Acclaimed author Naomi K. Lewis is Athabasca University's 16th writer in residence a role that gives students and the wider public new opportunities to access support to improve their writing.
Led by AU's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the writer-in-residence program fosters the development of literary talent in Canada regardless of location and delivers on AU's commitment to improving access and opportunity to learning like no other.
Lewis is the author of the novel Cricket in a Fist and her collection of short stories I Know Who You Remind Me Of was nominated for two Alberta book awards. Her memoir Tiny Lights for Travellers won Alberta's Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction, the Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature (nonfiction), and the Pinsky Givon Family Prize for Nonfiction, a Western Canada Jewish Book Award. The memoir was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction and the W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Award.
The virtual nature of the AU residency means that students and creative writers from all over Canada and beyond can connect with her and benefit from her expertise. Lewis is now available for one-on-one consultations with writers looking for feedback on their work.
"So many peers and mentors have helped inform my own writing and my confidence as a writer, I hope to offer that kind of support and assistance to the folks who trust me with their work during the next months," she said.
