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2010


Welcome to the <strong>Vancouver</strong><br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> & Readers<br />

<strong>Festival</strong> on Granville Island<br />

We’ve always known that British Columbia has been produc<strong>in</strong>g<br />

great writers and great writ<strong>in</strong>g at an astonish<strong>in</strong>g rate, but this year’s<br />

<strong>Festival</strong> is evidence of a bumper crop. From the more well-known<br />

voices of Jack Hodg<strong>in</strong>s, Carol<strong>in</strong>e Adderson, William Gibson,<br />

Billie Liv<strong>in</strong>gston and Kathy Page, to emerg<strong>in</strong>g talents like Aaron<br />

Bushkowsky, Miranda Pearson and Adam Louis Schroeder, the<br />

very best of BC will be on display. <strong>Vancouver</strong> Island talent is also<br />

plentiful this year—Ann Eriksson, Robert Wiersema, Rachel Wyatt<br />

and Terence Young will all be com<strong>in</strong>g to the <strong>Festival</strong> with new work.<br />

Our American l<strong>in</strong>e-up is particularly strong this year. Paul Hard<strong>in</strong>g won the 2010 Pulitzer<br />

Prize for fi ction for his novel T<strong>in</strong>kers. Yiyun Li and Wells Tower were recently <strong>in</strong>cluded on<br />

The New Yorker’s Best 20 Under 40 list. Anthony Doerr’s short fi ction has won three<br />

O. Henry Prizes and the British literary magaz<strong>in</strong>e Granta put him on their list of 21 Best<br />

Young American novelists. And Marisa Silver, also from The New Yorker’s stable, has won<br />

an O. Henry Prize for her work.<br />

One th<strong>in</strong>g you may notice is the absence of the Bill Duthie Memorial Lecture from our<br />

program this year. S<strong>in</strong>ce 1988 the Duthie Lecture has been a part of the <strong>Vancouver</strong><br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> and many dist<strong>in</strong>guished authors—Mordecai Richler, Margaret<br />

Atwood and Carol Shields to name but three—have delivered the Lecture. But the clos<strong>in</strong>g<br />

of Duthie Books has meant the end of the Lecture as well. We would like to recognize<br />

the signifi cant contribution that the Duthie family has made to our <strong>Festival</strong> and to our<br />

community over the years. The fi nal event of the <strong>Festival</strong> this year will be a celebration of<br />

Pengu<strong>in</strong> Publish<strong>in</strong>g’s 75th anniversary featur<strong>in</strong>g Andrea Levy, Ali Smith, Michael W<strong>in</strong>ter<br />

and Miguel Syjuco—a party you won’t want to miss.<br />

And one last th<strong>in</strong>g to look forward to: <strong>in</strong> 2011 you will be able to enjoy <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />

events almost year round, when we launch a new twice monthly series <strong>in</strong> partnership with<br />

the VPL’s Central Library. It’s an excit<strong>in</strong>g new venture for us and we hope you will discover<br />

some fi ne new writers throughout the year.<br />

Hal Wake, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR<br />

Contents<br />

About Us 4<br />

List of Authors 5<br />

Venues & Park<strong>in</strong>g 6<br />

How to Buy Tickets 7<br />

Our Supporters 8, 12, 55<br />

Become a Member 9<br />

Spread<strong>in</strong>g the Word 10<br />

La Joie de Lire 11<br />

The <strong>Festival</strong> Experience 13<br />

Messages 14–15<br />

<strong>Festival</strong> at a Glance 30–-31<br />

In Memoriam 57<br />

Writ<strong>in</strong>g Contest 58<br />

Special Events 55, 56, 59<br />

Events schedule ule<br />

School Events are<br />

<strong>in</strong>dicated by<br />

Tuesday, October 19 16–17<br />

Wednesday, October 20 18–20<br />

Thursday, October 21 22–25<br />

Friday, October 22 26–28<br />

Saturday, October 23 32–34<br />

Sunday, October 24 36–37<br />

Author Biographies 38–53<br />

How to use this guide<br />

Each bio lists the events (by number)<br />

<strong>in</strong> which the author is appear<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

To locate a venue, check the map<br />

on page 6.<br />

If you have any questions, give us<br />

a call at 604 681 6330, or check our<br />

website at www.writersfest.bc.ca<br />

for updated <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation.<br />

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4<br />

Founder and<br />

Lifetime Member:<br />

Alma Lee<br />

Board of Directors<br />

CHAIR: Anne Giard<strong>in</strong>i<br />

VICE-CHAIR: Kim Thorne<br />

SECRETARY: Kelli Bodnar<br />

TREASURER: Cheryl Berge<br />

MEMBERS: Greg Ford, Sally Hard<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

Trudy Hofl ey, Leslie Hurtig,<br />

Sandy Jakab, Shirley Lew, Harvey<br />

McK<strong>in</strong>non, Kathryn E. Shoemaker,<br />

Paul Whitney<br />

Gala Committee<br />

CHAIR: Kelli Bodnar<br />

MEMBERS: Claudia Casper, Anne Giard<strong>in</strong>i,<br />

Susan Goldie, Lisa Newby,<br />

Andrea Oberdieck,<br />

Kathryn E. Shoemaker<br />

A Dram Come<br />

True Committee<br />

CHAIR: Greg Ford<br />

MEMBERS: Sandy Jakab, Miriam Kresivo,<br />

Kathryn E. Shoemaker,<br />

Paula Third, Kim Thorne<br />

Thank You Myrna<br />

For more than ten years<br />

the food and beverage<br />

services at the <strong>Vancouver</strong><br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />

have been managed by the<br />

irrepressible Myrna Cas<strong>in</strong>o.<br />

Her cul<strong>in</strong>ary creativity has delighted patrons<br />

of the Sunday Brunch and Tea. Her savoury<br />

soups and scrumptious sandwiches have kept<br />

the production staff happy and productive.<br />

And her <strong>in</strong>fectious laugh and genu<strong>in</strong>e love<br />

of people have worked their magic on<br />

volunteers, donors, <strong>in</strong>deed everyone she dealt<br />

with at the <strong>Festival</strong>. This is Myrna’s last year<br />

and we thank her and wish her all the best <strong>in</strong><br />

her future endeavours.<br />

L TO R: BACK ROW: ANN MCDONELL, CLEA YOUNG, CAMILLA TIBBS, HAL WAKE. FRONT ROW: NAM BUI, SANDRA<br />

MILLARD, TAVIA AUDIA, BRENDA BERCK, ILONA BEIKS. PHOTO: LALO ESPEJO<br />

Staff<br />

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Hal Wake<br />

GENERAL MANAGER:<br />

DEVELOPMENT &<br />

Camilla Tibbs<br />

MARKETING MANAGER: Ann McDonell<br />

WRITER SERVICES CO-ORDINATOR: Clea Young<br />

ADMINISTRATOR: Sandra Millard<br />

BOOKKEEPING SERVICES: Offi ce Alternatives<br />

ADVERTISING SALES: Kathleen Oliver<br />

EDUCATION CO-ORDINATOR: Ilona Beiks<br />

FOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGER: Myrna Cas<strong>in</strong>o<br />

FOOD & BEVERAGE ASSISTANTS: Carol<strong>in</strong>a Sartor,<br />

Heideh White<br />

MEDIA RELATIONS MANAGER: Judith Walker<br />

OFFICE INTERNS: Tavia Audia, Nam Bui<br />

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Eduardo Ottoni<br />

PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR: Katja Schlueter<br />

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Jenn Thomas<br />

PROGRAMMER, LA JOIE DE LIRE: Brenda Berck<br />

VOLUNTEER MANAGER: Kathryn Fowler<br />

VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT: Lili Okuyama<br />

WEBSITE DESIGN: Rob<strong>in</strong> Puga/Digiloom<br />

Web Design and<br />

Deployment<br />

<strong>Program</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />

EDITOR: Ann McDonell<br />

FESTIVAL DESIGN:<br />

Hangar 18 Creative Group<br />

BIO AND EVENT COPY:<br />

Kathleen Oliver, Hal<br />

Wake, Judith Walker,<br />

Clea Young<br />

PROOFREADING courtesy of<br />

Ann-Marie Metten and<br />

the Editors’ Association<br />

of Canada, BC Branch,<br />

<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g: Lesley Cameron,<br />

Sue Ansell, Rita Bayer,<br />

Heidi Greco, Barbara<br />

Kmiec and Maureen<br />

Nicholson, with the<br />

assistance of Alex Peel.<br />

WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND<br />

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU<br />

TO THE MORE THAN 280<br />

DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS WHO<br />

CONTRIBUTE SO MUCH TO THE<br />

FESTIVAL EACH YEAR.


Carol<strong>in</strong>e Adderson<br />

L<strong>in</strong>wood Barclay<br />

Lynda Barry<br />

Dave Bid<strong>in</strong>i<br />

Sandra Birdsell<br />

Gail Bowen<br />

George Bower<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Martha Brooks<br />

Aaron Bushkowsky<br />

Eleanor Catton<br />

Denise Chong<br />

Ivan E. Coyote<br />

Just<strong>in</strong> Cron<strong>in</strong><br />

Anthony Doerr<br />

Emma Donoghue<br />

Ann Eriksson<br />

Terry Fallis<br />

Sal Ferreras<br />

George Fetherl<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Ken F<strong>in</strong>kleman<br />

Jon Paul Fiorent<strong>in</strong>o<br />

Charles Foran<br />

Tess Gallagher<br />

Camilla Gibb<br />

William Gibson<br />

Paolo Giordano<br />

John Gould<br />

Kather<strong>in</strong>e Govier<br />

Wayne Grady<br />

Shauntay Grant<br />

Charlotte Gray<br />

David Grossman<br />

Sara Gruen*<br />

Genni Gunn<br />

Paul Hard<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Richard Harvell*<br />

*SPECIAL EVENTS<br />

Michael Helm<br />

Jack Hodg<strong>in</strong>s<br />

Anosh Irani<br />

Rebecca James<br />

Qu<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong> Jard<strong>in</strong>e<br />

M.T. Kelly<br />

Myrna Kostash<br />

Alice Kuipers<br />

Sasha Langford<br />

Sarah Leavitt<br />

Marc Levy<br />

Andrea Levy<br />

Cheryl L’Hirondelle<br />

Yiyun Li<br />

Billie Liv<strong>in</strong>gston<br />

Derek Lundy<br />

Claudio Magris<br />

Karl Marlantes<br />

Yann Martel<br />

Ian McAllister<br />

Sharon E. McKay<br />

Don McKay<br />

Stuart McLean*<br />

Steve McOrmond<br />

Katie Smith Milway<br />

David Mitchell<br />

Susie Morgenstern<br />

Erín Moure<br />

Richard Newsome<br />

Andrew O’Hagan<br />

Kenneth Oppel<br />

Kathy Page<br />

Jacques Pasquet<br />

Miranda Pearson<br />

Pierre Pratt<br />

Kate Pull<strong>in</strong>ger<br />

Pascale Quiviger<br />

Zachary Richard<br />

Adam Lewis Schroeder<br />

Richard Scrimger<br />

Mauricio Segura<br />

Sarah Selecky<br />

Kamila Shamsie<br />

Kathryn E. Shoemaker<br />

Gary Shteyngart *<br />

Marisa Silver<br />

Merilyn Simonds<br />

Ali Smith<br />

Ashley Spires<br />

John Steffl er<br />

Chevy Stevens<br />

Anna Swanson<br />

Miguel Syjuco<br />

Kev<strong>in</strong> Sylvester<br />

Drew Hayden Taylor<br />

Joan Thomas<br />

Wells Tower<br />

Jennifer Tremblay<br />

Jane Urquhart<br />

John Vaillant*<br />

Richard Van Camp<br />

Russell Wangersky<br />

Irene N. Watts<br />

RC Weslowski<br />

Robert J. Wiersema<br />

Kathleen W<strong>in</strong>ter<br />

Michael W<strong>in</strong>ter<br />

Rachel Wyatt<br />

Alissa York*<br />

Terence Young<br />

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6<br />

Map Legend<br />

1 Granville Island Public Market<br />

2 Revue Stage<br />

1585 Johnston Street<br />

3 Granville Island Stage<br />

1585 Johnston Street<br />

4 Improv Centre<br />

1502 Duranleau Street<br />

5 Waterfront Theatre<br />

1412 Cartwright Street<br />

6 <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> Box Offi ce<br />

Ma<strong>in</strong> Floor, <strong>Festival</strong> House<br />

1398 Cartwright Street<br />

7 PTC Studio<br />

3rd Floor, <strong>Festival</strong> House<br />

1398 Cartwright Street<br />

8 Performance Works<br />

1218 Cartwright Street<br />

9 <strong>Festival</strong> Bookstore<br />

Rear, 1218 Cartwright Street<br />

10 Granville Island Hotel<br />

1253 Johnston Street<br />

11 Emily Carr University of<br />

Art and Design Theatre<br />

1399 Johnston Street<br />

Public Transit<br />

Call or check the web for schedule<br />

<strong>in</strong>formation.<br />

Transl<strong>in</strong>k Schedule Information<br />

604.953.3333 between<br />

6:30 am and 11:30 pm daily<br />

www.transl<strong>in</strong>k.bc.ca<br />

Park<strong>in</strong>g Information<br />

Free park<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> most spots on Granville Island is limited to three hours per day from<br />

7 am to 7 pm. Read the signs carefully: some spots are for one hour or less. Don’t park your car <strong>in</strong><br />

one spot for three hours and then move it to another spot; you risk be<strong>in</strong>g ticketed. Park<strong>in</strong>g is free<br />

and unlimited <strong>in</strong> most spots (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the pay park<strong>in</strong>g garages and lots)<br />

from 7 pm to 7 am.<br />

The park<strong>in</strong>g lot just east of the entrance to Granville Island at the corner of Lamey’s Mill Road and<br />

The Cast<strong>in</strong>gs offers all-day park<strong>in</strong>g for $6. There is also plenty of park<strong>in</strong>g on the north side of False<br />

Creek. Consider leav<strong>in</strong>g your car there and com<strong>in</strong>g across on the ferries.<br />

The most important th<strong>in</strong>g to remember is to give yourself time—at least an extra<br />

15 m<strong>in</strong>utes to fi nd a spot—if you plan to park on Granville Island.<br />

Ferries<br />

Ferries travel from various locations along<br />

the north and south shores of False Creek<br />

to Granville Island at frequent <strong>in</strong>tervals.<br />

Call for schedule <strong>in</strong>formation.<br />

False Creek Ferries<br />

604.684.7781<br />

www.granvilleislandferries.bc.ca<br />

Aquabus<br />

www.theaquabus.com


Advance Ticket Sales<br />

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, September 8,<br />

2010, and can be purchased on-l<strong>in</strong>e, by phone or<br />

<strong>in</strong> person. All prices <strong>in</strong>clude HST. Mastercard, Visa<br />

and cash (<strong>in</strong> person) accepted.<br />

ON-LINE:<br />

www.vancouvertix.com<br />

BY PHONE:<br />

<strong>Vancouver</strong>Tix 604.629.8849<br />

IN PERSON:<br />

The <strong>Festival</strong> box offi ce is located on the ma<strong>in</strong> fl oor<br />

of <strong>Festival</strong> House, 1398 Cartwright Street, Granville<br />

Island. Box offi ce hours are<br />

Monday–Friday: 10:00 am–5:00 pm<br />

Saturdays: 12:00 pm–4:00 pm<br />

<strong>Vancouver</strong>Tix surcharges will apply to all tickets<br />

purchased on-l<strong>in</strong>e or by phone. The <strong>Festival</strong> box<br />

offi ce charges a $1 surcharge per ticket and is open<br />

for <strong>in</strong>-person sales only.<br />

Advance ticket sales end at 5:00 pm on the day<br />

before the event.<br />

Door Sales<br />

(DAY OF EVENT ONLY)<br />

The box offi ce at the venue will open 45 m<strong>in</strong>utes<br />

before the start of the event. Cash, Mastercard and<br />

Visa accepted. Please call 604.681.6330 for ticket<br />

availability <strong>in</strong>formation or check on-l<strong>in</strong>e at www.<br />

writersfest.bc.ca. Please note that many events<br />

sell out <strong>in</strong> advance.<br />

General Information<br />

Discount of $2 offered to: seniors and students<br />

who present valid ID, people on fi xed <strong>in</strong>comes<br />

and the unemployed.<br />

Discount of $2 offered to VIWF members who<br />

purchase advance tickets at the <strong>Festival</strong> box<br />

offi ce (on presentation of membership card).<br />

PLEASE CHECK TICKETS CAREFULLY.<br />

There will be no exchanges or refunds.<br />

The <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>Program</strong> is subject to change<br />

without notice. Money will be refunded only<br />

when an event is cancelled.<br />

Latecomers may not be seated.<br />

No babies or small children at adult <strong>Festival</strong> events,<br />

please, out of courtesy to other patrons.<br />

No fl ash photography, video recorders or tape<br />

recorders, please.<br />

All <strong>Festival</strong> venues are wheelchair<br />

accessible. To reserve <strong>in</strong> advance, please<br />

call 604.681.6330, local 107.<br />

School Group Tickets<br />

School group tickets to Spread<strong>in</strong>g the Word school<br />

events are $8.50 each. Ticket prices <strong>in</strong>clude HST<br />

and surcharges do not apply. Teachers and adults<br />

accompany<strong>in</strong>g school groups must purchase tickets.<br />

School group tickets go on sale at 8:00 am on<br />

Monday, September 13, 2010.<br />

You can order school group tickets <strong>in</strong> one of the<br />

follow<strong>in</strong>g ways:<br />

On-l<strong>in</strong>e at http://www.writersfest.bc.ca/teachers/<br />

ticket_orders.php, or go to www.writersfest.<br />

bc.ca and follow the l<strong>in</strong>ks Teachers > Spread<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the Word > School Group Tickets.<br />

In person at the <strong>Festival</strong> box offi ce.<br />

Fax a ticket order form to 604.681.8400<br />

(download the ticket order form from the<br />

<strong>Festival</strong> website or call 604.681.6330, local 0,<br />

to request a form).<br />

Subsidy for School Groups<br />

The <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />

acknowledges the Cynthia Woodward<br />

Development <strong>Program</strong>, the result of many years<br />

of dedicated fundrais<strong>in</strong>g by Cynthia Woodward. Her<br />

vision and generosity enable us to subsidize tickets<br />

for school groups. A limited number of subsidies<br />

based on fi nancial need are available. For a subsidy<br />

application form, please contact Camilla Tibbs,<br />

General Manager, at ctibbs@writersfest.bc.ca.<br />

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Title Support<br />

Government Support<br />

BESTSELLER<br />

LIMITED EDITION<br />

CLASSIC<br />

MEDIA SPONSORS<br />

<strong>Festival</strong> Sponsors<br />

Spread<strong>in</strong>g the Word Sponsors<br />

IN-KIND SPONSORS<br />

LIMITED EDITION


As a member, you qualify for:<br />

earlybird ticket purchas<strong>in</strong>g privileges;<br />

a discount on <strong>Festival</strong> tickets;<br />

a personalized membership card;<br />

an <strong>in</strong>vitation to a members’ reception <strong>in</strong> late spr<strong>in</strong>g;<br />

discounts at support<strong>in</strong>g bookstores (Blackberry Books, 32 Books,<br />

