Michaela Anchan (www.michaelaanchan.com) is a current student in VCFA’s International Master of Fine Arts, a low-residency program offering majors in fiction, nonfiction, and literary translation. Michaela is a New Zealander living in Hamburg, Germany.
I arrive at the Banff Centre on a Wednesday afternoon. It’s my first time in North America. There’s a warning in the hotel lobby about bears. Only walk in groups, it says. I am a New Zealande…