About our 2025-26 Writer Anna Chatterton: Anna Chatterton is a writer and theatre artist. She is a two-time finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama for her plays Within the Glass and Gertrude and Alice (cowritten with Evalyn Parry). Anna's other published plays include Quiver and Cowgirl Up. She is the winner of a City of Hamilton Arts Award, a Toronto Theatre Critics Award, and has been nominated for five Dora Mavor Moore Awards, winning the 2018 Outstanding Production of an Opera. Anna’s work as a librettist have been produced across Canada and the United States and won an LA Independent Women Film Award for ‘Best Narrative Feature' (Sweat); the Opera America ‘Artistic Creation Award’ Digital Excellence Awards (Sweat) and been nominated for a JUNO award (Breathe). Anna was the 2024-2025 Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer-in-Residence at the Hamilton Library/McMaster University and has been in residence at seven theatres. Anna holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Upcoming Children of Fire (cowritten with Shahrzad Arshadi) published by Book*hug Press in May 2026. Read more at annachatterton.com
Meet with Anna Chatterton
Office Hours offered on Tuesdays beginning September 9, 2025
11 am - 2 pm at Western University
Office Hours offered on Tuesdays beginning January 6, 2026
11 am – 2 pm at Western University
3 – 6 pm at the Central Library
Anna is ready to read your work and provide you with feedback. She will hold weekly office hours for writers at all levels and offers an empathetic ear, constructive criticism, and general guidance.
To schedule an appointment, email Mirela Parau at writerinresidence@uwo.ca. Once you have an appointment, please send Mirela a sample of your work that meets the following guidelines:
Format: Please use standard formats:12-point font, double-spaced, with page numbers. The maximum length of manuscript for any one consultation is 10 pages, 5 pages for poetry.
NOTE: Your writing must be sent as an attachment in a word doc or pdf. Please send a week (7 days) in advance of your consultation (or earlier) so Anna has time to read it and take notes.
When you send your writing, please include 1-3 questions that you have about the writing that you would like Anna to focus on.
Please note that Anna is most experienced in drama, fiction and nonfiction. She is not as experienced with poetry or genre writing, though she can make suggestions on narrative and style from her perspective.
Writer-in-Residence FAQ
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To schedule an appointment, email Mirela Parau at writerinresidence@uwo.ca.
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Once you have scheduled an appointment, please email your work to mparau2@uwo.ca.
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Any kind of creative writing! Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, prose.
Please note that Anna is most experienced in drama, fiction and nonfiction. She is not as experienced with poetry or genre writing, though she can make suggestions on narrative and style from her perspective.
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The maximum length of manuscript for any one consultation is 10 pages, 5 pages for poetry.
Please use standard formats: 12pt font, double spaced, Times New Roman with page numbers.
NOTE: Your writing must be sent as an attachment in a word doc or pdf. Please send a week (7 days) in advance of your consultation (or earlier) so Anna has time to read it and take notes.
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Please come prepared to discuss your work. When you send your writing, please include 1-3 questions that you have about the writing that you would like Anna to focus on.
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Please email mparau2@uwo.ca for meetings at Western University. If you are meeting at London Public Library, please call 519-661-4600.
The Writer-in-Residence program is sponsored by the James A. and Marjorie Spenceley Fund, the Department of English and Writing Studies, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Western University, and London Public Library donors.
For general information about the Writer-in-Residence program, visit/learn more here.
For more information about Anna Chatterton's office hours, visit/learn more here.