves autumn in Vancouver, her new home. Spicy foods, drinking chai and buying different editions of her favourite books make her the happiest.

Lauren Hathaway

Lauren holds an M.A. in Children’s Literature from the University of British Columbia and a B.A. in English from Fordham University. She regularly reviews children’s books for School Library Journal and loves sharing books with her eight nieces and nephews back home in Arizona. 

Laura Anne Harris

Laura Anne Harris is a writer/performer/director/reviewer, born and raised in Victoria, B.C. She currently is pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. Since 2016, she has contributed reviews and interviews with the online magazines: The Seventh Row, My Entertainment World, and Prism International. 

Evelyn Hussey

Evelyn Hussey is a BA Psychology student minoring in Creative Writing at UBC. She loves reading memoirs/creative nonfiction as well as realistic fiction. When she is not reading or writing she spends her time rock climbing, binging true crime content, or with her beloved dog, Dipsea.

Jennifer Irvine

Jennifer Irvine is currently working towards a BFA in Creative Writing at UBC where she writes fiction, YA and is even dabbling in graphic novel writing. She has been published in York University’s Existere Magazine and UBC’s online Garden Statuary Magazine.

Ciara Javier

Ciara Javier is a Political Science and Creative Writing undergraduate student at the University of British Columbia. She thinks television and books are ridiculously addictive and drinks should always be cold.

Faire Jarvis

Faire Jarvis is an undergraduate student studying English at the University of British Columbia who
enjoys writing and editing essays, and dancing on the weekends.

Kaila Johnson

Kaila Johnson is a creative writing BFA student and has contributed to UBC’s student newspaper The Ubyssey for the past three years. She loves creating stories centred around identity and community. When they’re not writing, she can be found painting, watching reality television, or saying hello to an animal nearby. 

Rachel Jung

Rachel Jung is a fourth-year Korean Canadian undergraduate student majoring in History and minoring in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. She enjoys writing and playing relaxing games like Stardew Valley in her free time!

GiGi Kang

GiGi Kang is a Canadian writer studying English Literature and Creative Writing at UBC. She is a poet and also writes at LA-based creative platform and magazine The Luna Collective where she interviews creatives from around the world and reviews the latest music and film releases. Read more at gigikang.com.

Hannah Kelly

Hannah Kelly is a fourth-year student at UBC, studying English Literature and Mathematics to pursue a career in education. She is also an aspiring author, avid reader, amateur photographer, sort-of gardener, book hoarder, and board game lover. When she’s not haunting her local bookstores, she’s probably clacking away at her typewriter creating fictitious chaos. 

Evelyn Kenwood

Evelyn is a current third year psychology and creative writing student at UBC from New Orleans, Louisiana. They love reading, writing, and knitting. They love to associate songs (mainly Taylor Swift) with their current reads. 

Micah Killjoy

Micah Killjoy is a Creative Writing BFA student at UBC. They like reading and writing about history and daydreaming about decolonization, bad poetry and having manageable hair.

Shanleigh Klassen

Shanleigh Klassen hails from the frozen metropolis of Winnipeg, MB, pursuing an M.A. in Children’s Literature at UBC. She is a bookseller at heart and a scholar in practice. Shanleigh loves anything with a fairy tale spin, some dark magic for flavour, and an anti-hero at the centre, but she’s not picky.

Groff Lai

Groff Lai (she/her/hers) holds a BA in English Language and Literature with a minor in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. When she’s not immersed in the world of literature, she can be found breaking a sweat at the gym or finding inner peace through hot yoga sessions. Aspiring to become a published author, she harbours a deep love for Creative Nonfiction, where storytelling meets personal reflection.

Alicia  L’Archevêque

Alicia L’Archevêque loves to write, talk about movies, dance with friends, and climb trees in good company. She is an art student at UBC and a swimmer on the school’s varsity team.

Avery Lau

Avery Lau is a 2nd year university student in the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia. She hopes to become a teacher after graduation.

Charmaine Lee

Charmaine Lee is a Computer Science major and Creative Writing minor at the University of British Columbia. She enjoys writing for children and thinking critically about the impact of digital media. Visit her at www.charmaineklee.com and @charmaine_klee on twitter.

Jieun Lee

Jieun Lee is a graduate student in UBC’s MA in Children’s Literature. She doodles and scribbles as much as she can and aims to tell stories of children’s experiences in immigrant families and the magical effects of food.