People’s Co-op Bookstore, Sitka Books & Art);<br />

subscription to Ink, our electronic member newsletter<br />

vot<strong>in</strong>g privileges at the Annual General Meet<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

As a non-profi t charitable organization, the <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />

<strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> depends on your support to br<strong>in</strong>g the world of words<br />

to readers of all ages and to allow us to offer ticket discounts to<br />

students and seniors.<br />

Benefi ts for donors may <strong>in</strong>clude recognition <strong>in</strong> the offi cial program<br />

guide and newsletter, and <strong>in</strong>vitations to special events and<br />

receptions. All contributors of more than $35 will receive a tax<br />

receipt. For full details, see our website, www.writersfest.bc.ca,<br />

or call 604.681.6330.<br />

Book Club Friend Membership<br />

Purchase a Book Club Friend membership for just $20 per person<br />

(m<strong>in</strong>imum of fi ve people) and enjoy full member benefi ts. Please call<br />

the offi ce at 604.681.6330 to register.<br />

The Alma Lee Legacy Fund<br />

In 2006 the <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> created an<br />

endowment fund celebrat<strong>in</strong>g the accomplishments of its founder,<br />

Alma Lee. The fund has grown to more than $900,000, thanks<br />

to many generous donations from <strong>in</strong>dividuals and match<strong>in</strong>g<br />

contributions from our government partners—the Prov<strong>in</strong>ce of<br />

British Columbia, through the BC Arts Renaissance Fund, and the<br />

Department of Canadian Heritage. The fund will <strong>in</strong>crease our ability<br />

to present <strong>in</strong>ternational writers of signifi cant stature to <strong>Festival</strong><br />

audiences, develop Spread<strong>in</strong>g the Word programs for schools and<br />

help us plan for the future. For more <strong>in</strong>formation on the Alma Lee<br />

Legacy Fund, please call 604.681.6330, ext 104.<br />

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It’s about read<strong>in</strong>g and writ<strong>in</strong>g, books and writers. It’s eclectic, excit<strong>in</strong>g, enterta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and thought-provok<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

Spread<strong>in</strong>g the Word, the <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>’s school program, offers K–12 students and<br />

teachers the rare opportunity to engage with <strong>in</strong>ternationally renowned writers at the <strong>Festival</strong> and <strong>in</strong> the classroom.<br />

At the <strong>Festival</strong><br />

Writer-<strong>in</strong>-Residence<br />

This year the <strong>Festival</strong> hosts 34 great events for grades K–12, <strong>in</strong><br />

French and English. Friday daytime events are designed for teachers<br />

and senior students as well as for the general public. F<strong>in</strong>d study<br />

guides for each event at www.writersfest.bc.ca/teachers.<br />

Read<strong>in</strong>g with <strong>Writers</strong><br />

<strong>Festival</strong> authors visit local <strong>in</strong>ner-city classrooms dur<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>Festival</strong><br />

and throughout the year to <strong>in</strong>spire young readers and writers.<br />

Read<strong>in</strong>g with <strong>Writers</strong> is sponsored by HSBC Bank Canada.<br />

YouthWrites<br />

YouthWrites is a writ<strong>in</strong>g contest for secondary school students.<br />

Prizes <strong>in</strong>clude a writ<strong>in</strong>g workshop with writer/graphic novelist<br />

Sarah Leavitt, publication onl<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> Youth<strong>in</strong>k magaz<strong>in</strong>e, tickets to<br />

a <strong>Festival</strong> school event and a collection of books. YouthWrites is<br />

supported by the Chris Spencer Foundation and is produced <strong>in</strong><br />

partnership with Youth<strong>in</strong>k magaz<strong>in</strong>e.<br />

<strong>Festival</strong> authors spend a week <strong>in</strong> residence <strong>in</strong> a small BC community,<br />

work<strong>in</strong>g with creative writ<strong>in</strong>g students at a secondary school, and read<strong>in</strong>g<br />

at elementary schools and <strong>in</strong> the community. This October Shauntay<br />

Grant will be writer-<strong>in</strong>-residence <strong>in</strong> Trail. The Writer-<strong>in</strong>-Residence program<br />

is supported by the Michael R. Shaw Fund.<br />

About the Michael R. Shaw Fund<br />

Michael R. Shaw was a young man who loved read<strong>in</strong>g and the outdoors.<br />

His life was cut short <strong>in</strong> 2003 when he and some of his classmates<br />

tragically passed away <strong>in</strong> an avalanche accident <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>terior of BC<br />

dur<strong>in</strong>g a school out<strong>in</strong>g. The Michael R. Shaw Fund was established<br />

through the generosity of the Woodward family, and the <strong>Festival</strong> is<br />

honoured to lend Michael’s name to this program.<br />

Spread<strong>in</strong>g the Word is supported by the K<strong>in</strong>der Morgan Foundation<br />

and RBC Foundation and generously funded by our corporate,<br />

government and <strong>in</strong>dividual supporters.


La Joie de Lire est à la fois le titre et l’objectif des programmes en<br />

français du <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>. C<strong>in</strong>q auteurs<br />

y participeront dans le cadre des activités offertes aux élèves de<br />

la maternelle à la douzième année : Susie Morgenstern (France),<br />

Jacques Pasquet (Québec), Pierre Pratt (Québec/Portugal), Zachary<br />

Richard (Louisiane/Québec) et Jennifer Tremblay (Québec).<br />

Lorsque Susie Morgenstern est arrivée en France, elle savait trois mots<br />

de français. Elle a ma<strong>in</strong>tenant à son actif environ 100 livres écrits en<br />

français, dont plusieurs seront présentés au <strong>Festival</strong>. L’illustrateur Pierre<br />

Pratt présentera un livre qu’il a écrit et illustré. Les livres de Jacques<br />

Pasquet s’adressent aux lecteurs de 9 à 18 ans, mais son plus récent<br />

livre <strong>in</strong>titulé L’étoile de Sarajevo (illustrations par Pierre Pratt) s’adresse<br />

aussi aux adultes. Zachary Richard écrit aussi des livres pour les<br />

lecteurs de tous âges. Il présentera le troisième livre de la série Conte<br />

Cadien. Jennifer Tremblay est bien connue en tant que dramaturge et<br />

écriva<strong>in</strong>e pour la télévision de Radio Canada. Ses livres s’adressent aux<br />

petits (de la maternelle à la 3e année) et aux grands. Mme Tremblay<br />

présentera deux livres pour enfants.<br />

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Individual Support<br />

BESTSELLER ($2,500+)<br />

Cheryl Berge &<br />

Brian Fearncombe<br />

Bonnie Mah<br />

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SPECIAL EDITION<br />

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Donald Shumka<br />

Kim Thorne<br />

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LIMITED EDITION ($500+)<br />

Birgit Bateman<br />

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Greg Ford<br />

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Jasen Nielsen<br />

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Anonymous (2)<br />

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Joy Alexander<br />

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Richard Johnston<br />

Margaret Kennedy<br />

Patricia Laidley<br />

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Lisa Lutz<br />

Margaret Mason<br />

Moshe Mastai<br />

Viviane McClelland<br />

Scott & Corky McIntyre<br />

Beverly McKeen<br />

Paul McKibben<br />

George McWhirter<br />

Brenda & Michael O’Keefe<br />

Pat Ostrow<br />

Anne Priestman<br />

Donald Shields<br />

Lemn Sissay<br />

David Speert<br />

Lynda Spratley<br />

Diane Stuart<br />

John Third<br />

Camilla Tibbs<br />

Deborah Torkko<br />

Carlie Trueman<br />

Susan Van Blarcom<br />

Jan Whitford &<br />

Michael Stevenson<br />

Kathryn Wilder<br />

William Woodson<br />

Anonymous (1)<br />

NEW EDITION ($100+)<br />

Mary Angus<br />

Sheila Anzarut<br />

Mary Appleby<br />

Barbara Armstrong<br />

Peter & Kathy Armstrong<br />

Sarah Armstrong<br />

Elizabeth Aust<strong>in</strong><br />

Elizabeth Bach<strong>in</strong>sky<br />

Dorothy Baert<br />

Trevor Barnett<br />

Jo Baxendale<br />

Ilona Beiks<br />

Gershom Birk<br />

Strachan & Liz Birnie<br />

Luke Bornn<br />

Cathleen Boyle<br />

Terri Brandmueller<br />

Dawn Brennan<br />

Brian Brett<br />

Priscilla Brown<br />

Steven Brown<br />

Ann & Frank Buffam<br />

Sherry Buium<br />

Ann Cairns<br />

Carole Cameron<br />

Duncan Cameron<br />

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Israel Chafetz<br />

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Stanley Clark<br />

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Judith Coffi n<br />

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David Conl<strong>in</strong><br />

Peter Cook<br />

Susan Copland<br />

Patrick Crean<br />

Clare Crosthwait<br />

Patricia Crowe<br />

Denise Cunn<strong>in</strong>gham<br />

Patricia Curtis<br />

Don Davidson<br />

Cynthia Davis<br />

Lori Davis<br />

Charlene de Faye<br />

Jeevyn Dhaliwal<br />

Anne Dobbie<br />

Mary Doherty<br />

Elise Drake<br />

Victor Dukowski<br />

Deb Durocher<br />

Cor<strong>in</strong>ne Durston<br />

Gerry Eckford<br />

Rob Emlyn<br />

Diane Ettles<br />

Margaret Evans<br />

Ruth Faber<br />

Reema Faris<br />

Todd Farrell<br />

Jayme Ferguson<br />

Ken Ferguson<br />

F<strong>in</strong>ola F<strong>in</strong>lay<br />

Darlene Fischer<br />

Greg Fitch<br />

Shelagh Flaherty<br />

Jane Flick<br />

Cynthia Flood<br />

Steven Galloway<br />

Elee Gard<strong>in</strong>er<br />

Judith Gedye<br />

Brian & Bonny Gerson<br />

William Gibson<br />

Karen Gilmore<br />

Jim Girard<br />

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Stephany Grasset<br />

Larry Green<br />

Alex Hamer<br />

Sandra Harper<br />

Col<strong>in</strong> & Helen Harris<br />

Ia<strong>in</strong> & Lorna Harris<br />

Kar<strong>in</strong> Hartner<br />

Elizabeth Hay<br />

Sholto & Shirley Hebenton<br />

Judy Helliwell<br />

Holly Hendrigan<br />

Kathleen Hilton<br />

Jack Hodg<strong>in</strong>s<br />

Paul<strong>in</strong>e Holdstock<br />

Bill & Heather Holmes<br />

Richard Hopk<strong>in</strong>s<br />

Susan Howard<br />

Mary Huffman<br />

Valerie Hunter<br />

Arlene Jackson<br />

Elsie Jang<br />

Jeanne Johnson<br />

Paul Joseph<br />

Debbie Jung<br />

Niamh Kelly<br />

Mary Kenny<br />

Robert Kerr<br />

Lise Kirchner<br />

Matthew Kirchner &<br />

Lisa Osoba<br />

Miriam Kresivo<br />

Jeri Krogseth<br />

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Melanie Last<br />

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Margaret MacK<strong>in</strong>non-Cash<br />

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Deborah Matheson<br />

Heather Matheson<br />

JoAn Maurer<br />

Michel Maurer<br />

Donations made between August 1, 2009 and July 27, 2010<br />

Jim & Joan Mayhew<br />

Marie Mazurchuk<br />

Judy McFarlane<br />

Pat McIntosh<br />

Barbara McIntyre<br />

Gordon McKee<br />

Elizabeth McKercher<br />

Michèle McManus<br />

Peter Meredith<br />

Ann-Marie Metten<br />

Amanda M<strong>in</strong>a<br />

Sandra Moe<br />

Sus<strong>in</strong> Nielsen<br />

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Susan Old<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Anne Olsen<br />

Pat Osborne<br />

Maureen O’Sullivan<br />

Maureen Palmer<br />

Michael Palmer<br />

Randy Parnell<br />

Kit Pearson<br />

Margo Peerless<br />

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Andre Rowland<br />

Anita Salchert<br />

Mary Schendl<strong>in</strong>ger<br />

M<strong>in</strong>na Schendl<strong>in</strong>ger<br />

Rod Scheuerman<br />

Glend<strong>in</strong>e Schultz<br />

Amy Severson<br />

Nancy Shaw<br />

Shirley Shawab<br />

Pippa Shepherd<br />

Alex Shorten<br />

Marsha Sibthorpe<br />

Jab Sidhoo<br />

Kathy Simas<br />

Helen Smith<br />

Nicole Smith<br />

Hamish Sommerville<br />

Jen Sookfong Lee<br />

Ursula & J. Ross Southam<br />

Rick Spauld<strong>in</strong>g &<br />

Laurel Mayall<br />

Barbara Stafford<br />

Joyce Statton<br />

Karen Stewart<br />

L<strong>in</strong>da Stieler<br />

Geoffry Streeton<br />

Timothy Taylor<br />

Deborah Thomas<br />

Vaughan Thornton<br />

Miriam Toews<br />

Rhea Tregebov<br />

John Vaillant<br />

Ron Vance<br />

Jason Vanderhill<br />

Margaret Vanderkruyk<br />

M.G. Vassanji<br />

Andrea Verwey<br />

Beth Vickers<br />

Rosalie Walls<br />

Brian Walsh<br />

Roger Walsh<br />

Matt Walters<br />

Betsy Warland<br />

Jerry Wasserman<br />

Sandra Wear<br />

Ray Weremczuk<br />

Patricia & Marshall Wilensky<br />

Marc Williams<br />

Alane Wilson<br />

Blake Wilson<br />

Cathleen With<br />

Ellen Woodsworth<br />

Leslie Wootton<br />

Holly Workman<br />

Richard Wozny<br />

Ronald Wright<br />

Rachel Wyatt<br />

Fred Wynne<br />

Paul Yee<br />

Patricia Young<br />

Jim Younger<br />

Penny Zlotnik<br />

Anonymous (3)<br />

Bookclubs<br />

CFUW West <strong>Vancouver</strong><br />

The Morn<strong>in</strong>g Book Group<br />

Colophon Book Club<br />

Columbia River <strong>Writers</strong><br />

Literary Brigade<br />

Westcot Readers Book Club<br />

Westw<strong>in</strong>d Book Club<br />

WWW Book Club<br />

Ya-Yas Book Club


Explore a World of Ideas on Granville Island<br />

The 23rd <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> & Readers <strong>Festival</strong> on<br />

Granville Island offers a world of ideas to explore. The <strong>Festival</strong> is<br />

your opportunity to attend read<strong>in</strong>gs, discussions, debates and poetry<br />

bashes, and to meet an eclectic array of more than 100 writers from<br />

Canada and around the world. <strong>Festival</strong> events will get you th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

<strong>in</strong>troduce you to new authors and, if your aspirations are to write,<br />

<strong>in</strong>spire your creativity.<br />

Attend<strong>in</strong>g the events is just part of the <strong>Festival</strong> experience. We are<br />

thrilled that the <strong>Festival</strong> calls Granville Island home and that the island<br />

adds so much to our audiences’ enjoyment. An oasis <strong>in</strong> the heart of<br />

<strong>Vancouver</strong>, Granville Island’s location makes it ideal for the <strong>Festival</strong>.<br />

Gett<strong>in</strong>g to Granville Island is convenient on public transit, and we<br />

recommend the water taxis as the ultimate way to get here.<br />

We hope that you will take the time to explore while on Granville<br />

Island. Along with the wonderful public market, restaurants and cafés,<br />

there are many hidden shops, galleries and artist studios to discover.<br />

Be part of the excitement that permeates Granville Island dur<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

six days of the <strong>Festival</strong>—enjoy!<br />

Granville Island is managed on behalf of the Government of Canada by the Canada<br />

Mortgage and Hous<strong>in</strong>g Corporation (CMHC). The <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong><br />

<strong>Festival</strong> is a proud cultural partner of CMHC Granville Island and is honoured to be<br />

a resident of this vibrant community.<br />

<strong>Festival</strong> Bookstore<br />

You will fi nd the <strong>Festival</strong> Bookstore conveniently located at the rear of<br />

Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright Street, near the Granville Island<br />

Hotel at the east end of Granville Island. Books are also sold at the<br />

venues follow<strong>in</strong>g each event, with the writers available for sign<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

The bookstore carries both current and backlist titles of each <strong>Festival</strong><br />

writer. It’s the ideal place to browse between events.<br />

The bookstore is operated by the <strong>Festival</strong>’s offi cial bookseller,<br />

Kidsbooks, a successful <strong>in</strong>dependent bookseller that is known<br />

throughout the prov<strong>in</strong>ce for its comprehensive selection of titles for<br />

young audiences and for its knowledgeable and helpful staff.<br />

The <strong>Festival</strong> Bookstore is open Wednesday–Saturday,<br />

10:00 am–10:00 pm and Sunday, 10:00 am–5:00 pm.<br />

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Welcome to the 2010<br />

<strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />

<strong>Writers</strong> & Readers <strong>Festival</strong><br />

– our annual celebration<br />

of exceptional writers and<br />

passionate readers.<br />

My thanks and gratitude are due to everyone<br />

who supports this festival – our readers, writers,<br />

volunteers, members, ticket-buyers, staff and<br />

donors. If you are not already a member of<br />

the <strong>Festival</strong>, I <strong>in</strong>vite you to become one. If you<br />

are already a member, please remember to<br />

renew. Membership is a way to deepen your<br />

<strong>in</strong>volvement with the <strong>Festival</strong> and is especially<br />

vital at a time when government support for the<br />

arts is decl<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g.<br />

Our goal is to secure an ongo<strong>in</strong>g base of 1,000<br />

members and we are gett<strong>in</strong>g close. Please help<br />

us to achieve our goal.<br />

Member benefi ts <strong>in</strong>clude advance ticket<br />

buy<strong>in</strong>g privileges, discounts, an <strong>in</strong>vitation to our<br />

exclusive member preview event and more.<br />

Donations above your membership fee are tax<br />

deductible and come with additional benefi ts.<br />

Have a look and fi nd out more on our website.<br />

www.writersfest.bc.ca<br />

Mark your calendar. Book your tickets. Invite<br />

your friends and neighbours. I look forward<br />

to see<strong>in</strong>g you at the <strong>Festival</strong> on Granville<br />

Island from October 19th to 24th to hear and<br />

experience writ<strong>in</strong>g at its most <strong>in</strong>timate and<br />

most excit<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

Anne Giard<strong>in</strong>i<br />

CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />

As M<strong>in</strong>ister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, I’d like to welcome you to the<br />

