Writer in Residence Drop In

Description

During these open office hours, Michael Mirolla, our Writer in Residence, is available to read your work, answer questions, provide feedback, and be an empathetic ear. Open to writers of all levels.

Additional Information

Registration: Registration is not required.

Dates and Hours: From April 7 to June 3, Michael's drop-in office hours will be held on:

• Mondays, from 10AM to 5PM
• Tuesdays, from 2PM to 8PM

Location: Central Library, 2nd Floor, Writer in Residence Office

If you'd like to book a one on one appointment with Michael outside of this time, please email wir@reginalibrary.ca or call 306-777-6202.

About Michael Mirolla: The author of more than two dozen novels, plays, film scripts, and short story and poetry collections, Michael Mirolla’s publications include a novella, The Last News Vendor, winner of the 2020 Hamilton Literary Award, as well as three Bressani Prizes: the novel Berlin; the poetry collection The House on 14th Avenue; and the short story collection Lessons in Relationship Dyads. His latest poetry collection, At the End of the World, was short-listed for the 2022 Hamilton Literary Award and took second prize for the Di Cicco Poetry Award. His latest short story collection Becker’s Universe & Other Stories was published in the spring of 2024 (Black Moss Press). In the fall of 2019, Michael served a three-month writers residency at the Historic Joy Kogawa House in Vancouver where he worked on the first draft of a novel, The Second Law of Thermodynamics. A symposium on Michael’s writing was held in Toronto on May 25, 2023. In September of 2023, Michael took part in a writers residency in Olot, Catalonia. While there, he polished a novella, How About This …?, which is scheduled for publication in September 2025 (At Bay Press). In July 2024, Michael participated in a month-long writers residency in Barcelona. 

Apart from his writing, Michael works as an editor and is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Guernica Editions, a Canadian literary book publisher. Born in Italy and growing up in Montreal, with side trips to Glen Robertson (ON), Gboko (Nigeria), Mount Forest (ON), Toronto, Oakville and Hamilton, Michael now makes his home outside the town of Gananoque in the Thousand Islands area of Ontario.