Lonnes Leloup

Lonnes Leloup (she/her) is a trans, Jewish, French-Canadian young adult writer and a creative writing student at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Elizabeth Leung

Elizabeth Leung is a recent graduate of the Master of Arts in Children’s Literature Program at UBC. When not editing for Young Adulting, she can be found reading, dancing, or writing her middle grade space opera. In the fall, she’ll be starting her PhD at the University of Cambridge. Follow her on twitter @ezlabeth.

Carolina Leyton

Carolina Leyton is a current MA student in the Children’s Literature program. She completed her BA Honours in UBC Okanagan. From the age of 9, she has been an avid reader and writer, and now hopes to become an author of critical, important, and unique YA novels. 

Tze Liew

Tze Liew is a Malaysian Chinese dodo who is graduating with a BFA in Creative Writing. She grew up on fantasy YA and Studio Ghibli, loves music, squawking, and dancing like a sea slug. Currently growing her wings to become a singer, composer and writer.

Keh Liu

Keh Liu is in the Master of Arts in Children’s Literature program at UBC. He is also a television writer based in Vancouver and Toronto. When he’s not writing scripts or researching fairytales, Keh likes to do Maggie Smith impersonations when no one is around. He is doing one right now.

Hannah Luppe

Hannah Luppe is currently completing her MA in Children’s Literature at UBC. She is the managing editor of Young Adulting Review.

Lauren Maguire

Lauren Maguire recently completed her master’s degree in Children’s Literature at the University of British Columbia. She currently works as a tutor and writing mentor for middle school and high school students.

Ashlyn Mather

Ashlyn Mather (She/Her/Hers) is in the Masters of Children’s Literature program (MACL) at UBC. She earned her undergraduate degree in Child Development with a minor in American Sign Language and Special Populations from Cal Poly Humboldt in California. During and after graduation she worked as an infant, toddler, and preschool teacher at Daycare Centers and as a nanny before moving to BC for her Masters. Her passions include, writing, reading, swing dancing, theater, and being outdoors in nature. 

Sumaiya Matin

Sumaiya Matin is the author of the literary coming-of-age memoir The Shaytan Bride: A Bangladeshi Canadian Memoir of Desire and Faith (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2021). She is currently working toward her Master of Fine Arts (in Creative Writing) at the University of British Columbia. Follow her writing journey @sumaiya.matin.

Lisa Matthewson

Lisa Matthewson is a sixth-generation New Zealander and a first-generation Canadian. She teaches Linguistics at the University of British Columbia. She is taking creative writing courses in the hope of one day writing historical fiction for middle-grade readers.  

Holly Maurer

Holly Maurer is a UBC Creative Writing student living in Burnaby, BC. She adores poetry of all sorts, baking confections of her wildest dreams, and being a teething toy for her misguided yet ravenous cat.

RJ McDaniel

RJ McDaniel is a writer.

Elita Menezes

Elita Menezes is an arts student at UBC. She plans to major in creative writing and loves experiencing stories in any way she can. Some of her favourite pastimes include laughing at bad movies with her friends and (thinking about) writing.

Emily-Anne Mikos

Emily-Anne Mikos is a graduating student from the UBC Creative Writing BFA. She is currently writing her own novel and hopes to continue writing stories about women that don’t involve saviour complexes. She has decidedly abandoned real life for fictional worlds where bees are still thriving. #Savethebees.

Kelsey Elisabeth Moorhouse

Kelsey Moorhouse is pursuing an MA in Children’s Literature, with a focus on Young Adult fantasy and the magic of creativity, emotion, and art. Her work has been published in NoD Magazine and Contiki 6-2. Having worked as a piano teacher, lifeguard, archival assistant, and barista, she is now dedicating her time to writing her YA novel.

Tessa Mouzourakis

Tessa Mouzourakis is an undergraduate student at the University of British Columbia studying History and Creative Writing. As a massive book worm, Tessa aspires to be a published writer of poems and stories. In the summer, Tessa spends her time in Nashville, Tennessee, writing songs, seeing shows, and avoiding honky-tonks.

Charlotte Mundy

Charlotte Mundy completed her undergraduate with a BSc in Nursing. Living with the curse of creativity while working in a scientific field, she has been taking writing courses at UBC to satisfy her appetite for literature. She has always enjoyed reading and writing and hopes to one day become an author.

Logaine Navascués

Logaine Navascués is a Peruvian artist, writer, creative director, teacher and book maker, currently living in Vancouver. She is the proud mother of a beautiful daughter and two artist’s books. You can find her reading, collecting picturebooks and eating chocolate while pursuing her MA in Children’s Literature at UBC.