2010 <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>.<br />

For more than 20 years the <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> has<br />

hosted some of the world’s best writers, from Margaret Atwood to Salman<br />

Rushdie. This <strong>Festival</strong> br<strong>in</strong>gs over 14,000 engaged readers, aspir<strong>in</strong>g writers<br />

and <strong>in</strong>ternationally renowned authors together to celebrate the literary arts<br />

through <strong>in</strong>teractive read<strong>in</strong>gs, <strong>in</strong>terviews and performances.<br />

The <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> also holds a number of events throughout the<br />

year that promote and strengthen B.C.’s arts and culture sector, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g their educational<br />

program, Spread<strong>in</strong>g the Word, which is the largest children’s literary event <strong>in</strong> Canada.<br />

Thank you to all the organizers, sponsors and volunteers who have worked to make the<br />

<strong>Festival</strong> a success. I hope this year’s <strong>Festival</strong> is an <strong>in</strong>spiration to all.<br />

Kev<strong>in</strong> Krueger<br />

MINISTER OF TOURISM, CULTURE AND THE ARTS<br />

The <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> & Readers <strong>Festival</strong> is enjoy<strong>in</strong>g its 23 rd<br />

year as a premier <strong>Vancouver</strong> event that draws top fi ction writers, poets<br />

and non-fi ction writers from around the world to a celebration of great<br />

literature. The success of this event demonstrates that <strong>Vancouver</strong>’s citizens<br />

have huge admiration for the written word. The <strong>Festival</strong> provides a unique<br />

opportunity for readers and writers to meet and communicate <strong>in</strong> a way that<br />

celebrates the role of literature <strong>in</strong> our city’s life.<br />

The gift of the written word is a treasure to be passed on from generation to generation.<br />

Literacy paves the road to lifelong learn<strong>in</strong>g for everyone. As Mayor, I am proud of <strong>Vancouver</strong>’s<br />

reputation as a centre for learn<strong>in</strong>g and creativity. The <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />

is a vital contributor <strong>in</strong> this designation.<br />

On behalf of <strong>Vancouver</strong> City Council, I want to thank the organizers, the volunteers, and above<br />

all, the writers, for this wonderful event.<br />

Gregor Robertson<br />

MAYOR


The <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> & Readers <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>in</strong>vites<br />

readers of all ages and backgrounds to discover works <strong>in</strong> diverse<br />

genres and styles. The <strong>Festival</strong>-which over the years has become<br />

one of the largest literary gather<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong> Canada-allows <strong>Vancouver</strong>’s<br />

residents and visitors to take part <strong>in</strong> enrich<strong>in</strong>g encounters and<br />

to celebrate the creativity and <strong>in</strong>novation of authors from British<br />

Columbia, elsewhere <strong>in</strong> Canada, and abroad. Our Government<br />

knows how important events like this are for our communities and our economy.<br />

This is why we are proud to support the 23rd edition of this festival.<br />

On behalf of Prime M<strong>in</strong>ister Stephen Harper and the Government of Canada, I<br />

congratulate everyone who has helped make this year’s <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />

<strong>Writers</strong> & Readers <strong>Festival</strong> a success. You can be proud of your contribution to the<br />

growth and development of literature <strong>in</strong> Canada.<br />

Le <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> & Readers <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>in</strong>vite les lecteurs de tout âge<br />

et de tout horizon à découvrir des œuvres de genres et de formes variés. Devenu au<br />

fi l des ans l’un des plus importants rendez-vous littéraires au Canada, il permet aux<br />

résidants et visiteurs de <strong>Vancouver</strong> de participer à des rencontres enrichissantes et<br />

de célébrer la créativité et l’<strong>in</strong>novation des écriva<strong>in</strong>s britanno-colombiens, canadiens<br />

et étrangers. Notre gouvernement sait à quel po<strong>in</strong>t des rendez-vous de ce genre<br />

sont importants pour nos communautés et notre économie. C’est pourquoi nous<br />

sommes fi ers d’appuyer ce 23e festival.<br />

Au nom du Premier m<strong>in</strong>istre Stephen Harper et du gouvernement du Canada, je<br />

félicite tous ceux et celles qui assurent le succès du <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong><br />

& Readers <strong>Festival</strong> de cette année. Vous pouvez être fi ers de contribuer à l’essor de<br />

la littérature au Canada.<br />

THE HONOURABLE / L’HONORABLE James Moore<br />

The Canada Council for the Arts<br />

salutes the <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />

<strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>.<br />

<strong>Festival</strong>s br<strong>in</strong>g the arts to life for<br />

millions of people <strong>in</strong> communities<br />

across Canada. The Canada Council<br />

for the Arts salutes the <strong>in</strong>itiatives of the <strong>Vancouver</strong><br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>in</strong> offer<strong>in</strong>g readers of all<br />

ages an opportunity to enjoy passionate encounters<br />

with books.<br />

Congratulations to all the writers, reviewers,<br />

publishers, donors and volunteers who make this<br />

event such a success each year. I wish everyone a<br />

wonderful week of encounters with writers and their<br />

books, as well as valuable opportunities to connect<br />

and explore new ideas.<br />

Le Conseil des Arts du Canada salue le <strong>Vancouver</strong><br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>.<br />

Les festivals font des arts une force vive pour les<br />

résidants des collectivités de l’ensemble du pays.<br />

Le Conseil des Arts du Canada salue les <strong>in</strong>itiatives<br />

du <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> qui offre<br />

aux lecteurs de tous âges l’occasion de vivre de<br />

passionnantes expériences, grâce aux livres.<br />

Félicitations à tous les écriva<strong>in</strong>s, réviseurs, éditeurs,<br />

donateurs et bénévoles qui, chaque année, font de<br />

ce festival un grand succès. Je souhaite à tous une<br />

merveilleuse sema<strong>in</strong>e de rencontres et d’exploration<br />

avec des écriva<strong>in</strong>s, leurs livres et leurs idées.<br />

Robert Sirman<br />

DIRECTOR AND CEO | DIRECTEUR ET CHEF DE LA DIRECTION<br />

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16<br />

NO ORDINARY WOLF<br />

IAN MCALLISTER<br />

10 – 11:30 AM<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

For two decades, naturalist Ian McAllister has<br />

been follow<strong>in</strong>g an elusive type of wolf that<br />

lives <strong>in</strong> BC’s Great Bear Ra<strong>in</strong>forest, can swim<br />

like an otter and can fi sh like the bears that<br />

share the habitat. He’s documented this rare<br />

and fasc<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g animal through remote fi lm<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

track<strong>in</strong>g and patient watch<strong>in</strong>g. He br<strong>in</strong>gs his<br />

research to life <strong>in</strong> his book The Sea Wolves,<br />

which not only puts to rest our idea of “the Big<br />

Bad Wolf” but also underl<strong>in</strong>es the need to protect<br />

the valuable habitat <strong>in</strong> which the sea wolf lives.<br />

Suitable for grades 3 to 5<br />

1 ILLUSTREZ CES MOTS! 2 RINKS AND ROAMING<br />

PIERRE PRATT<br />

ANIMATRICE : ANNE-LAURE PAULMONT<br />

10 H 30 À 11 H 30<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

17$ / 8.50$ POUR LES GROUPES D’ÉTUDIANTS<br />

Pierre Pratt lit et illustre les mots dans Le jour<br />

où Zoé zozota, un abécédaire (peut-être pas) à la<br />

fois sérieux et humoristique. Parfois les images<br />

suggèrent une vision différente de ce que les<br />

mots racontent. Les enfants de tous âges seront<br />

enchantés par l’humour du texte, par la possibilité<br />

de découvrir comment les images illustrent (ou<br />

pas) les mots et par les discussions et les débats<br />

qui s’ensuivront.<br />

Pour les élèves de la maternelle à la<br />

troisième année.<br />

Cet événement se tiendra exclusivement en<br />

français; il y aura beaucoup de possibilités sibi ibi b lit ités és é<br />

d’<strong>in</strong>teraction entre les élèves<br />

et l’écriva<strong>in</strong>.<br />

SHAUNTAY GRANT, KEVIN SYLVESTER<br />

1 – 2:00 PM<br />

REVUE STAGE<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

Poet Laureate of Halifax, Nova Scotia and<br />

spoken word artist Shauntay Grant teams<br />

up with author, illustrator and CBC broadcaster<br />

Kev<strong>in</strong> Sylvester to br<strong>in</strong>g their stories to<br />

life for young readers. Grant takes her<br />

audience on a tour of Canada’s other coast,<br />

Halifax <strong>in</strong> particular, lead<strong>in</strong>g them down the<br />

streets and through the Citadel. Sylvester<br />

will enterta<strong>in</strong> with his tale of C<strong>in</strong>dy W<strong>in</strong>ter’s<br />

hockey aspirations—from her battles with her<br />

teammates, the Blister Sisters, to the good<br />

fortune brought by her Fairy Goaltender. An<br />

afternoon of great storytell<strong>in</strong>g awaits.<br />

Suitable for grades 1 to 3<br />

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ONE HEN<br />

KATIE SMITH MILWAY<br />

1 – 2:30 PM<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

Based on her experiences liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> West Africa,<br />

Katie Smith Milway writes mov<strong>in</strong>gly and<br />

knowledgeably about how ord<strong>in</strong>ary people, <strong>in</strong><br />

this case a young boy named Kojo, can make<br />

a big difference to their community. From<br />

gr<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g poverty, Kojo eventually saves enough<br />

to buy one hen and goes on to build up a poultry<br />

farm, hire workers, pay taxes and transform his<br />

village. Based on a real person, Kwabena Darko,<br />

One Hen shows the power of help<strong>in</strong>g through<br />

community-development programs and how<br />

change can happen, one person at a time.<br />

Suitable for grades 4 to 6<br />

This event is sponsored by the<br />

Rix Family Foundation.<br />

THREE VIEWS OF VIETNAM<br />

CAMILLA GIBB, KARL MARLANTES, ADAM LEWIS SCHROEDER<br />

HOST: JERRY WASSERMAN<br />

8:00 PM<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

$19<br />

4<br />

7<br />

Vietnam has held a spot on the world stage for<br />

the last 60 years and cont<strong>in</strong>ues to be a magnet<br />

for the literary imag<strong>in</strong>ation. Three novelists<br />

whose lives have taken them to Vietnam<br />

to research, to learn or to fi ght write those<br />

experiences <strong>in</strong>to fi ction, with astound<strong>in</strong>g results.<br />

Adam Lewis Schroeder beg<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong> Frenchoccupied<br />

Indoch<strong>in</strong>a and weaves a generational<br />

search for identity, while Vietnam vet Karl<br />

Marlantes tells a rugged tale of young American<br />

Mar<strong>in</strong>es, dropped <strong>in</strong>to the jungles, who must<br />

fi ght not only an elusive enemy but also leeches,<br />

monsoons and the reality of war itself. Camilla<br />

Gibb’s story is set <strong>in</strong> contemporary Vietnam, a<br />

country undergo<strong>in</strong>g such momentous change,<br />

even its tour guides wonder what the world is<br />

really see<strong>in</strong>g of their lives and their past.<br />

SUR TERRE ET AU PARADIS<br />

JENNIFER TREMBLAY<br />

ANIMATEUR : STEPHAN CLOUTIER<br />

13 H À 14 H<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

17$ / 8.50$ POUR LES GROUPES D’ÉTUDIANTS<br />

Ceux qui vont sur la lune doivent être courageux,<br />

et Matisse l’est certa<strong>in</strong>ement. Miro, qui est<br />

sur terre, a un très grand cœur. Joignez-vous à<br />

l’auteure Jennifer Tremblay qui raconte des récits<br />

d’aventure et d’amitié, de recherche des fameuses<br />

vaches lunaires et des 22 canetons protégés au<br />

milieu de l’orage et des bêtes sauvages.<br />

Pour les élèves de la maternelle à la<br />

troisième année.<br />

Cet événement se tiendra exclusivement en<br />

français; il y aura beaucoup de possibilités<br />

d’<strong>in</strong>teraction entre les élèves et l’écriva<strong>in</strong>e.<br />

AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH<br />

ANDREA LEVY<br />

8:00 PM<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

$25<br />

5<br />

8<br />

When Andrea Levy last attended the <strong>Vancouver</strong><br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>, she read from<br />

Small Island, <strong>in</strong> musical tones and a Jamaican<br />

lilt, hold<strong>in</strong>g the audience spellbound. That novel<br />

won the Orange Prize, the Whitbread Prize, the<br />

Commonwealth Prize and the Orange Best of<br />

the Best. Some authors may have found writ<strong>in</strong>g<br />

a follow-up daunt<strong>in</strong>g, but for Levy, The Long<br />

Song followed naturally. In her new novel, she<br />

transports readers to an uncomfortable time<br />

<strong>in</strong> history and br<strong>in</strong>gs to life those slaves who<br />

defi ed their captivity and made the ultimate<br />

show of human spirit. Spend an even<strong>in</strong>g with<br />

this remarkable and charm<strong>in</strong>g author.<br />

OUT LOUD AT NIGHT<br />

IVAN E. COYOTE, SASHA LANGFORD, CHERYL L’HIRONDELLE,<br />

RICHARD VAN CAMP<br />

HOST: HILARY PEACH<br />

8:00 PM<br />

REVUE STAGE<br />

$19<br />

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Spoken word is full of surprise. It often<br />

tickles the ear of the listener as the words<br />

of the performance fl y by. Of these spoken<br />

word artists who will perform their newly<br />

commissioned works, three are on loan from the<br />

Poetry Gabriola <strong>Festival</strong>, while a fourth, young<br />

performance poet Sasha Langford, holds a<br />

coveted place on the <strong>Vancouver</strong> Poetry Slam<br />

Team. Listen up to Canada’s best fl y<strong>in</strong>g words.<br />

THE ALMA LEE OPENING NIGHT EVENT<br />

GRAND OPENINGS<br />

CAROLINE ADDERSON, EMMA DONOGHUE, PAOLO GIORDANO,<br />

MARC LEVY, ANDREW O’HAGAN, KATE PULLINGER, KAMILA SHAMSIE<br />

HOST: HAL WAKE<br />

8:30 PM<br />

PERFORMANCE WORKS<br />

$29<br />

6<br />

9<br />

Drum roll: it’s open<strong>in</strong>g night at the <strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>,<br />

and Artistic Director Hal Wake <strong>in</strong>troduces seven<br />

fi ne writers. <strong>Vancouver</strong> treasure Carol<strong>in</strong>e Adderson<br />

and Irish-Canadian favourite Emma Donoghue<br />

both read from much-anticipated new novels. Italian<br />

sensation Paolo Giordano and France’s bestsell<strong>in</strong>g<br />

novelist Marc Levy also take the stage, along with<br />

British star Andrew O’Hagan, who reads from his<br />

engag<strong>in</strong>g new novel told from the po<strong>in</strong>t of view of<br />

Marilyn Monroe’s dog. Kate Pull<strong>in</strong>ger, w<strong>in</strong>ner of<br />

last year’s Governor General’s Award for her novel<br />

The Mistress of Noth<strong>in</strong>g, and Orange Prize fi nalist<br />

Kamila Shamsie each promise to transport us to<br />

distant places and times. Open the <strong>Festival</strong> <strong>in</strong> grand<br />

style <strong>in</strong> the company of these authors.


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Serendipity 2011<br />

A graphic<br />

novel event<br />

all day Saturday<br />

February 26, 2011<br />

February 26, 2011<br />

Gene Yang<br />

Matt Holm<br />

AMERICAN BORN CHINESE<br />

BABYMOUSE<br />

Ra<strong>in</strong>a Telgemeir<br />

Smile<br />

and others<br />

Eat breakfast with<br />

authors and<br />

illustrators.<br />

Celebrate the read<strong>in</strong>g<br />

and publish<strong>in</strong>g of<br />

good children’s<br />

literature and media.<br />

<strong>Vancouver</strong><br />

Children’s<br />

Literature<br />

Roundtable. www.library.ubc.ca/edlib/table/<strong>in</strong>dex.htm<br />

WORD! (1)<br />

SHAUNTAY GRANT, SASHA LANGFORD, RC WESLOWSKI<br />

HOST: BRENDAN MCLEOD<br />

10– 11:30 AM<br />

GRANVILLE ISLAND STAGE<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

Three award-w<strong>in</strong>ners appear together for this<br />

event and there’s no know<strong>in</strong>g what might<br />

happen! Halifax’s Poet Laureate Shauntay Grant<br />

jo<strong>in</strong>s 2009 <strong>Vancouver</strong> Poetry Slam’s Grand Slam<br />

Champion RC Weslowski and Sasha Langford,<br />

<strong>Vancouver</strong>’s representative at the 2009 Women<br />

of the World Poetry Slam <strong>in</strong> Detroit, for a<br />

morn<strong>in</strong>g of creativity and fast talk<strong>in</strong>g. This spoken<br />

word, poetry and storytell<strong>in</strong>g on the fl y not only<br />

pushes the boundaries of “what is poetry” but<br />

also encompasses all manner of word-based art.<br />

Spread the word!<br />

(This event is repeated on Thursday afternoon.)<br />

Suitable for grades 10 to 12<br />

and adults<br />

YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU<br />

CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT<br />

RICHARD NEWSOME, KENNETH OPPEL<br />

10 – 11:30 AM<br />

PERFORMANCE WORKS<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

At the heart of great stories are often great<br />

missions to fi nd the miss<strong>in</strong>g diamond, to save<br />

the family, to solve the mystery of the murder.<br />

Australian fi rst novelist Richard Newsome and<br />

Canadian legend and Governor General’s Award<br />

w<strong>in</strong>ner Kenneth Oppel have each created<br />

missions that test their heroes and keep readers<br />

fasc<strong>in</strong>ated. Newsome’s The Billionaire’s Curse,<br />

<strong>in</strong> the style of Indiana Jones, is set <strong>in</strong> London<br />

where Gerald, his protagonist, is thrust <strong>in</strong>to<br />

secret passageways, a musty bookshop and an<br />

ancient crypt. Oppel’s Half Brother forces Ben to<br />

risk everyth<strong>in</strong>g he knows <strong>in</strong> his mission to save<br />

his baby “brother,” a chimpanzee named Zan.<br />

Suitable for grades 7 to 9<br />

This event is sponsored by Kidsbooks.<br />

10 PARENTÉ ET AMITIÉ 11<br />

12<br />

SUSIE MORGENSTERN ET JACQUES PASQUET<br />

ANIMATRICE : ANNE-MARIE MCGINN<br />

10 À 11 H 30<br />

REVUE STAGE<br />

17$ / 8.50$ POUR LES GROUPES D’ÉTUDIANTS<br />

Un garçon vit seul avec sa grand-mère et une nouvelle élève de<br />

sa classe le prend sous son aile, la seule fi lle d’une famille de<br />

13 enfants. Un garçon arabe et une fi lle juive se rencontrent et<br />

lors de discussions au téléphone, ils apprennent à connaître leurs<br />

cultures respectives et deviennent des amis. Deux amis créent<br />

un club dont les activités aideront à sauver la planète. Imarvaluk,<br />

qui vit dans sa collectivité <strong>in</strong>upiaq sur une petite île entre la Russie<br />

et l’Alaska, connait bien les diffi cultés qu’apporte le changement<br />

climatique pour sa famille et son pays. Am<strong>in</strong>a, qui vit dans la peur<br />

dans un pays en guerre, trouve l’espoir. Ces différents livres écrits<br />

par Susie Morgenstern et Jacques Pasquet nous font découvrir<br />

les défi s et les possibilités de l’amitié et de la communauté.<br />

Pour les élèves de la quatrième à la septième année.<br />

Cet événement se tiendra exclusivement en<br />

français; il y aura beaucoup de possibilités<br />

d’<strong>in</strong>teraction entre les élèves et les auteurs.<br />

THE BEAR FACTS<br />

IAN MCALLISTER<br />

10 – 11:30 AM<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

Found<strong>in</strong>g director of Pacifi c Wild, photographer and fi lmmaker<br />

