Office Hours with Writer-in-Residence Anna Chatterton

Chatterton has a simple message for the Western community: “Come visit me.”

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.

Office Hours

Meet with Anna to discuss your creative projects. All members of Western University and the London community are welcome.

Fall Term Hours

Office hours are available, by appointment on Tuesdays beginning September 9:

11:00 am - 2:00 pm Western University

Winter Term Hours

11:00 am - 2:00 pm Western University
3 - 6 pm Central Library (251 Dundas Street)

Writing 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, poetry 5 pages. 

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 I have 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 me to focus on.