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SETS: GILLER PRIZE NOMINEES

A University of Guelph graduate is the winner of this year’s prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize for Canadian poets, and is also the youngest winner in the competition’s history.

Liz Howard, a creative writing master of fine arts (MFA) graduate, was awarded the $65,000 prize for her first book, Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent. She accepted the award at a ceremony June 2 in Toronto. She also received $10,000 for taking part in the Griffin Prize readings the day before.

SETS: NEW BOOKS

Among recent book publications from SETS faculty are Ajay Heble and Rebecca Caines, The Improvisation Studies Reader, and Dionne Brand, Love Enough. Congratulations to all!

SETS: FACULTY AWARDS

SETS faculty member Christine Bold has been awarded two fellowships: a Visiting Canadian Fellowship in North American Studies at the Eccles Centre, British Library, London, and a Harry Ransom Center Research Fellowship in the Humanities at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin. Both are in support of her "Vaudeville Indians" project. Congratulations!