Ian McAllister has spent 20 years work<strong>in</strong>g for and liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the<br />

Great Bear Ra<strong>in</strong>forest <strong>in</strong> BC. He chronicles the life of grizzlies,<br />

black bears and spirit bears that also live <strong>in</strong> this unique region,<br />

dependent on the abundance of salmon to survive and thrive.<br />

Based on his book The Salmon Bears, his visual presentation<br />

of the four seasons and how the bears fi sh, track and live <strong>in</strong><br />

community is gorgeous. Readers will come away with renewed<br />

awe for the urgent need to preserve this environment and the<br />

creatures that <strong>in</strong>habit it.<br />

Suitable for grades 3 to 5<br />

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THE ILLUSTRATED ADVENTURES<br />

OF BINKY, LUCKY AND CINDY<br />

KATHRYN E. SHOEMAKER, ASHLEY SPIRES, KEVIN SYLVESTER,<br />

IRENE N. WATTS<br />

10 – 11:30 AM<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

Illustrated books are a curious mixture of images on paper<br />

and images <strong>in</strong> the reader’s m<strong>in</strong>d. But which comes fi rst,<br />

the pictures or the words? Three experienced illustrators<br />

jo<strong>in</strong> an award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g author to talk about the process and<br />

how to make stories come alive on the page. How does<br />

an illustrator choose that special moment to illustrate?<br />

How does an author match the images <strong>in</strong> his or her m<strong>in</strong>d<br />

with the imag<strong>in</strong>ation of the illustrator? Young readers<br />

will be <strong>in</strong>trigued to go beh<strong>in</strong>d the scenes and th<strong>in</strong>k about<br />

how pictures and words work together on the journey to<br />

becom<strong>in</strong>g a book.<br />

Suitable for grades 3 to 5<br />

THUNDER OVER KANDAHAR<br />

SHARON E. MCKAY IN CONVERSATION WITH KATHRYN GRETSINGER<br />

1 – 2:30 PM<br />

PERFORMANCE WORKS<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

In her role as Canadian war artist, Sharon E. McKay<br />

worked with Canadian troops <strong>in</strong> Afghanistan and was<br />

able to see fi rsthand the effect of the war on ord<strong>in</strong>ary<br />

young people, especially girls whose dreams of education<br />

have been shattered by the Taliban. She has also spent<br />

time with children <strong>in</strong> Uganda for her book about child<br />

soldiers. She has turned those experiences <strong>in</strong>to rivet<strong>in</strong>g<br />

fi ction that explores real life outside Canada’s borders. In<br />

answer to why she focuses on war and children, McKay<br />

says, “It’s a part of our history. If you’re go<strong>in</strong>g to be a real<br />

citizen <strong>in</strong> the world, you’ve got to know about it.”<br />

Suitable for grades 8 to 12<br />

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NO EASY WAY OUT<br />

REBECCA JAMES, ALICE KUIPERS<br />

1 – 2:30 PM<br />

REVUE STAGE<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

Unexpected violence and mystery are the stuff of<br />

psychological thrillers, and these two authors are masters<br />

of that craft. But Alice Kuipers and Rebecca James take<br />

it far past the “who dunnit?” to explore bigger issues of<br />

terrorism, personal loss and the limits of friendship. Both<br />

teenage protagonists face elements of contemporary<br />

life that are far beyond their years from panic attacks<br />

to eat<strong>in</strong>g disorders and controll<strong>in</strong>g personalities. In the<br />

hands of these authors, readers are deftly steered away<br />

from the darkness of these experiences and are left with<br />

a wiser understand<strong>in</strong>g of trauma and the challenges of<br />

overcom<strong>in</strong>g it.<br />

Suitable for grades 9 to 12<br />

ÉCRIVONS SUR L’AMOUR<br />

SUSIE MORGENSTERN ET ZACHARY RICHARD<br />

ANIMATRICE : FRANCE PERRAS<br />

13 H À 14 H 30<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

17$ / 8.50$ POUR LES GROUPES D’ÉTUDIANTS<br />

Il existe de nombreuses formes d’amour : l’amour de<br />

soi, l’amour de l’autre, l’amour pour son pays, l’amour<br />

de la nature, l’amour pour sa famille et autres formes<br />

d’amour. Heureusement, il y a mo<strong>in</strong>s de façons d’écrire<br />

sur l’amour : en voici deux. Un auteur écrit sur les<br />

relations entre les gens et parmi les gens. Un autre<br />

écrit sur des animaux imag<strong>in</strong>aires qui servent à se<br />

pencher sur de grandes questions, comme l’amour. Cet<br />

événement donnera la possibilité de parler de l’écriture<br />

et aussi de l’amour.<br />

Pour les élèves de la huitième à la douzième année.<br />

Cet événement se tiendra exclusivement en français;<br />

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FRUITS OF LABOUR<br />

KATIE SMITH MILWAY<br />

1 – 2:30 PM<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

For many <strong>Vancouver</strong>-area children, grow<strong>in</strong>g a garden<br />

<strong>in</strong> the backyard is fun and pull<strong>in</strong>g a carrot out of the<br />

ground is a treat. But when 11-year-old Maria, part of a<br />

struggl<strong>in</strong>g farm<strong>in</strong>g family <strong>in</strong> Honduras, is left <strong>in</strong> charge<br />

of the garden, her family’s very survival depends on her<br />

work. When her teacher <strong>in</strong>troduces her to susta<strong>in</strong>able<br />

farm<strong>in</strong>g practices, however, she can beg<strong>in</strong> to transform<br />

and improve the life of her family and her community.<br />

Through rich illustrations and tales of her experiences<br />

<strong>in</strong> Lat<strong>in</strong> America, Katie Smith Milway shows children<br />

ways they, too, can be part of “good gardens” at home<br />

and abroad.<br />

Suitable for grades 2 to 5<br />

This event is sponsored by the<br />

Rix Family Foundation.<br />

SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN<br />

EMMA DONOGHUE, PASCALE QUIVIGER, ROBERT J. WIERSEMA,<br />

KATHLEEN WINTER<br />

8:00 PM<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

$19<br />

The complex love between parent and child provides<br />

ample ground for novelists. Four Canadian writers have<br />

each taken a different tack on this theme <strong>in</strong> their new<br />

works. Emma Donoghue’s fi ve-year-old narrator is<br />

trapped <strong>in</strong> a s<strong>in</strong>gle room with his mother, while Kathleen<br />

W<strong>in</strong>ter’s subject is trapped <strong>in</strong> a body that is neither<br />

fully male nor female. Pascale Quiviger and Robert J.<br />

Wiersema approach the theme of the parent-child bond<br />

by tak<strong>in</strong>g forays <strong>in</strong>to the worlds of the fantastic and the<br />

imag<strong>in</strong>ation. But all four pa<strong>in</strong>t compell<strong>in</strong>g portraits that<br />

show us the <strong>in</strong>escapable truth that who you are depends<br />

largely on how you were raised.<br />

18 THE BIG IDEA 19<br />

ANDREA LEVY, CLAUDIO MAGRIS, YANN MARTEL, ANDREW O’HAGAN<br />

HOST: MERILYN SIMONDS<br />

8:00 PM<br />

PERFORMANCE WORKS<br />

$19<br />

Put four deep th<strong>in</strong>kers on the same stage, each<br />

armed with a new novel and big ideas, and you’ve<br />

got the mak<strong>in</strong>gs of a great even<strong>in</strong>g. Orange Prize<br />

w<strong>in</strong>ner Andrea Levy and Man Booker Prize w<strong>in</strong>ner<br />

Yann Martel jo<strong>in</strong> one of Europe’s lead<strong>in</strong>g cultural<br />

philosophers, Claudio Magris, who has won the<br />

Premio Viaregio Tob<strong>in</strong>o (writer of the year) and Andrew<br />

O’Hagan, who has been shortlisted for the Booker, the<br />

IMPAC Dubl<strong>in</strong> and the Whitbread. Their novels tackle big<br />

ideas from the Holocaust to slavery to American culture<br />

to the nature of revolution. This is a qu<strong>in</strong>tessential<br />

<strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> event that will draw the best from the<br />

world’s lead<strong>in</strong>g writers.<br />

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AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH<br />

JANE URQUHART<br />

8:00 PM<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

$25<br />

When Governor General’s Award–w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g novelist Jane<br />

Urquhart fi nishes writ<strong>in</strong>g a novel, she says she never<br />

knows whether another one is go<strong>in</strong>g to happen; it always<br />

seems like an act of such “unlikely magic”. Luckily<br />

for her readers, this magic occurs quite regularly. In<br />

Sanctuary L<strong>in</strong>e, as <strong>in</strong> her six previous novels, Urquhart’s<br />

lyrical confi dence s<strong>in</strong>gs as loudly as ever. The tale,<br />

weav<strong>in</strong>g elements from n<strong>in</strong>eteenth-century Ireland and<br />

Ontario <strong>in</strong>to gradually unfold<strong>in</strong>g contemporary events<br />

<strong>in</strong> the lives of one family, also threads together three<br />

different but very powerful love stories. Tonight is a rare<br />

opportunity to sit with a Canadian master and <strong>in</strong>dulge <strong>in</strong><br />

the art of her smooth prose.


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Merilyn Simons<br />

and Wayne Grady<br />

greystone books<br />

www.dmpibooks.com<br />

DAVE BIDINI<br />

HOME<br />

AND<br />

AWAY<br />

In Search of Dreams at<br />

THE HOMELESS WORLD<br />

CUP OF SOCCER<br />

home & away:<br />

<strong>in</strong> search of<br />

dreams at the<br />

homeless world<br />

cup of soccer<br />

Dave Bid<strong>in</strong>i<br />

greystone books<br />

<strong>in</strong> memoriam<br />

paul quarr<strong>in</strong>gton<br />

1953 – 2010<br />

To meet the contributors<br />

of Darw<strong>in</strong>’s Bastards,<br />

watch the YouTube video at<br />

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EVERYTHING OPPEL<br />

KENNETH OPPEL<br />

10 – 11:30 AM<br />

GRANVILLE ISLAND STAGE<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

The awards that Kenneth Oppel has won for<br />

his fi ction over the decades are too numerous<br />

to mention. He has been shortlisted or won<br />

almost every prize for children’s literature<br />

that exists. Oppel’s fi rst novel was published,<br />

thanks to Roald Dahl’s encouragement when<br />

he was 18, and he has s<strong>in</strong>ce sold millions<br />

of copies of his famous Airborn series and<br />

Silverw<strong>in</strong>g saga. For more than a quarter<br />

century, readers have enjoyed his imag<strong>in</strong>ation<br />

and style, and this is an opportunity to put his<br />

face to the words that have delighted so many.<br />

Come and meet him for yourself.<br />

Suitable for grades 6 and up<br />

This event is sponsored by<br />

HarperColl<strong>in</strong>sCanada Ltd.<br />

FAMILY AND FRIENDSHIP<br />

MARTHA BROOKS, REBECCA JAMES, ALICE KUIPERS<br />

10 - 11:30 AM<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

You can choose your friends but not your family.<br />

And <strong>in</strong> fi ction, that simple truth provides plenty<br />

of room for <strong>in</strong>trigu<strong>in</strong>g, offbeat and challeng<strong>in</strong>g<br />

characters. Martha Brooks plagues sibl<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

with tuberculosis and, <strong>in</strong> fac<strong>in</strong>g their illness, the<br />

children must also face a diffi cult relationship with<br />

their reticent father. Rebecca James loads up<br />

her hero<strong>in</strong>e with the weight of a murdered sister<br />

and a menac<strong>in</strong>g psycho friendship. Alice Kuipers<br />

burdens her protagonist with a mother unable to<br />

cope with a tragic death and a friend who leaves<br />

her beh<strong>in</strong>d <strong>in</strong> her grief <strong>in</strong> favour of party<strong>in</strong>g. Three<br />

different styles and scenarios, but universal truths<br />

are the result.<br />

Suitable for grades 8 to 12<br />

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SHAUNTAY GRANT, ASHLEY SPIRES<br />

10:30 – 11:30 AM<br />

REVUE STAGE<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

Spend the morn<strong>in</strong>g with a space-travell<strong>in</strong>g cat<br />

and a pair of street-travell<strong>in</strong>g boys, explor<strong>in</strong>g<br />

worlds from outer space to <strong>in</strong>ner Halifax. These<br />

two fabulous storytellers show young readers<br />

that at the root of all good stories is a delight<br />

<strong>in</strong> the words themselves. Little ones will be<br />

tapp<strong>in</strong>g their toes to Shauntay Grant’s rhythmic<br />

render<strong>in</strong>gs and delight<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the illustrations<br />

created by Ashley Spires that br<strong>in</strong>g B<strong>in</strong>ky the<br />

astronaut to life.<br />

Suitable for grades K to 3<br />

RICHARD NEWSOME, RICHARD SCRIMGER, KEVIN SYLVESTER<br />

10 – 11:30 AM<br />

PERFORMANCE WORKS<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

Videogame adversaries have noth<strong>in</strong>g on this<br />

morn<strong>in</strong>g’s challengers! Three heroes, sprung<br />

from the m<strong>in</strong>ds of these novelists, face ancient<br />

crypt dwellers, scary grave walkers or even<br />

Deep Blue Cheese <strong>in</strong> their quests to overcome<br />

death, solve murders or save a sister while<br />

simultaneously compet<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> a Mexican-cook<strong>in</strong>g<br />

competition. A riotous morn<strong>in</strong>g is <strong>in</strong> store for<br />

readers who love adventure and appreciate when<br />

an active imag<strong>in</strong>ation can p<strong>in</strong> a great story down<br />

on the written page. Newsome, Scrimger and<br />

Sylvester show clearly that read<strong>in</strong>g can be way<br />

more fun than star<strong>in</strong>g at a video screen.<br />

Suitable for grades 5 to 8<br />

25 CONTES CAJUNS ET CONTES<br />

DU MONDE<br />

JACQUES PASQUET ET ZACHARY RICHARD<br />

ANIMATRICE : TRILBY JEEVES<br />

26 WORD! (2)<br />

10 H À 11 H 30<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

17$ / 8.50$ POUR LES GROUPES D’ÉTUDIANTS<br />

Deux écriva<strong>in</strong>s racontent des histoires qui sont<br />

tirées d’événements spécifi ques du passé mais qui<br />

ont pourtant une signifi cation universelle. Un des<br />

contes est <strong>in</strong>spiré de l’histoire des Acadiens et des<br />

Cajuns et l’autre est <strong>in</strong>spiré de la guerre récente<br />

à Sarajevo. Même ceux et celles d’entre nous qui<br />

n’ont pas vécu ces événements constatent les<br />

conséquences qu’ils ont dans nos collectivités.<br />

Pour les élèves de la quatrième å la<br />

septièmere année.<br />

Cet événement se tiendra exclusivement<br />

en français; il y aura beaucoup de possibilités oss ssibi ibi ibb lit it ités és s<br />

d’<strong>in</strong>teraction entre les élèves et<br />

les auteurs.<br />

SHAUNTAY GRANT, SASHA LANGFORD, RC WESLOWSKI<br />

HOST: BRENDAN MCLEOD<br />

1 – 2:30 PM<br />

GRANVILLE ISLAND STAGE<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

Three award w<strong>in</strong>ners are together this afternoon<br />

and no one knows what might happen! Halifax’s<br />

Poet Laureate Shauntay Grant jo<strong>in</strong>s 2009<br />

<strong>Vancouver</strong> Poetry Slam Grand Slam Champion<br />

RC Weslowski and Sasha Langford,<br />

<strong>Vancouver</strong>’s representative at the 2009 Women<br />

of the World Poetry Slam <strong>in</strong> Detroit, for an<br />

afternoon of creativity and fast talk<strong>in</strong>g. This<br />

spoken word, poetry and storytell<strong>in</strong>g on the fl y<br />

not only pushes out the usual defi nition of “what<br />

is poetry” but also encompasses all manner of<br />

word-based art. Spread the word!<br />

(This event is repeated on Wednesday morn<strong>in</strong>g.)<br />

Suitable for grades 10 to 12<br />

and adults<br />

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QUELLE EST VOTRE HISTOIRE?<br />

SUSIE MORGENSTERN<br />

ANIMATRICE : FRANCE PERRAS<br />

13 H À 14 H 30<br />

REVUE STAGE<br />

17$ / 8.50$ POUR LES GROUPES D’ÉTUDIANTS<br />

Susie Morgenstern a affi rmé que, pour elle, la seule façon de s’exprimer, c’était<br />

d’écrire. Enfant, elle écrivait pendant des heures. À l’âge adulte, elle a commencé<br />

à écrire et à illustrer des livres pour enfants. Toutes ses œuvres mettent l’accent<br />

sur la vie quotidienne et le « monde réel ». Par le biais de discussions sur l’œuvre<br />

de Morgenstern, cette rencontre constituera une occasion de parler d’écriture,<br />

a<strong>in</strong>si que de notre propre quotidien.<br />

Pour les élèves de la huitième à la douzième année<br />

Cet événement se tiendra exclusivement en français; il y aura beaucoup de<br />

possibilités d’<strong>in</strong>teraction entre les élèves et les auteurs.<br />