Shyamala Parthasarathy

Shyamala Parthasarathy is an MA Literature graduate, currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at UBC. Hailing from Chennai, India, she is currently working on a young adult urban fantasy novel, and can be found in her natural habitat: the corner of a room, typing away on her laptop or angrily glaring at it.

Nisha Patel

Nisha Patel is the Poet Laureate Emeritus of the City of Edmonton. An award-winning disabled and queer artist, she is a Canadian Poetry Slam champion and holds a master of arts in cultural studies from Queen’s University. Her second book of poetry, A Fate Worse Than Death is out now with Arsenal Pulp Press. She is a recipient of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal and the Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund. She is currently finishing her master of fine arts in creative writing.

Hira Peracha

Hira Peracha is a Psychology and Creative Writing student at the University of British Columbia. She enjoys reading and writing both fiction and poetry.

Sye Perry

Sye Perry (she/her) is a cis, white, pansexual student at the University of British Columbia. Sye typically enjoys reading fantasy, poetry/verse, and romance novels. A good book for her has to either be really pretty with words and descriptions, have an edge-of-your-seat crazy exciting plot, or give happy romantic stomach butterflies.

Joseph Pooley

Joseph Pooley is a vile creature from the depths of the ocean that somehow crawled its way up onto the shores of Vancouver. It now spends its days shambling aimlessly about the University of British Columbia in a perverse mockery of human existence.

Sasa Popovich

Sasa Popovich is an undergrad student at UBC in the English Literature program, focusing primarily on contemporary and children’s literature. He has taken several creative writing classes as electives, and writes long form fantasy and children’s literature.

Esar Rabadi

Esar Rabadi is a BFA Creative Writing student at the University of British Columbia. She specializes in writing fiction and writing for the stage. Her work is often described as “unhinged” or “camp”; she disagrees but acknowledges that her work is a little bizarre. She loves Lana Del Rey.

Ahmad Danny Ramadan

Ahmad Danny Ramadan is an award-winning Syrian-Canadian author. His novel, The Clothesline Swing, continues its success, and is translated to multiple languages. He is currently working on his next novel, The Foghorn Echoes, and a collection of short fiction, The Syrian Survival Notebook. His children book, Salma the Syrian Chef is forthcoming in 2020.

Ella Richards

Ella Richards is an undergraduate student studying English Literature in UBC’s Honours Program, born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. When they aren’t curled up with a good book, you can find them performing with UBC Improv, watercolouring, or experimenting in the kitchen.

Verena Rodriguez

Verena recently graduated from the MA in Children’s Literature at UBC. Before that she did a BA in Visual Communication at the UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico). She specialized in illustration and has been working as a graphic designer since 2014. She also works as a freelance illustrator for children’s books and textbooks and occasionally does animation projects.

Britt Runeckles

Britt Runeckles is an English Literature and Creative Writing student at the University of British Columbia, where she writes fiction, non-fiction and screenplays. She is currently working on her first novel and loves writing stories about characters with weird hobbies and intersectional identities.

Parneet Sarai

Parneet Sarai has completed her BSc in Biology and is currently continuing her journey at UBC. She is a bookworm and enjoys all genres but has a soft spot for the nostalgic dystopian novels that sparked her interest in reading. She loves the library and dabbles in poetry and fictional writing.

Sophie Savage

Sophie Savage is an avid reader studying at UBC and planning to go into elementary education. When she is not reading, she can be found swimming in the ocean (year-round) or spending way too much time in used bookstores.

Ariella Sebba

Ariella Sebba is a fourth-year student at UBC with a major in English Literature and a minor in Creative Writing. Graduating soon, she hopes to pursue writing, hopefully completing a novel of her own, while still continuing to read many books.

MacKenzie Sewell

MacKenzie Sewell lives in Coquitlam, BC with her girlfriend and their two cats. Somewhere in between studying creative writing at UBC and working as a barista, MacKenzie loves to read — novels, cereal boxes, you name it.

Shalon Sims

Shalon Sims is a writer and teacher candidate at UBC. She writes middle grade and young adult science fiction, and hopes to work with those same ages when she becomes a teacher. Visit her at shalonsims.com and learning2grow.org.

Kay Snell

Kay Snell is a UBC Media Studies graduate with a passion for creative writing, puppetry and musical theatre in a way that coincidentally overlaps at times. They’re also a sucker for a happy ending.

