Governor General's Award winner Sheila Heti joined us at Western University as the new Alice Munro Chair in Creativity. Sheila sat down with English & Writing Studies professor Kate Stanley for a conversation about her work.

Sheila Heti & Kate Stanley: In Conversation
Tuesday, 7 November 2023, 7:30PM
Western University

Sheila Heti joined Western as the Alice Munro Chair in Creativity, with the mission to connect students with a key principle of making art: the simple pleasure of creating.

Heti’s writing is unique, spanning genres and styles. She’s penned children’s books, mused on the decision not to have children – her novel Motherhood was chosen as one of the best books of 2018 by The New York Times – and created a podcast and blog series.

Her next project, called Alphabetical Diaries – a book built from Heti’s own journals over a tenyear period, reordered to list each sentence in alphabetical order – is due out in 2024. It’s been described as “a thrilling confessional,” with excerpts published in The New York Times over several months. American streaming giant Hulu has now optioned it for a television series.

Sheila will join English & Writing Studies professor Kate Stanley for a conversation about her work and upcoming tenure at Western.