JUST WRITE<br />

MARTHA BROOKS, KENNETH OPPEL, RICHARD SCRIMGER<br />

1 – 2:30 PM<br />

PERFORMANCE WORKS<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

Novels don’t just spr<strong>in</strong>g onto the page complete. It takes time and work to get<br />

the voice, the pace, the bridges, the dialogue, the characters, the humour and the<br />

sett<strong>in</strong>g just right. Jo<strong>in</strong> three masters this afternoon and go beh<strong>in</strong>d the scenes to<br />

fi nd out how their characters come to them, what tricks they use and where they<br />

fi nd the fun <strong>in</strong> committ<strong>in</strong>g a story to paper. How much is <strong>in</strong>tuition and how much<br />

is craftsmanship? And when do they know they’ve got it “just right”?<br />

Suitable for grades 8 to 12<br />

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THRILLS AND CHILLS<br />

JUSTIN CRONIN, ROBERT J. WIERSEMA<br />

1 – 2:30 PM<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

Step aside Stephenie Meyer. Move over Stephen K<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

There are some new chill-meisters <strong>in</strong> town. Just<strong>in</strong><br />

Cron<strong>in</strong>’s The Passage was the blockbuster book of the<br />

summer. Balanc<strong>in</strong>g suspense, horror, and genu<strong>in</strong>e thrills<br />

with a beautiful haunt<strong>in</strong>g style, this epic novel turns the<br />

vampire genre on its head. Robert J. Wiersema’s fi rst<br />

novel, Before I Wake, was an impossible-to-put-down,<br />

contemplative supernatural thriller. In his new book,<br />

Bedtime Story, a young boy wakes with<strong>in</strong> a story he’s<br />

been read<strong>in</strong>g, and, as his father struggles to free him,<br />

he fi ghts for survival, fac<strong>in</strong>g unimag<strong>in</strong>able perils <strong>in</strong> a<br />

surreal world <strong>in</strong>tended to capture the hearts and souls of<br />

children like him.<br />

Suitable for grades 8-12<br />

WAR AND PEACE<br />

DAVID GROSSMAN, SHARON E. MCKAY<br />

1 - 2:30 PM<br />

IMPROV CENTRE<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

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As David Grossman and Sharon E. McKay will attest,<br />

so often <strong>in</strong> countries experienc<strong>in</strong>g confl ict it’s the<br />

children who suffer most. In some cases, as <strong>in</strong> Sharon<br />

McKay’s novel War Brothers, it’s the children themselves<br />

who are ordered to fi ght <strong>in</strong> exchange for essentials we<br />

take for granted: food, safety, a place to sleep. In other<br />

cases children are born <strong>in</strong>to regions where people are at<br />

odds. For years David Grossman has written mov<strong>in</strong>gly<br />

and thoughtfully about the Israeli/Palest<strong>in</strong>ian confl ict,<br />

which caused him a very personal loss. Jo<strong>in</strong> these two<br />

authors for an eye-open<strong>in</strong>g discussion about the realities<br />

of war today, and the need for more compassion,<br />

tolerance and understand<strong>in</strong>g if we hope to end these<br />

preventable tragedies.<br />

Suitable for grades 8 to 12<br />

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GOLD DIGGERS<br />

CHARLOTTE GRAY IN CONVERSATION WITH KIRK LAPOINTE<br />

1 – 2:30 PM<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

One of Canada’s lead<strong>in</strong>g biographers and historians<br />

tackles the Klondike Gold Rush <strong>in</strong> a new and refresh<strong>in</strong>g<br />

way, follow<strong>in</strong>g six colourful fi gures <strong>in</strong> a world gone mad<br />

for wealth. The six—a priest, an entrepreneur, legendary<br />

Mountie Sam Steele, struggl<strong>in</strong>g writer Jack London, as<br />

well as a prospector and a journalist—are only a few of<br />

the 100,000 who fl ocked to the Yukon from around the<br />

world to create a frontier town peopled by desperados,<br />

dance-hall girls, m<strong>in</strong>ers and churchmen. Charlotte Gray<br />

loves to snoop <strong>in</strong> other people’s lives, and it shows <strong>in</strong> the<br />

energy that leaps off her pages. If only all history books<br />

were written like this one!<br />

Suitable for grades 8 to 12<br />

OLD FRIENDS<br />

LINWOOD BARCLAY, GAIL BOWEN, QUINTIN JARDINE<br />

8:00 PM<br />

REVUE STAGE<br />

$19<br />

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One of the draws for afi cionados of crime fi ction is the<br />

recurr<strong>in</strong>g character who must solve a crime at the same<br />

time as his or her life is mov<strong>in</strong>g on. From book to book,<br />

readers get a chance to live with these characters as they<br />

develop, face challenges and age, just like the rest of us.<br />

PI Joanne Kilbourn, Chief Constable Bob Sk<strong>in</strong>ner and Zack<br />

Walker are three such characters, and their creators take<br />

the stage to talk about how they came to life, how they<br />

are shaped and moulded <strong>in</strong> each new novel, and maybe,<br />

just maybe, what’s to become of them.


HOME GROWN<br />

CAROLINE ADDERSON, AARON BUSHKOWSKY, ANN ERIKSSON, GEORGE FETHERLING,<br />

WILLIAM GIBSON, ANOSH IRANI, BILLIE LIVINGSTON, MIRANDA PEARSON<br />

HOST: RYAN KNIGHTON<br />

8:00 PM<br />

PERFORMANCE WORKS<br />

$19<br />

It’s easy to become blasé about the reams of great writ<strong>in</strong>g com<strong>in</strong>g out of<br />

Lotusland each year, when <strong>in</strong> fact we should be marvel<strong>in</strong>g at the <strong>in</strong>credible<br />

literary prowess of our home grown talent. Well, now’s the time to slough off our<br />

nonchalance and celebrate the wealth of writers who call British Columbia home.<br />

Tonight eight authors enterta<strong>in</strong> with short story excerpts, poetry and passages<br />

from novels that contribute to the rich and varied literary landscape of this<br />

prov<strong>in</strong>ce. Don’t miss this chance to cheer for the home team!<br />

This event is sponsored by Random House of Canada.<br />

DARK END OF THE STREET<br />

SANDRA BIRDSELL, MICHAEL HELM, MAURICIO SEGURA, RUSSELL WANGERSKY, MICHAEL WINTER<br />

8:00 PM<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

$19<br />

Five authors each sh<strong>in</strong>e a light on the events, relationships and communities<br />

that exist <strong>in</strong> the darker parts of our cities and society. From immigrants try<strong>in</strong>g to<br />

fi nd their place, to murder on a snowy night, to a couple on the lam <strong>in</strong> a WalMart<br />

park<strong>in</strong>g lot, to assault <strong>in</strong> a unlit urban corner, these are novels that show readers<br />

environments, circumstances and psyches that we might not normally encounter.<br />

And isn’t that one of the reasons, after all, that fi ction holds such appeal? There’s<br />

vibrancy and <strong>in</strong>trigue outside the circle of the street lamp, and these writers take<br />

us to the dark end of our streets.<br />

AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH DAVID GROSSMAN<br />

8:00 PM<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

$25<br />

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Renowned Israeli writer David Grossman began To the End of the Land <strong>in</strong><br />

2003, when his eldest son was about to be released from military service and<br />

his youngest was on the cusp of be<strong>in</strong>g drafted. Grossman had a wish that the<br />

book he was writ<strong>in</strong>g would protect his youngest son. But <strong>in</strong> 2006, dur<strong>in</strong>g the last<br />

hours of the Second Lebanon War, his son was killed. Astound<strong>in</strong>gly, he returned<br />

to writ<strong>in</strong>g the book and fi nished what is be<strong>in</strong>g called “one of the great anti-war<br />

novels of our time”. This is a special opportunity to hear from a great novelist<br />

who has experienced violence <strong>in</strong> the Middle East <strong>in</strong> a most personal way and yet<br />

cont<strong>in</strong>ues to advocate compassion and reconciliation.<br />

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DARWIN’S BASTARDS<br />

WILLIAM GIBSON, ANOSH IRANI, YANN MARTEL,<br />

ADAM LEWIS SCHROEDER<br />

HOST: ZSUZSI GARTNER<br />

10 – 11:30 AM<br />

GRANVILLE ISLAND STAGE<br />

$17 / $8.50 STUDENT GROUPS<br />

Zsuzsi Gartner has selected and edited a collection<br />

of twenty-three short stories entitled Darw<strong>in</strong>’s<br />

Bastards: Astound<strong>in</strong>g Tales from Tomorrow. Today<br />

she jo<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong> conversation with four of the authors<br />

<strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the collection to talk about the genesis<br />

of their speculative writ<strong>in</strong>g and break<strong>in</strong>g the bounds<br />

of realism. “What if...?” becomes “and then...” <strong>in</strong><br />

these stories. From Yann Martel’s “We Ate the<br />

Children Last” to Anosh Irani’s “Notes from the<br />

Womb,” the collection shows that the Canadian<br />

imag<strong>in</strong>ation can be as wildly <strong>in</strong>ventive as any on<br />

earth or off the planet, for that matter.<br />

Suitable for Grades 10 to 12<br />

and adults<br />

COMIC BOOK CONFIDENTIAL<br />

LYNDA BARRY, SARAH LEAVITT<br />

10 - 11:30 AM<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

Who would have thought that the comic<br />

book—usually the preserve of super-heroes and<br />

evil villa<strong>in</strong>s—could be used to explore family life<br />

and the deepest secret thoughts of teenagers?<br />

Lynda Barry is one of the great contemporary<br />

cartoon masters and her young comic book<br />

characters run the gamut from Marlys (gifted<br />

and exuberant) to Maybonne (concerned with<br />

social justice and music) to Freddie (fasc<strong>in</strong>ated<br />

with bugs and monsters). Sarah Leavitt’s new<br />

graphic memoir, Tangles, reveals how Alzheimer’s<br />

disease transformed her mother Midge—and her<br />

family—forever. These talented writers and artists<br />

use words and pictures to br<strong>in</strong>g reality <strong>in</strong>to focus<br />

and offer <strong>in</strong>sight <strong>in</strong>to how to deal with what life<br />

throws at us.<br />

Suitable for Grades 10 to 12<br />

and adults<br />

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CHARLOTTE GRAY, JACK HODGINS, DON MCKAY, TERENCE YOUNG<br />

10 – 11:30 AM<br />

REVUE STAGE<br />

$17 / $8.50 STUDENT GROUPS<br />

“What use is technique if you haven’t yet<br />

discovered what you have <strong>in</strong> your past, your<br />

imag<strong>in</strong>ation, your present life, your relatives’<br />

lives, your read<strong>in</strong>g, your obsessions or your<br />

imag<strong>in</strong>ation that offers you the stories that are<br />

meant just for you to write?” Jack Hodg<strong>in</strong>s has<br />

said. This event explores the nuggets of raw<br />

material that expand <strong>in</strong> the hands of gifted writers<br />

to become creative non-fi ction, poems, short<br />

stories or novels. Where do writers fi nd these<br />

nuggets, and how do they know when these<br />

ideas or facts are rich enough for them to spend<br />

the next months or years develop<strong>in</strong>g? Along<br />

with Hodg<strong>in</strong>s, Charlotte Gray, Don McKay and<br />

Terence Young answer these questions.<br />

Suitable for Grades 10 to 12<br />

and adults<br />

WAYNE GRADY, MARC LEVY, MERILYN SIMONDS, CHEVY STEVENS<br />

HOST: BILL RICHARDSON<br />

10 –11:30 AM<br />

PERFORMANCE WORKS<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

The <strong>in</strong>satiably curious and enterta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Bill<br />

Richardson returns to the <strong>Festival</strong> to chat up four<br />

authors with three dist<strong>in</strong>ctly different new books.<br />

Marc Levy is France’s number-one bestsell<strong>in</strong>g<br />

author with more than 20 million copies of his<br />

seven books sold around the world. Chevy<br />

Stevens comes to the <strong>Festival</strong> with her debut<br />

novel (and a contract for two more). Wayne<br />

Grady and Merilyn Simonds, no strangers to the<br />

<strong>Festival</strong>, have written a two-voiced narrative of<br />

their travels through America. There’s noth<strong>in</strong>g like<br />

a Richardson <strong>in</strong>terview to get to the hidden corners<br />

of a subject and extract the very best anecdotes<br />

and <strong>in</strong>sights from these writers.<br />

Suitable for Grades 10 to 12<br />

and adults<br />

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ON THE ROAD TO WRITE<br />

JON PAUL FIORENTINO, M.T. KELLY, ERÍN MOURE, JOHN STEFFLER<br />

HOST: RHEA TREGEBOV<br />

10 – 11:30 AM<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

$17/ $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

In poetry, we let language off the leash, accord<strong>in</strong>g<br />

to former Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada,<br />

John Steffl er. Erín Moure, one of Canada’s<br />

preem<strong>in</strong>ent poets, holds a similar op<strong>in</strong>ion, claim<strong>in</strong>g<br />

that even two words placed together can open up<br />

a world. Together with M.T. Kelly and Jon Paul<br />

Fiorent<strong>in</strong>o, these four poets explore the shap<strong>in</strong>g<br />

of language at the level of the sentence rather<br />

than the chapter, as fi ction writers do. These poets<br />

will talk, as only poets can, about the concentration<br />

of energy and mean<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the poetic form. Set<br />

aside some time this morn<strong>in</strong>g to get excited by<br />

words as build<strong>in</strong>g blocks and the surprise of new<br />

mean<strong>in</strong>gs conta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> familiar words. Come see<br />

some of Canada’s best poets<br />

at work and at play.<br />

Suitable for Grades 10 to 12<br />

and adults<br />

DAVE BIDINI, DENISE CHONG, WAYNE GRADY,<br />

MYRNA KOSTASH, DEREK LUNDY, MERILYN SIMONDS<br />

HOST: ANDREAS SCHROEDER<br />

1 – 2:30 PM<br />

GRANVILLE ISLAND STAGE<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

A good road trip is excellent fodder for stories<br />

for years to come. But while most of us tuck<br />

away our memories when we put away our<br />

suitcases, these authors have turned their<br />

wayfar<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to writ<strong>in</strong>g. Wayne Grady and<br />

Merilyn Simonds’ road trip <strong>in</strong>to the heart of<br />

America at the end of the Bush era contrasts<br />

well with Derek Lundy’s motorcycle adventures<br />

along both <strong>in</strong>ternational borders of the US <strong>in</strong> a<br />

post-9/11 atmosphere of heightened security.<br />

Denise Chong takes the armchair traveller to<br />

post-Tiananmen Square Ch<strong>in</strong>a, Myrna Kostash<br />

looks to the Ukra<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> search of roots and<br />

religion, and Dave Bid<strong>in</strong>i plays soccer with the<br />

homeless <strong>in</strong> Australia.<br />

Suitable for Grades 10 to 12<br />

and adults<br />

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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF<br />

MORDECAI RICHLER<br />

CHARLES FORAN IN CONVERSATION WITH BILL RICHARDSON<br />

1 – 2:30 PM<br />

REVUE STAGE<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

Mordecai Richler’s appearances at the <strong>Writers</strong><br />

<strong>Festival</strong> were legendary. And now, Charles<br />

Foran, with this defi nitive, detailed and <strong>in</strong>timate<br />

life story of Richler, br<strong>in</strong>gs the lion of Canadian<br />

literature to life aga<strong>in</strong>. Foran, who had access to<br />

family letters and archives, used them to draw<br />

this rich and passionate portrait of an outsized<br />

and outrageous man whose real life reads like<br />

fi ction. A young bohemian and irreverent writer,<br />

Richler was also a passionate and controversial<br />

Canadian, a loyal friend and deeply romantic<br />

lover. Foran has captured his essence, warts and<br />

all. This will be the fi rst public event to celebrate<br />

the publication of this important biography.<br />

Suitable for Grades 10 to 12<br />

and adults<br />

THE LITERARY CABARET<br />

JUSTIN CRONIN, ANTHONY DOERR, CAMILLA GIBB,<br />

PAOLO GIORDANO, YIYUN LI, KAMILA SHAMSIE<br />

HOST: SALVADOR FERRERAS<br />

7:30 PM* - EARLY START TIME<br />

PERFORMANCE WORKS<br />

$30<br />

What should you expect when Sal Ferreras, his<br />

chameleonic band Poetic License and the guest<br />

authors take the stage tonight? Noth<strong>in</strong>g short of<br />

magic. This wildly popular event blends music and<br />

literature <strong>in</strong> ways that can only be described as<br />

breathtak<strong>in</strong>g. Audiences are guaranteed a sensory<br />

spectacle they won’t soon forget. To ensure you<br />

don’t miss out on the fun, buy your tickets early<br />

because these are sure to go quickly.<br />

We <strong>in</strong>vite you to stay on after the Cabaret for a<br />

special performance by the Porkbelly Futures.<br />

Your Cabaret ticket stub will get you <strong>in</strong> at no<br />

charge. For more <strong>in</strong>formation see the ad adjacent.<br />

This event is sponsored by Scotia Private<br />

Client Group.<br />

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JON PAUL FIORENTINO, M.T. KELLY, DON MCKAY,<br />

STEVE MCORMOND, MIRANDA PEARSON, ANNA SWANSON<br />

HOST: BILLEH NICKERSON<br />

1 – 2:30 PM<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

This afternoon poetry event is an annual<br />

favourite with students, teachers and poetry<br />

fans alike. This year the <strong>Festival</strong> has gathered<br />

poets from across the country to show off the<br />

power of the well-chosen word. They’ll converge<br />

on Granville Island to get you excited about the<br />

melodic l<strong>in</strong>e and the <strong>in</strong>sights that grow out of<br />

keen observation. Poetry is the distillation of<br />

life and experience through language, and each<br />

of these poets promise to deliver fresh and<br />

startl<strong>in</strong>g takes on the world we share.<br />

Suitable for Grades 10 to 12 and adults ults lts ts<br />

Porkbelly Futures<br />

ANN ERIKSSON, TERRY FALLIS, RUSSELL WANGERSKY<br />

1 – 2:30 PM<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

$17 / $8.50 FOR STUDENT GROUPS<br />

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We know that writ<strong>in</strong>g is essential to the fabric<br />

of society, but can it pay the bills? When it<br />

can’t, and that’s often, the day job can provide<br />

remuneration as well as research. PR executive<br />

and political consultant Terry Fallis writes<br />

comic novels about politicians and life on the<br />

Hill. Russell Wangersky’s life as a volunteer<br />

fi refi ghter and journalist has provided countless<br />

po<strong>in</strong>ts of entry to his fi ction writ<strong>in</strong>g. Biologist<br />

and ecology consultant Ann Eriksson puts her<br />

day job and experience to good use, creat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

characters that <strong>in</strong>clude a female entomologist<br />

who is 3 foot, 10 <strong>in</strong>ches tall. These authors<br />

prove that “Don’t quit your day job” can<br />

sometimes be great advice for would-be writers.<br />

Suitable for Grades 10 to 12<br />

and adults<br />

45<br />

Porkbelly Futures is a tough band to p<strong>in</strong> down. “Toronto’s Most Excited Band” began<br />

as a boisterous Chicago-style blues band, but s<strong>in</strong>ger/songwriters Paul Quarr<strong>in</strong>gton<br />

and Mart<strong>in</strong> Worthy soon veered off <strong>in</strong>to uncharged waters. Who knows what this<br />

critically acclaimed five-piece band’s music is now, but on stage there will be a pedal<br />

steel guitar (that’s country), a Telecaster guitar (for blues rock), a mandol<strong>in</strong> (to pluck<br />

heartstr<strong>in</strong>gs) acoustic guitars (for folk enthusiasts) and a bunch of vocal mikes. And<br />

somewhere, Paul is smil<strong>in</strong>g....<br />

10:30 pm Friday, October 22<br />

Performance Works<br />

Tickets $12.00 at the door only start<strong>in</strong>g at 10:15 pm


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FUNNY GUYS<br />

TERRY FALLIS, KEN FINKLEMAN, ANOSH IRANI, DREW HAYDEN TAYLOR<br />

HOST: CHARLES DEMERS<br />

8:00 PM<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

$19<br />

Drew Hayden Taylor describes himself as “half Ojibwa, half Caucasian. That<br />

makes me an occasion. A memorable occasion. A special occasion.” Be prepared<br />

for a special occasion as four very funny fellows take the stage. Terry Fallis’ fi rst<br />

novel about political life <strong>in</strong> Canada won the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour.<br />