Emily Soroos

Emily Soroos is a first-year student in UBC’s Faculty of Arts, hoping to study psychology and creative writing. She is an aspiring author, a dog enthusiast, and a logistics nerd. You can find her spending way too much time in crafts stores or arguing with one of her fictional characters.

Peter Takach

Peter Takach is a writer and teacher whose works have surfaced in some of the nation’s finest magazines, literary festivals, and recycling bins. Banished from his hometown for crimes against humanities, he can be found at the University of British Columbia toiling away at his MFA in Creative Writing or perched on driftwood staring out at great Neptune’s ocean.

Peihwen J. Tai

Peihwen J. Tai is a Taiwanese/Canadian writer, performer, and current MFA in Creative Writing candidate at UBC. Her play Moth Boy is being produced at the University of the Fraser Valley in late 2025–directed by Tetsuro Shigematsu. She’s the first and youngest new-play-development playwright at UFV since the 1980s.

Elina Taillon

Elina is earning her MFA in Creative Writing at UBC to accompany her MA in French Literature from U of T. She enjoys books, fanciful thinking, cats, and teatime.

Jacqueline Thomas

Jacqueline is a second year psychology student at UBC. She has been reading since before she could talk (confirmed by her mother) and you will often find her daydreaming about the next book, short story or screenplay she wants to write rather than doing her work. She is also a dancer, expert music playlist maker, and constantly fighting her cat about how early she should be fed (it’s never gonna be at 5am, Cheeto).

Sophia Thomson

Sophia Thomson graduated with a BFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia in 2023 and is currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. She has a soft spot for stories about love, friendship, and family, which is probably why most of her YA and screenwriting projects end up featuring a mixture of the three.

Gabrielle Tselos

Gabrielle Tselos is a UBC student, from Saint Paul, Minnesota. In her free time, she enjoys writing, photography, and baking delicious treats for her friends and family.

Deborah Vail

Deborah Vail writes YA, adult fiction, creative non-fiction, book reviews and interviews with notable authors. Her short fiction has appeared in Grain Magazine, The Antigonish Review and The New Quarterly. Her review of Sonja Boon’s memoir, What the Oceans Remember is forthcoming in The Antigonish Review. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.

Ash Wahking

Ash was raised in Hong Kong and Singapore, before moving to Canada for the balmy weather and university.  Their work has been exhibited in Augur Magazine, Brave New Play Rites, and UBC Magazine.  Ash can be typically found haunting bookstores or talking to other odd ducks at her local pond.

Laura Ward

Laura Ward finished her undergraduate at UBC with a focus in Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice and Creative Writing. She hopes she can bridge these two subjects in her writing, especially for younger readers. Laura enjoys going for walks in quiet forests, eating copious amounts of pasta, and watching cartoons, in no particular order.

Alison Wong

Alison Wong is a UBC student from Hong Kong studying English literature. In her free time, she likes to read young adult books, re-watch her favorite sitcoms or discover new K-dramas.

Emma Wu

My name is Emma Wu and I am a second year arts student at UBC. I was born and raised in Vancouver and love the atmosphere here at UBC. I have loved reading since I was very young and I am interested in potentially having a career in writing in the future.

Claudine Yip

Claudine Yip is studying Creative Writing with an Art History minor at UBC. She is currently drafting her way through a YA contemporary novel and sporadically blogs about food as an excuse to post all the pictures she takes at bubble tea shops. Visit her at cyieat.wordpress.com and @cyieat on Instagram.

Ayşe Lara Yildirim

Ayşe Lara Yildirim (she/her/they/them) is a UBC Creative Writing student, studying, working, and living on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people. They identify as a queer woman & first-generation Turkish immigrant. Her poems have been published in an anthology of student writing at Trent University called Chickenscratch (Coach House Books, 2020 & 2021).

Charis Young

Charis Young is a Creative Writing Undergrad at UBC. Reading and writing have been one of her passions for as long as she can remember. She often has to read passages to her cat who gets interested when she has a big reaction.

Moira Young

Moira Young is an undergraduate at UBC Vancouver, majoring in English Literature and minoring in Creative Writing. She is passionate about writing and the art of storytelling.

Natasha Zippan

Natasha Zippan is a graphic designer and art director who has gone back to school to study psychology, gender and sexuality, and (hopefully) write stereotype-busting stuff for kids and teens. She loves social justice and magical realism, and is currently working on a time-travel YA romance with a gay protagonist.