Ken F<strong>in</strong>kleman, best known as the writer, creator and producer of CBC TV’s The<br />

Newsroom, has now written Noah’s Turn, <strong>in</strong> which his dark and satiric humour<br />

comes through on every page. Anosh Irani can’t help but <strong>in</strong>fuse his fi ction and<br />

plays, however dark th<strong>in</strong>gs get, with a healthy dose of fun. Share a laugh with<br />

these four gents as they discuss humour <strong>in</strong> writ<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH YANN MARTEL<br />

8:00 PM<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

$25<br />

“My book is about representations of the Holocaust. The event is gone; we are<br />

left with stories about it. My book is about a new choice of stories.” So says the<br />

narrator of Yann Martel’s novel Beatrice & Virgil, and so says the Man Booker<br />

Prize-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g author himself about his book which, as soon as it hit the shelves,<br />

sparked much discussion and debate about the limits of representation. To his<br />

critics, Martel responds: “By free<strong>in</strong>g up our representations of the Holocaust we<br />

will secure, overall, a greater, more nuanced and useful understand<strong>in</strong>g of it.” Jo<strong>in</strong><br />

this thoughtful and respected author for a discussion of allegory and glean new<br />

<strong>in</strong>sights <strong>in</strong>to the nature of storytell<strong>in</strong>g itself.<br />

This event is sponsored by Random House of Canada.<br />

PAUL QUARRINGTON: LIFE IN MUSIC<br />

DAVE BIDINI, ROB SANDERS<br />

HOST: JUDITH KEENAN<br />

8:00 PM<br />

EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY THEATRE<br />

$19<br />

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Paul Quarr<strong>in</strong>gton, novelist, musician, screenwriter and non-fi ction writer, passed<br />

away <strong>in</strong> January 2010. Even after be<strong>in</strong>g diagnosed with lung cancer, Quarr<strong>in</strong>gton<br />

embarked on concert tours with his band Porkbelly Futures, produced his own<br />

solo CD and the Porkbelly’s third release, completed his non-fi ction memoir, Cigar<br />

Box Banjo: Notes on Music and Life, and was the subject of a feature-length<br />

documentary. Tonight you’ll have the chance to view the documentary, <strong>in</strong> which he<br />

comes to terms with his life and death through the power of music, and hear more<br />

about this remarkable man from both his publisher and one of his many friends.<br />

This event is presented <strong>in</strong> partnership with Emily Carr University of Art and Design<br />

and is sponsored by Douglas & McIntyre Publish<strong>in</strong>g Group.


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Tuesday 19 Wednesday 20 Thursday<br />

21<br />

EVENT #1<br />

10-11:30 am<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

No Ord<strong>in</strong>ary Wolf<br />

Ian McAllister<br />

EVENT #2<br />

10:30-11:30 am<br />

PTC Studio<br />

La Joie de Lire<br />

Illustrez ces mots!<br />

Pierre Pratt<br />

EVENT #3<br />

1-2:00 pm<br />

Revue Stage<br />

R<strong>in</strong>ks and Roam<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Shauntay Grant, Kev<strong>in</strong> Sylvester<br />

EVENT #4<br />

1-2:30 pm<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

One Hen<br />

Katie Smith Milway<br />

EVENT #5<br />

1-2:00 pm<br />

PTC Studio<br />

La Joie de Lire<br />

Sur terre et au paradis<br />

Jennifer Tremblay<br />

EVENT #6<br />

8:00 pm<br />

Revue Stage<br />

Out Loud at Night<br />

Ivan E. Coyote, Cheryl<br />

L’Hirondelle, Sasha Langford,<br />

Richard Van Camp<br />

EVENT #7<br />

8:00 pm<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

Three Views of Vietnam<br />

Camilla Gibb, Karl Marlantes,<br />

Adam Lewis Schroeder<br />

EVENT #8<br />

8:00 pm<br />

PTC Studio<br />

An Intimate Even<strong>in</strong>g with<br />

Andrea Levy<br />

EVENT #9<br />

8:30 pm<br />

Performance Works<br />

Grand Open<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

Carol<strong>in</strong>e Adderson, Emma<br />

Donoghue, Paolo Giordano, Marc<br />

Levy, Andrew O’Hagan, Kate<br />

Pull<strong>in</strong>ger, Kamila Shamsie<br />

Host: Hal Wake<br />

EVENT #10<br />

10-11:30 am<br />

Granville Island Stage<br />

Word! (1)<br />

Shauntay Grant, Sasha<br />

Langford, RC Weslowski<br />

EVENT #11<br />

10-11:30 am<br />

Revue Stage<br />

La Joie de Lire<br />

Parenté et amitié<br />

Susie Morgenstern,<br />

Jacques Pasquet<br />

EVENT #12<br />

10-11:30 am<br />

Performance Works<br />

Your Mission, Should You<br />

Choose To Accept It<br />

Richard Newsome,<br />

Kenneth Oppel<br />

EVENT #13<br />

10-11:30 am<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

The Bear Facts<br />

Ian McAllister<br />

EVENT #14<br />

10-11:30 am<br />

PTC Studio<br />

The Illustrated Adventures<br />

of B<strong>in</strong>ky, Lucky and C<strong>in</strong>dy<br />

Kathryn E. Shoemaker, Ashley<br />

Spires, Kev<strong>in</strong> Sylvester,<br />

Irene N. Watts<br />

EVENT #15<br />

1-2:30 pm<br />

Revue Stage<br />

No Easy Way Out<br />

Rebecca James, Alice Kuipers<br />

Special Events<br />

Monday, September 13<br />

John Vaillant<br />

The Improv Centre<br />

7:30 pm<br />

Monday, September 20<br />

Alissa York &<br />

Richard Harvell<br />

VPL Central Library<br />

7:00 pm<br />

Thursday, November 4<br />

Sara Gruen<br />

Jewish Community Centre<br />

7:30 pm<br />

EVENT #16<br />

1-2:30 pm<br />

Performance Works<br />

Thunder over Kandahar<br />

Sharon E. McKay <strong>in</strong><br />

conversation with<br />

Kathryn Grets<strong>in</strong>ger<br />

EVENT #17<br />

1-2:30 pm<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

La Joie de Lire<br />

Écrivons sur l’amour<br />

Susie Morgenstern,<br />

Zachary Richard<br />

EVENT #18<br />

1-2:30 pm<br />

PTC Studio<br />

Fruits of Labour<br />

Katie Smith Milway<br />

EVENT #19<br />

8:00 pm<br />

Performance Works<br />

The Big Idea<br />

Andrea Levy, Claudio Magris,<br />

Yann Martel, Andrew O’Hagan<br />

EVENT #20<br />

8:00 pm<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

Suffer the Little Children<br />

Emma Donoghue, Pascale<br />

Quiviger, Robert J. Wiersema,<br />

Kathleen W<strong>in</strong>ter<br />

EVENT #21<br />

8:00 pm<br />

PTC Studio<br />

An Intimate Even<strong>in</strong>g with<br />

Jane Urquhart<br />

Sunday, November 21<br />

Gary Shteyngart<br />

<strong>in</strong> conversation with<br />

Eleanor Wachtel<br />

Jewish Community Centre<br />

7:30 pm<br />

Friday, October 8<br />

Stuart McLean <strong>in</strong><br />

conversation with Hal Wake<br />

The Chan Centre<br />

7:00 pm<br />

For more <strong>in</strong>formation, see<br />

ads on page 55, 56 and 59.<br />

EVENT #22<br />

10-11:30 am<br />

Granville Island Stage<br />

Everyth<strong>in</strong>g Oppel<br />

Kenneth Oppel<br />

EVENT #23<br />

10:30-11:30 am<br />

Revue Stage<br />

Down Here, Up There<br />

Shauntay Grant, Ashley Spires<br />

EVENT #24<br />

10-11:30 am<br />

Performance Works<br />

Around Every Corner<br />

Richard Newsome, Richard<br />

Scrimger, Kev<strong>in</strong> Sylvester<br />

EVENT #25<br />

10-11:30 am<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

Family and Friendship<br />

Martha Brooks, Rebecca<br />

James, Alice Kuipers<br />

EVENT #26<br />

10-11:30 am<br />

PTC Studio<br />

La Joie de Lire<br />

Contes cajuns et contes<br />

<strong>in</strong>ternationals<br />

Jacques Pasquet,<br />

Zachary Richard<br />

EVENT #27<br />

1-2:30 pm<br />

Granville Island Stage<br />

Word! (2)<br />

Shauntay Grant, Sasha<br />

Langford, RC Weslowski<br />

EVENT #28<br />

1-2:30 pm<br />

Revue Stage<br />

La Joie de Lire<br />

Quelle est votre histoire?<br />

Susie Morgenstern<br />

EVENT #29<br />

1-2:30 pm<br />

Performance Works<br />

Just Write<br />

Martha Brooks, Kenneth<br />

Oppel, Richard Scrimger<br />

EVENT #30<br />

1-2:30 pm<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

Thrills and Chills<br />

Just<strong>in</strong> Cron<strong>in</strong>,<br />

Robert J. Wiersema<br />

EVENT #31<br />

1-2:30 pm<br />

PTC Studio<br />

Gold Diggers<br />

Charlotte Gray <strong>in</strong> conversation<br />

with Kirk LaPo<strong>in</strong>te<br />

EVENT #32<br />

1-2:30 pm<br />

Improv Centre<br />

War and Peace<br />

David Grossman,<br />

Sharon E. McKay<br />

EVENT #33<br />

8:00 pm<br />

Revue Stage<br />

Old Friends<br />

L<strong>in</strong>wood Barclay, Gail Bowen,<br />

Qu<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong> Jard<strong>in</strong>e<br />

EVENT #34<br />

8:00 pm<br />

Performance Works<br />

Home Grown<br />

Carol<strong>in</strong>e Adderson,<br />

Aaron Bushkowsky,<br />

Ann Eriksson,<br />

George Fetherl<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

William Gibson,<br />

Anosh Irani,<br />

Billie Liv<strong>in</strong>gston,<br />

Miranda Pearson<br />

EVENT #35<br />

8:00 pm<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

Dark End of the Street<br />

Sandra Birdsell, Michael Helm,<br />

Russell Wangersky, Michael<br />

W<strong>in</strong>ter, Mauricio Segura<br />

EVENT #36<br />

8:00 pm<br />

PTC Studio<br />

An Intimate Even<strong>in</strong>g with<br />

David Grossman


Friday 22 Saturday 23 Sunday<br />

24<br />

EVENT #37<br />

10-11:30 am<br />

Granville Island Stage<br />

Darw<strong>in</strong>’s Bastards<br />

William Gibson, Anosh<br />

Irani, Yann Martel, Adam<br />

Lewis Schroeder<br />

EVENT #38<br />

10-11:30 am<br />

Revue Stage<br />

Raw Material<br />

Charlotte Gray, Jack<br />

Hodg<strong>in</strong>s, Don McKay,<br />

Terence Young<br />

EVENT #39<br />

10-11:30 am<br />

Performance Works<br />

Richardson’s Roundup<br />

Wayne Grady, Marc Levy,<br />

Merilyn Simonds, Chevy<br />

Stevens<br />

EVENT #40<br />

10-11:30 am<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

Comic Book<br />

Confi dential<br />

Lynda Barry,<br />

Sarah Leavitt<br />

EVENT #41<br />

10-11:30 am<br />

PTC Studio<br />

L<strong>in</strong>e by L<strong>in</strong>e<br />

Jon Paul Fiorent<strong>in</strong>o,<br />

M.T. Kelly, Erín Moure,<br />

John Steffl er<br />

EVENT #42<br />

1-2:30 pm<br />

Granville Island Stage<br />

On the Road to Write<br />

Dave Bid<strong>in</strong>i, Denise<br />

Chong, Wayne Grady,<br />

Myrna Kostash, Derek<br />

Lundy, Merilyn Simonds<br />

EVENT #43<br />

1-2:30 pm<br />

Revue Stage<br />

The Life and Times of<br />

Mordecai Richler<br />

Charles Foran <strong>in</strong><br />

conversation with<br />

Bill Richardson<br />

EVENT #44<br />

1-2:30 pm<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

Pure Poetry<br />

Jon Paul Fiorent<strong>in</strong>o, M.T.<br />

Kelly, Don McKay, Steve<br />

McOrmond, Miranda<br />

Pearson, Anna Swanson<br />

EVENT #45<br />

1-2:30 pm<br />

PTC Studio<br />

Day Job<br />

Ann Eriksson, Terry Fallis,<br />

Russell Wangersky<br />

EVENT #46<br />

7:30 pm<br />

Performance Works<br />

The Literary Cabaret<br />

Just<strong>in</strong> Cron<strong>in</strong>, Anthony<br />

Doerr, Camilla Gibb,<br />

Yiyun Li, Paolo Giordano,<br />

Kamila Shamsie<br />

Host: Salvador Ferreras<br />

EVENT #47<br />

8:00 pm<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

Funny Guys<br />

Terry Fallis, Ken<br />

F<strong>in</strong>kleman, Anosh Irani,<br />

Drew Hayden Taylor<br />

EVENT #48<br />

8:00 pm<br />

PTC Studio<br />

An Intimate Even<strong>in</strong>g<br />

with Yann Martel<br />

EVENT #49<br />

8:00 pm<br />

Emily Carr University<br />

Theatre<br />

Paul Quarr<strong>in</strong>gton:<br />

Life <strong>in</strong> Music<br />

Dave Bid<strong>in</strong>i, Rob Sanders<br />

PORKBELLY<br />

FUTURES<br />

10:30 pm<br />

Performance Works<br />

SEE AD PAGE 27<br />

EVENT #50<br />

10:30 am<br />

Revue Stage<br />

Love Lost and Found<br />

Sandra Birdsell, Kate<br />

Pull<strong>in</strong>ger, Jane Urquhart,<br />

Rachel Wyatt<br />

EVENT #51<br />

10:30 am<br />

Performance Works<br />

Build<strong>in</strong>g a Bridge<br />

Eleanor Catton, Paul<br />

Hard<strong>in</strong>g, Pascale<br />

Quiviger, Miguel Syjuco<br />

EVENT #52<br />

10:30 am<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

Let the Record Show<br />

Denise Chong, Myrna<br />

Kostash, Kathy Page,<br />

Michael W<strong>in</strong>ter<br />

EVENT #53<br />

10:30 am<br />

PTC Studio<br />

Japann<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Kather<strong>in</strong>e Govier, David<br />

Mitchell<br />

EVENT #54<br />

2:00 pm<br />

Revue Stage<br />

Crime, Not Punishment<br />

L<strong>in</strong>wood Barclay, Gail<br />

Bowen, Qu<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong> Jard<strong>in</strong>e,<br />

Chevy Stevens<br />

EVENT #55<br />

2:00 pm<br />

Performance Works<br />

American Splendour<br />

Anthony Doerr, Paul<br />

Hard<strong>in</strong>g, Yiyun Li, Marisa<br />

Silver, Wells Tower<br />

EVENT #56<br />

2:00 pm<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

True Fiction<br />

George Fetherl<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

Kather<strong>in</strong>e Govier, Kate<br />

Pull<strong>in</strong>ger, Joan Thomas<br />

EVENT #57<br />

2:00 pm<br />

PTC Studio<br />

The Lighter Side<br />

Aaron Bushkowsky, John<br />

Gould, Rachel Wyatt<br />

EVENT #58<br />

8:00 pm<br />

Performance Works<br />

The Poetry Bash<br />

George Bower<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

Tess Gallagher, Steve<br />

McOrmond, Erín Moure,<br />

John Steffl er, Anna<br />

Swanson<br />

EVENT #59<br />

8:00 pm<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

Polyphony<br />

Eleanor Catton, Genni<br />

Gunn, Michael Helm,<br />

Kathy Page, Adam Lewis<br />

Schroeder, Mauricio<br />

Segura, Marisa Silver<br />

EVENT #60<br />

8:00 pm<br />

PTC Studio<br />

An Intimate Even<strong>in</strong>g<br />

with David Mitchell<br />

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EVENT #61<br />

9:30 am – 12 noon<br />

PTC Studio<br />

Do You Th<strong>in</strong>k You Can Write?<br />

Lynda Barry<br />

EVENT #62<br />

11:00 am<br />

Performance Works<br />

The Sunday Brunch<br />

John Gould, Genni Gunn, David Mitchell, Wells Tower,<br />

Jane Urquhart, Kathleen W<strong>in</strong>ter<br />

EVENT #63<br />

1:30 pm<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

Pacifi c Medley<br />

Jack Hodg<strong>in</strong>s and Chor Leoni<br />

EVENT #64<br />

1:30 pm<br />

PTC Studio<br />

Short Stories, Varied Voices<br />

Ivan E. Coyote, Billie Liv<strong>in</strong>gston, Sarah Selecky,<br />

Terence Young<br />

EVENT #65<br />

3:30 pm<br />

Performance Works<br />

The Afternoon Tea<br />

Ken F<strong>in</strong>kleman, Paul Hard<strong>in</strong>g, Sarah Selecky, Ali Smith,<br />

Drew Hayden Taylor, Joan Thomas<br />

EVENT #66<br />

4:00 pm<br />

Waterfront Theatre<br />

Emerge<br />

Ivan Antoniw, Claire Beaudette, Cullene Bryant,<br />

Madele<strong>in</strong>e Butler, Esmeralda Cabral, Karim Elsharkawi,<br />

Xanthe Faulkner, James Gates, Kagan Goh, Chris<br />

Hellewell, Jennifer Irv<strong>in</strong>e, Bruce Leighton, Toni Levi,<br />

Laurie Ann Melnychuk, Edward Parker, Jocelyn Pitsch,<br />

Carol<strong>in</strong>e Purchase, Claire Rawson, Greg Rob<strong>in</strong>son,<br />

Meaghan Rondeau, Renee Saklikar, Kerry Sandomirsky,<br />

Betty Sp<strong>in</strong>ks, Rossa Sung, Peggy Trendell-Jensen<br />

EVENT #67<br />

8:00 pm<br />

Performance Works<br />

Pengu<strong>in</strong> Party<br />

Andrea Levy, Ali Smith, Miguel Syjuco, Michael W<strong>in</strong>ter<br />

Host: Hal Wake


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LOVE LOST AND FOUND<br />

SANDRA BIRDSELL, KATE PULLINGER,<br />

JANE URQUHART, RACHEL WYATT<br />

10:30 AM<br />

REVUE STAGE<br />

$17<br />

50<br />

Kate Pull<strong>in</strong>ger’s The Mistress of Noth<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

w<strong>in</strong>ner of the Governor General’s Award <strong>in</strong> 2009,<br />

explores the subject of love complicated by<br />

duty and caste. Rachel Wyatt’s novel features<br />

a woman who writes admir<strong>in</strong>g letters to fi lm<br />

star Omar Sharif, whom she has never met and<br />

likely never will. Sandra Birdsell describes a<br />

marriage that once seemed secure, but now is<br />

fall<strong>in</strong>g apart. Multiple award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g novelist<br />

Jane Urquhart is no stranger to the subject of<br />

love <strong>in</strong> its many guises. There’s no guarantee of<br />

“happily ever after,” but it will be well worth it to<br />

hear these four master storytellers talk about the<br />

emotion that drives us all.<br />

JAPANNING<br />

KATHERINE GOVIER, DAVID MITCHELL<br />

10:30 AM<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

$17<br />

53<br />

Great books often have their genesis <strong>in</strong> accidental<br />

moments. David Mitchell got off at the wrong<br />

tram stop <strong>in</strong> Nagasaki and stumbled upon a<br />

cluster of warehouses from an earlier century.<br />

That site proved to be central to his new novel,<br />

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. When<br />

her moment struck, Kather<strong>in</strong>e Govier was<br />

at the Freer Museum <strong>in</strong> Wash<strong>in</strong>gton, DC, at a<br />

discussion of 19th-century Japanese woodcut<br />

master Hokusai. The results are spectacular<br />

and rivet<strong>in</strong>g historical novels that showcase<br />

the talents of these two hugely successful and<br />

beloved authors. This is a rare chance to see<br />

Mitchell and Govier up close and personal.<br />

This event is sponsored by The <strong>Vancouver</strong> Sun.<br />

BUILDING A BRIDGE<br />

ELEANOR CATTON, PAUL HARDING,<br />

PASCALE QUIVIGER, MIGUEL SYJUCO<br />

HOST: AISLINN HUNTER<br />

10:30 AM<br />

PERFORMANCE WORKS<br />

$17<br />

51<br />

Often the formally <strong>in</strong>novative novel is not<br />

reader friendly. Walk<strong>in</strong>g the tightrope between<br />

new forms of fi ction and keep<strong>in</strong>g your reader<br />

<strong>in</strong>trigued is an acrobatic skill. Four novelists<br />

who have successfully walked that wire are<br />

together this morn<strong>in</strong>g. Paul Hard<strong>in</strong>g’s debut<br />

novel, T<strong>in</strong>kers, which won the Pulitzer Prize for<br />

Fiction <strong>in</strong> 2010, has been described as “a story<br />

told as a series of rum<strong>in</strong>ative images.” Eleanor<br />

Catton and Pascale Quiviger write <strong>in</strong> a style<br />

that is both multi-layered and surpris<strong>in</strong>g. Miguel<br />

Syjuco won the Man Asian Literary Prize <strong>in</strong><br />

2008 for his debut novel, Ilustrado. No clowns<br />

this morn<strong>in</strong>g, but a gather<strong>in</strong>g of literary acrobats<br />

that will rival the Cirque du Soleil.<br />

CRIME, NOT PUNISHMENT<br />

LINWOOD BARCLAY, GAIL BOWEN,<br />

QUINTIN JARDINE, CHEVY STEVENS<br />

2 PM<br />

REVUE STAGE<br />

$17<br />

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Because it can take readers through twists<br />

and turns of plot and secrets, crime fi ction is<br />

a welcome and <strong>in</strong>trigu<strong>in</strong>g escape for many.<br />

L<strong>in</strong>wood Barclay, Gail Bowen and Qu<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong><br />

Jard<strong>in</strong>e are old hands at this genre, and sure<br />

to be familiar with audiences. Chevy Stevens<br />

has just published her fi rst crime novel, but<br />

her publisher has already bought the next<br />

two—books she has yet to write. Whether you’re<br />

captivated by the ma<strong>in</strong> detective character, the<br />

loops and bends of plot, the dist<strong>in</strong>ct sett<strong>in</strong>g or<br />

the emotional ride, it’s certa<strong>in</strong>ly no punishment<br />

to spend an afternoon with these fi ne authors of<br />

crime fi ction.<br />

LET THE RECORD SHOW<br />

DENISE CHONG, MYRNA KOSTASH,<br />

KATHY PAGE, MICHAEL WINTER<br />

10:30 AM<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

$17<br />

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Whether an author is writ<strong>in</strong>g fi ction or non-fi ction,<br />

research will play a part <strong>in</strong> their preparation. The<br />

choice is then whether to rema<strong>in</strong> faithful to the<br />

details or to use those facts as a spr<strong>in</strong>gboard for<br />

the imag<strong>in</strong>ation. Two non-fi ction and two fi ction<br />

writers talk about their research methods and the<br />

possibilities of be<strong>in</strong>g restricted by the “truth”.<br />

In the course of research, Kathy Page explored<br />

protocols for genetic test<strong>in</strong>g, and Michael W<strong>in</strong>ter<br />

combed court transcripts of the murder trial on<br />

which he based his novel. Denise Chong verifi ed<br />

weather records to ensure accuracy <strong>in</strong> her book,<br />

while Myrna Kostash closely studied Byzantium<br />

and Greek Orthodoxy. Research can take a writer<br />

to myriad sources—but when does a writer put<br />

accuracy aside and put imag<strong>in</strong>ation to work?<br />

AMERICAN SPLENDOUR<br />

ANTHONY DOERR, PAUL HARDING,<br />

YIYUN LI, MARISA SILVER, WELLS TOWER<br />

2 PM<br />

PERFORMANCE WORKS<br />

$17<br />

Step aside, Fitzgerald and Hem<strong>in</strong>gway! Here they<br />

come. This afternoon we <strong>in</strong>troduce you to the<br />

next generation of American writers tak<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

literary world by storm. Paul Hard<strong>in</strong>g has just<br />

won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Yiyun<br />

Li and Wells Tower were named as two of The<br />

New Yorker’s 20 Best American Authors Under<br />

40. Anthony Doerr was named by Granta as<br />

one of the 21 Best Young American Authors<br />

and Marisa Silver has been <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> The<br />

Best American Short Stories and The O. Henry<br />

Prize Stories. We are delighted to present these<br />

American voices from whom you will hear a lot<br />

more <strong>in</strong> the com<strong>in</strong>g years.<br />

This event is sponsored by<br />

Simon & Schuster Canada.<br />

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TRUE FICTION<br />

GEORGE FETHERLING, KATHERINE GOVIER, KATE PULLINGER, JOAN THOMAS<br />

2 PM<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

$17<br />

Four authors have taken as the jump<strong>in</strong>g-off po<strong>in</strong>t for their fi ction real people from<br />

history about whom little is known. The possibilities of mak<strong>in</strong>g the unknown come<br />

to life are hugely attractive to skilled writers such as these. Kather<strong>in</strong>e Govier’s<br />

unknown daughter of woodcut artist Hokusai, Kate Pull<strong>in</strong>ger’s lady’s maid,<br />

Joan Thomas’ early female paleontologist and George Fetherl<strong>in</strong>g’s confi dant of<br />

Walt Whitman all existed, and are brought to new life by these novelists, whose<br />

embroidery of their characters’ lives and detailed exam<strong>in</strong>ation of their motives<br />

take them out of the shadows of history. Who says fi ction isn’t true?<br />

THE LIGHTER SIDE<br />

AARON BUSHKOWSKY, JOHN GOULD, RACHEL WYATT<br />

2 PM<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

$17<br />

Morality, world improvement, lung cancer, writer’s block, imm<strong>in</strong>ent death—hardly<br />

the stuff of comedy. But tackl<strong>in</strong>g these subjects with a lighter touch are three<br />

Canadian novelists you’ll meet this afternoon. It’s these lighter moments that are<br />

on display <strong>in</strong> the worlds these authors create—amateur but serious theatre <strong>in</strong> the<br />

Okanagan, the cross-Canada trip back to see a dy<strong>in</strong>g friend and the proscribed life<br />

of a new widow and her cronies. Sometimes when life’s dark moments surround<br />

us, the opportunity to put a smile on our faces or have a quiet chuckle is more real<br />

and more honest than loud belly laughs.<br />

THE POETRY BASH<br />

GEORGE BOWERING, TESS GALLAGHER, STEVE MCORMOND,<br />

ERÍN MOURE, JOHN STEFFLER, ANNA SWANSON<br />

8:00 PM<br />

PERFORMANCE WORKS<br />

$25<br />

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Always a <strong>Festival</strong> favourite, The Poetry Bash br<strong>in</strong>gs six poets to <strong>Vancouver</strong>’s stage<br />

this year, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g two Poets Laureate of Canada, George Bower<strong>in</strong>g and John<br />

Steffl er, Governor General’s Award w<strong>in</strong>ner Erín Moure and renowned American<br />

poet Tess Gallagher. The <strong>Festival</strong> is also a place to hear new and emerg<strong>in</strong>g voices.<br />

This year Steve McOrmond and Anna Swanson fi t that bill, excit<strong>in</strong>g us with the<br />

new directions of Canadian poetry. This is a formidable l<strong>in</strong>e-up, sure to please the<br />

ear of language lovers everywhere!<br />

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bills? If you have strong writ<strong>in</strong>g abilities and technical<br />

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skills – we can help you build a career. We make good<br />

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For more <strong>in</strong>formation on our program, come to an<br />

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POLYPHONY<br />

ELEANOR CATTON, GENNI GUNN, MICHAEL HELM, KATHY PAGE,<br />

ADAM LEWIS SCHROEDER, MAURICIO SEGURA, MARISA SILVER<br />

HOST: PAUL GRANT<br />

8:00 PM<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

$19<br />

Settle back this even<strong>in</strong>g to hear seven fi ne writers read from their new<br />

works. There’s more than enough <strong>in</strong> store tonight to get you fi red up on some<br />

rivet<strong>in</strong>g fi ction by authors whose books may not have made it <strong>in</strong>to your hands<br />

yet. Let these voices transport you to Italy and Vietnam. Get swept up <strong>in</strong> an<br />

extraord<strong>in</strong>ary adventure to a remote area of British Columbia and thrown <strong>in</strong>to<br />

the fray of two street gangs divided by race. Be turned around by the chaos of a<br />

high-school sex scandal and fl ung deep <strong>in</strong>to the turmoil caused by an attack on<br />

a dark street. In other words, go places you’ve never been, feel th<strong>in</strong>gs you’ve<br />

never felt, and come out changed.<br />

AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH DAVID MITCHELL<br />

8:00 PM<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

$25<br />

David Mitchell has been called many th<strong>in</strong>gs, all of them enviable. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />

Dave Eggers, Mitchell is “one of the more fearless and fasc<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g writers alive.”<br />

Charles Foran declares him “the most gifted of his generation of novelists.”<br />

Of his fi ve novels, two have been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He is<br />

perhaps best known for his m<strong>in</strong>d-alter<strong>in</strong>g modern classic Cloud Atlas, which<br />

was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has sold <strong>in</strong> the neighbourhood of a<br />

million copies worldwide. Mitchell jo<strong>in</strong>s us this even<strong>in</strong>g with a new masterpiece,<br />

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, which follows a Dutch accountant’s<br />

adventures <strong>in</strong> feudal Japan. In the hands of this formidably talented writer, this is<br />

no ord<strong>in</strong>ary tale, and this will be no ord<strong>in</strong>ary even<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

This event is sponsored by Random House of Canada.<br />

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Andrea Levy The Long Song<br />

Claudio Magris Bl<strong>in</strong>dly<br />

Ali Smith The First Person and Other Stories<br />

Miguel Syjuco Ilustrado<br />

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The Songs – a musical<br />

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Core Faculty:<br />

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Joan MacLeod Maureen Bradley<br />

Bill Gaston Lorna Jackson<br />

Lynne Van Luven David Leach<br />

Students focus <strong>in</strong> a selected genre:<br />

fi ction, poetry, creative nonfi ction, or<br />

drama for stage or screen.<br />

In their fi rst year, graduate students<br />

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available <strong>in</strong> the second year.<br />

Apply for Fall 2011 now.<br />

Deadl<strong>in</strong>e: January 15<br />

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DO YOU THINK YOU CAN WRITE?<br />

LYNDA BARRY<br />

9:30 AM –12 NOON<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

$29<br />

Some years ago the writer and cartoonist Lynda Barry<br />

developed a workshop to help people tap <strong>in</strong>to their<br />

creativity. S<strong>in</strong>ce then she has worked with thousands,<br />

us<strong>in</strong>g a method that is playful, powerful and accessible,<br />

designed not only for established and aspir<strong>in</strong>g writers,<br />

but also for people with a long<strong>in</strong>g to write, or explore<br />

and draw on their own memories. Barry’s latest books,<br />

What It Is and Picture This, are <strong>in</strong>spirational take-home<br />

extensions of her wildly popular approach to writ<strong>in</strong>g. This<br />

is a participatory event, so plan to roll up your sleeves<br />

and learn a th<strong>in</strong>g or two…or three or four.<br />

Please br<strong>in</strong>g a notepad and a pencil or pen.<br />

PACIFIC MEDLEY<br />

JACK HODGINS AND CHOR LEONI<br />

1:30 PM<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

$25<br />

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One of the most memorable and mov<strong>in</strong>g events <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>Writers</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> history was Maritime Medley, with<br />

Alistair MacLeod and Chor Leoni. This year the focus<br />

moves to the other coast, for beloved author Jack<br />

Hodg<strong>in</strong>s alternat<strong>in</strong>g his chosen read<strong>in</strong>gs with the music<br />

of the same acclaimed male choral group. Hodg<strong>in</strong>s’<br />

writ<strong>in</strong>g and voice r<strong>in</strong>g out the essence of the West<br />

Coast, its idiosyncrasies and its misfi ts. He has captured<br />

the panorama of British Columbia coastal life for four<br />

decades and, accord<strong>in</strong>g to Robert Br<strong>in</strong>ghurst, has given<br />

“British Columbia a place on the literary map of North<br />

America.” Chor Leoni’s repertoire runs the scale from<br />

sombre to comedic, well able to perfectly complement<br />

the passages that Hodg<strong>in</strong>s will read.<br />

This event is sponsored by the<br />

Thea and Leon Koerner Foundation.<br />

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THE SUNDAY BRUNCH<br />

JOHN GOULD, GENNI GUNN, DAVID MITCHELL, WELLS TOWER,<br />

JANE URQUHART, KATHLEEN WINTER<br />

HOST: SHERYL MACKAY<br />

11 AM<br />

PERFORMANCE WORKS<br />

$33<br />

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Those who wake up <strong>in</strong> the early hours of the weekend<br />

to the voice of Sheryl MacKay on CBC Radio One’s<br />

North by Northwest don’t have to get up with the birds<br />

this morn<strong>in</strong>g. MacKay, <strong>in</strong> person, will serve up a literary<br />

repast that is sure to satisfy your appetites <strong>in</strong> more<br />

ways than one. With loads of good read<strong>in</strong>gs and large<br />

help<strong>in</strong>gs of merriment, your morn<strong>in</strong>g cup of coffee won’t<br />

be the only hot th<strong>in</strong>g on the go. Come with a friend or<br />

make a new one over croissants and champagne. Be<br />

forewarned, this event is very popular and tables fi ll early.<br />

SHORT STORIES, VARIED VOICES<br />

IVAN E. COYOTE, BILLIE LIVINGSTON,<br />

SARAH SELECKY, TERENCE YOUNG<br />

1:30 PM<br />

PTC STUDIO<br />

$17<br />

How does a short story come to a writer? “I want to say<br />

character, but it’s probably more accurate to say voice,”<br />

expla<strong>in</strong>s Billie Liv<strong>in</strong>gston. “I often write <strong>in</strong> the fi rst<br />

person because I hear a voice fi rst—the narrator rambles<br />

or chatters away <strong>in</strong> my head and I scribble down what<br />

she says.” The short story collection allows for many<br />

voices to be heard by an author. These four authors have<br />

grappled with beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gs, a more frequent challenge<br />

for the short story writer than for the novelist. Enjoy an<br />

afternoon of hear<strong>in</strong>g voices—many and varied voices—<br />

from masters of the short story genre.<br />

This event is sponsored by the UBC Writ<strong>in</strong>g Centre.<br />

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THE AFTERNOON TEA<br />

KEN FINKLEMAN, PAUL HARDING, SARAH SELECKY, ALI SMITH,<br />

DREW HAYDEN TAYLOR, JOAN THOMAS<br />

HOST: PAUL GRANT<br />

3:30 PM<br />

PERFORMANCE WORKS<br />

$33<br />

What could be more pleasant and relax<strong>in</strong>g than jo<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g host Paul Grant for a<br />

thought-provok<strong>in</strong>g afternoon of tea and tales from a diverse selection of <strong>Festival</strong><br />

authors? This event is freshly baked to warm your senses and stimulate your soul.<br />

EMERGE<br />

IVAN ANTONIW, CLAIRE BEAUDETTE, CULLENE BRYANT, MADELEINE BUTLER, ESMERALDA CABRAL,<br />

KARIM ELSHARKAWI, XANTHE FAULKNER, JAMES GATES, KAGAN GOH, CHRIS HELLEWELL, JENNIFER<br />

IRVINE, BRUCE LEIGHTON, TONI LEVI, LAURIE ANN MELNYCHUK, EDWARD PARKER, JOCELYN PITSCH,<br />

CAROLINE PURCHASE, CLAIRE RAWSON, GREG ROBINSON, MEAGHAN RONDEAU, RENEE SAKLIKAR, KERRY<br />

SANDOMIRSKY, BETTY SPINKS, ROSSA SUNG, PEGGY TRENDELL-JENSEN<br />

4:00 PM<br />

WATERFRONT THEATRE<br />

$12<br />

This afternoon is the launch of emerge 2010, the annual anthology from Simon<br />

Fraser University’s Writer’s Studio. It provides a tantaliz<strong>in</strong>g taste of new work from<br />

those who have participated <strong>in</strong> the Studio this year. Come and hear from new<br />

voices <strong>in</strong> our midst—25 new writers who span three generations and who write <strong>in</strong><br />

the genres of non-fi ction, poetry, fi ction and lyric prose.<br />

PENGUIN PARTY<br />

ANDREA LEVY, ALI SMITH, MIGUEL SYJUCO, MICHAEL WINTER<br />

HOST: HAL WAKE<br />

8:00 PM<br />

PERFORMANCE WORKS<br />

$19<br />

This is the 75th anniversary of Pengu<strong>in</strong>, the <strong>in</strong>novative publisher of pocket books<br />

<strong>in</strong>tended to make great literature available to the masses. S<strong>in</strong>ce its <strong>in</strong>ception,<br />

Pengu<strong>in</strong> has been renowned as a provider of classic literature. Four celebrated<br />

authors, all published by Pengu<strong>in</strong>, will read from their own work, and will talk about<br />

the Pengu<strong>in</strong> classics that have affected their lives and their writ<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

This event is sponsored by Pengu<strong>in</strong> Group (Canada).<br />

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Discover diverse literary genres,<br />

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texts from regions such as Asia,<br />

Europe, Africa, the Middle East,<br />

and Lat<strong>in</strong> America. Explore how<br />

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The Sky is Fall<strong>in</strong>g<br />

by Carol<strong>in</strong>e Adderson<br />

Meet Carol<strong>in</strong>e<br />

October 19, 2010 at 8:30 pm.<br />

www.thomasallen.ca<br />

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A geographical,<br />

historical,<br />

and spiritual<br />

odyssey by<br />

a master<br />

of creative<br />

nonfi ction.<br />

Prodigal Daughter<br />

A Journey to Byzantium<br />

MYRNA KOSTASH<br />

328 pages • $34.95 paper<br />

978–0–88864–534–0<br />

Wayfarer Series<br />

Travel Memoir/Creative Nonfi ction<br />

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ORDERS 1-877-864-8477<br />

CAROLINE ADDERSON<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 9, 34<br />

Carol<strong>in</strong>e Adderson is the author of<br />

two <strong>in</strong>ternationally published novels<br />

(A History of Forgett<strong>in</strong>g, Sitt<strong>in</strong>g Practice),<br />

two collections of short stories (Bad<br />

Imag<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>gs, Pleased to Meet You) and<br />

several books for young people. A two-time recipient of<br />

the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and three-time CBC Literary<br />

Award w<strong>in</strong>ner, Carol<strong>in</strong>e lives <strong>in</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong>. She comes to<br />

the <strong>Festival</strong> with a new novel, The Sky Is Fall<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

© ERICH SAIDE PHOTOGRAPHY<br />

LINWOOD BARCLAY<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 33, 54<br />

L<strong>in</strong>wood Barclay, a former columnist<br />

for The Toronto Star, is the <strong>in</strong>ternationally<br />

bestsell<strong>in</strong>g author of seven critically<br />

acclaimed novels, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Fear the<br />

Worst, Too Close to Home, and No Time<br />

for Goodbye, which has been optioned for fi lm. He lives<br />

near Toronto with his wife and has two grown children.<br />

His latest book is the sp<strong>in</strong>e-t<strong>in</strong>gl<strong>in</strong>g thriller, Never Look<br />

Away, which explores every parent’s worst fear.<br />

© DAVID COOPER<br />

LYNDA BARRY<br />

UNITED STATES, EVENTS 40, 61<br />

Lynda Barry has worked as a pa<strong>in</strong>ter,<br />

cartoonist, writer, illustrator, playwright,<br />

editor, commentator and teacher, and<br />

found they are all alike. She is the<br />

<strong>in</strong>imitable creator beh<strong>in</strong>d the syndicated<br />

strip Ernie Pook’s Comeek featur<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>comparable<br />

Marlys and Freddy, as well as the books One! Hundred!<br />

Demons!, The! Greatest! of! Marlys!, Cruddy: An<br />

Illustrated Novel, Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! Naked<br />

Ladies!, and the bestsell<strong>in</strong>g and acclaimed What It Is,<br />

which won the Eisner Award for Best Reality Based<br />

Graphic Novel and the R.R. Donnelly Award for highest<br />

literary achievement by a Wiscons<strong>in</strong> author.<br />

SELF PORTRAIT<br />

DAVE BIDINI<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 42, 49<br />

Dave Bid<strong>in</strong>i, formerly of the Rheostatics,<br />

is the author of n<strong>in</strong>e books, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Tropic of Hockey, which was made <strong>in</strong>to<br />

the Genie Award–w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g feature fi lm,<br />

Hockey Nomad. Another of his books,<br />

Baseballissimo, was recently optioned for both fi lm and<br />

television. Bid<strong>in</strong>i’s journalism has earned him numerous<br />

National Magaz<strong>in</strong>e Awards. His new book is Home and<br />

Away: In Search of Dreams at the Homeless World Cup<br />

of Soccer.<br />

SANDRA BIRDSELL<br />

SASKATCHEWAN, EVENTS 35, 50<br />

Sandra Birdsell’s eight books have<br />

received critical acclaim and numerous<br />

literary prizes and nom<strong>in</strong>ations, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />

a Scotiabank Giller Prize nom<strong>in</strong>ation for<br />

The Russländer and Governor General’s<br />

Award nom<strong>in</strong>ations for The Two-Headed Calf and The<br />

Chrome Suite. In 1993 she was awarded one of Canada’s<br />

most prestigious literary prizes, the Marion Engel Award,<br />

an honour given to a female writer <strong>in</strong> mid-career. She<br />

was born and raised <strong>in</strong> W<strong>in</strong>nipeg, and currently lives <strong>in</strong><br />

Saskatchewan. Her new novel is Wait<strong>in</strong>g for Joe.<br />

© DON HALL<br />

GAIL BOWEN<br />

SASKATCHEWAN, EVENTS 33, 54<br />

Gail Bowen’s Joanne Kilbourn mysteries<br />

have made her one of Canada’s most<br />

popular crime writers. The fi rst book <strong>in</strong><br />

the series, Deadly Appearances, was<br />

nom<strong>in</strong>ated for the W.H. Smith-Books <strong>in</strong><br />

Canada First Novel Award. Some of her mysteries have<br />

been produced as made-for-television features. Bowen’s<br />

latest novel, The Nest<strong>in</strong>g Dolls, has been praised as one<br />

of her best. Head of the English Department at the First<br />

Nations University of Canada, Bowen lives <strong>in</strong> Reg<strong>in</strong>a.<br />

© EDWARD WILLET<br />

GEORGE BOWERING<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENT 58<br />

George Bower<strong>in</strong>g, Canada’s fi rst Poet<br />

Laureate, was born <strong>in</strong> the Okanagan. He<br />

has taught literature at the University<br />

of Calgary, the University of Western<br />

Ontario and Simon Fraser University. A<br />

dist<strong>in</strong>guished novelist, poet, editor, professor, historian<br />

and tireless supporter of fellow writers, Bower<strong>in</strong>g has<br />

authored more than 80 books, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g works of poetry,<br />

fi ction, autobiography, biography and youth fi ction. His<br />

latest collection of poetry is My Darl<strong>in</strong>g Nellie Gray.<br />

MARTHA BROOKS<br />

MANITOBA, EVENTS 25, 29<br />

Martha Brooks is an award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g<br />

novelist, playwright and jazz s<strong>in</strong>ger whose<br />

books have been published worldwide<br />

and have earned her a Governor General’s<br />

Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award for<br />

a body of work. She was raised <strong>in</strong> a medical family on the<br />

grounds of the now-defunct Manitoba Sanatorium, a sett<strong>in</strong>g<br />

and experience that <strong>in</strong>spired her new book, Queen of Hearts.<br />

The novel takes place <strong>in</strong> rural Manitoba dur<strong>in</strong>g the Second<br />

World War and deals with surviv<strong>in</strong>g loss while fi nd<strong>in</strong>g<br />

friendship and love <strong>in</strong> surpris<strong>in</strong>g places.


AARON BUSHKOWSKY<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 34, 57<br />

Aaron Bushkowsky is a poet, playwright, and screenwriter.<br />

His fi rst collection of poetry, ed and mabel go to the moon,<br />

was nom<strong>in</strong>ated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. His<br />

second collection, Mars Is for Poems, was published <strong>in</strong><br />

2002. He has published two books of drama, Strangers<br />

Among Us and The Waterhead and Other Plays. Bushkowsky lives <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>Vancouver</strong>, where he teaches playwrit<strong>in</strong>g and screenwrit<strong>in</strong>g. His new book,<br />

Curta<strong>in</strong>s for Roy, is his fi rst novel.<br />

ELEANOR CATTON<br />

NEW ZEALAND, EVENTS 51, 59<br />

Eleanor Catton was born <strong>in</strong> London, Ontario and grew<br />

up <strong>in</strong> Canterbury, New Zealand. She completed an MA <strong>in</strong><br />

Creative Writ<strong>in</strong>g at Well<strong>in</strong>gton’s Victoria University <strong>in</strong> 2007<br />

and dazzled critics with her award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g fi rst novel, The<br />

Rehearsal. She has been hailed <strong>in</strong> the British press as the<br />

“golden girl of fi ction” and “a starburst of talent.” She is currently at work on<br />

a second novel.<br />

Eleanor Catton’s appearance is made possible by Creative New Zealand.<br />

DENISE CHONG<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 42, 52<br />

Denise Chong is the author of the bestsell<strong>in</strong>g family memoir<br />

The Concub<strong>in</strong>e’s Children, which won numerous awards and<br />

which Chong later adapted for the stage. Her second book,<br />

The Girl <strong>in</strong> the Picture, tells the story of Kim Phuc, the girl<br />

whose image as she fl ed from a napalm attack <strong>in</strong> her village<br />

became emblematic of the Vietnam War. Chong’s latest book, Egg on Mao,<br />

focuses on Lu Decheng, who ga<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong>ternational notoriety for defac<strong>in</strong>g Mao’s<br />

portrait dur<strong>in</strong>g the Tiananmen Square protests <strong>in</strong> 1989. Chong lives <strong>in</strong> Ottawa.<br />

Denise Chong’s appearance is made possible by the Department of World Literature and the<br />

Humanities Institute at Simon Fraser University.<br />

IVAN E. COYOTE<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 6, 64<br />

Ivan E. Coyote is a writer and performer whose books<br />

<strong>in</strong>clude the story collections Close to Spider Man (shortlisted<br />

for the Danuta Gleed Short Fiction Prize), One Man’s Trash,<br />

Loose End (shortlisted for the Ferro-Grumley Women’s<br />

Fiction Award) and The Slow Fix. Her novel, Bow Grip, won<br />

the 2007 ReLit Award. Ivan was also a found<strong>in</strong>g member of the performance<br />

collective Taste This. She is a long-time columnist for Xtra! <strong>in</strong> Toronto and<br />

Xtra! West <strong>in</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong>. Her newest book is the short story collection,<br />

Missed Her, and her latest CD, her third, is titled Only Two Reasons. Orig<strong>in</strong>ally<br />

from the Yukon, Ivan lives <strong>in</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong>.<br />

© LAURA SAWHCUK<br />

JUSTIN CRONIN<br />

UNITED STATES, EVENTS 30, 46<br />

Born and raised <strong>in</strong> New England, Just<strong>in</strong> Cron<strong>in</strong> is a<br />

graduate of Harvard University and the Iowa <strong>Writers</strong>’<br />

Workshop. Awards for his fi ction <strong>in</strong>clude the Stephen Crane<br />

Prize, a Whit<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Writers</strong>’ Award, and a Pew Fellowship <strong>in</strong><br />

the Arts. He is a professor of English at Rice University and<br />

lives with his wife and children <strong>in</strong> Houston, Texas. His new novel, a thriller,<br />

is The Passage.<br />

© GASPAR TRINGALE<br />

ANTHONY DOERR<br />

UNITED STATES, EVENTS 46, 55<br />

Anthony Doerr wrote the novel, About Grace. He is also the<br />

author of a collection of short stories, The Shell Collector,<br />

and a memoir, Four Seasons <strong>in</strong> Rome. Among his many<br />

awards are three O. Henry Prizes, the Barnes & Noble<br />

Discover Prize, the Rome Prize, and the New York Public<br />

Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award. His book reviews have appeared <strong>in</strong> The<br />

New York Times and Der Spiegel and his novella, Afterworld was <strong>in</strong>cluded<br />

<strong>in</strong> the spr<strong>in</strong>g edition of McSweeney’s Quarterly. Doerr also writes the “On<br />

Science” column for The Boston Globe. His newest book is a collection of<br />

short stories, Memory Wall.<br />

© JERRY BAUER<br />

EMMA DONOGHUE<br />

ONTARIO / IRELAND, EVENTS 9, 20<br />

Emma Donoghue is an award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g Irish writer who has<br />

written four novels, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>ternationally acclaimed<br />

and bestsell<strong>in</strong>g historical drama Slammerk<strong>in</strong>. She’s also<br />

published three books of short stories, two works of<br />

literary history, two anthologies and two plays. After years<br />

of commut<strong>in</strong>g between England, Ireland and Canada, <strong>in</strong> 1998 she settled <strong>in</strong><br />

London, Ontario, where she lives with her partner and their two children. Her<br />

new novel, Room, is told through the voice of a young boy.<br />

ANN ERIKSSON<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 34, 45<br />

Ann Eriksson is a novelist and biologist who comb<strong>in</strong>es her<br />

background <strong>in</strong> ecology with her life experiences to create<br />

works of fi ction grounded <strong>in</strong> nature and populated with<br />

rich characters. Her novels are In the Hands of Anubis,<br />

Decompos<strong>in</strong>g Maggie and, most recently, Fall<strong>in</strong>g from<br />

Grace. Eriksson was born <strong>in</strong> Saskatchewan and grew up <strong>in</strong> the Canadian<br />

Prairie prov<strong>in</strong>ces; she now lives with her husband, poet Gary Geddes, on<br />

Thetis Island and <strong>in</strong> Victoria.<br />

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TERRY FALLIS<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 45, 47<br />

Terry Fallis’s st<strong>in</strong>t as president of the student union at<br />

McMaster University translated <strong>in</strong>to a career <strong>in</strong> politics.<br />

Work<strong>in</strong>g as an assistant to Cab<strong>in</strong>et M<strong>in</strong>isters at Queen’s Park<br />

and <strong>in</strong> Ottawa has provided him with plenty of material for<br />

his political satires. His new book, The High Road, is a sequel<br />

to his fi rst novel, The Best Laid Plans, which won the 2008 Stephen Leacock<br />

Medal for Humour. In addition to writ<strong>in</strong>g, Fallis runs a public relations fi rm<br />

which has offi ces <strong>in</strong> Ottawa and Toronto.<br />

© CLARENCE JOHNSON<br />

Terry Fallis’s appearance is supported by a generous donation to the Alma Lee Legacy Fund<br />

by Dr. Yosef Wosk.<br />

SAL FERRERAS<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENT 46<br />

Sal Ferreras is a percussionist, teacher and event organizer<br />

who works <strong>in</strong> many facets of the Canadian music scene. He<br />

was <strong>in</strong>ducted <strong>in</strong>to the BC Enterta<strong>in</strong>ment Hall of Fame <strong>in</strong> 2003.<br />

He has a PhD <strong>in</strong> Ethnomusicology and is Dean of the <strong>Vancouver</strong><br />

Community College School of Music, Dance and Design. He<br />

served as Producer/Creative Director of the successful Aborig<strong>in</strong>al Pavilion at<br />

the 2010 Olympic W<strong>in</strong>ter Games. Ferreras and his all-star band, Poetic License,<br />

consider the Literary Cabaret to be one of the highlights of their musical year.<br />

GEORGE FETHERLING<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 34, 56<br />

George Fetherl<strong>in</strong>g has published fi fty books of poetry,<br />

fi ction, memoirs, travel, criticism and history, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

much-acclaimed Travels by Night: A Memoir of the Sixties.<br />

He is also former Literary Editor of both The Toronto Star and<br />

the K<strong>in</strong>gston Whig-Standard, and has received a Harbourfront<br />

Prize for his substantial contribution to Canadian letters. His latest book is a<br />

novel, Walt Whitman’s Secret. He lives <strong>in</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong>.<br />

© DEREK SHAPTON © MERRILL FEARON<br />

KEN FINKLEMAN<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 47, 65<br />

Ken F<strong>in</strong>kleman is a television and fi lm writer, producer and<br />

actor. Although he is best known as the writer, creator and<br />

producer of the CBC Television series The Newsroom, he<br />

also produced Comedy Central’s Married Life and, for the<br />

CBC, Foolish Heart, Foreign Objects, More Tears and At the<br />

Hotel. He is currently at work on a new television series, Good Dog, which<br />

will air on The Movie Network <strong>in</strong> early 2011. Noah’s Turn is his fi rst novel.<br />

JON PAUL FIORENTINO<br />

QUÉBEC, EVENTS 41, 44<br />

Jon Paul Fiorent<strong>in</strong>o is the author of the novel Stripmall<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

which was shortlisted for the Hugh MacLennan Prize for<br />

Fiction, as well as three poetry collections, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g The<br />

Theory of the Loser Class, which was shortlisted for the A. M.<br />

Kle<strong>in</strong> Prize. His most recent collection is Indexical Elegies. He<br />

lives <strong>in</strong> Montreal, where he teaches writ<strong>in</strong>g at Concordia University, edits Matrix<br />

magaz<strong>in</strong>e and runs Snare Books.<br />

CHARLES FORAN<br />

ONTARIO, EVENT 43<br />

Charles Foran has published eight books, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g four<br />

novels, and writes regularly for magaz<strong>in</strong>es and newspapers <strong>in</strong><br />

Canada and elsewhere. He is a contribut<strong>in</strong>g reviewer for the<br />

Globe and Mail, and has made radio documentaries for the<br />

CBC program Ideas—on subjects rang<strong>in</strong>g from Hong Kong<br />

c<strong>in</strong>ema to contemporary Indian writ<strong>in</strong>g. He lives <strong>in</strong> Peterborough, Ontario with<br />

his family. His new book is a biography, Mordecai: The Life and Times.<br />

TESS GALLAGHER<br />

UNITED STATES, EVENT 58<br />

Tess Gallagher is the author of eight volumes of poetry,<br />

<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Dear Ghosts, Moon Cross<strong>in</strong>g Bridge, Amplitude<br />

and the forthcom<strong>in</strong>g Midnight Lantern: New and Selected<br />

Poems. She has also published two volumes of essays,<br />

Soul Barnacles: Ten More Years with Ray and A Concert of<br />

Tenses, and two collections of short fi ction. Her latest, The Man from K<strong>in</strong>vara:<br />

Selected Stories, was published <strong>in</strong> 2009. She currently divides her time<br />

between West Ireland and Wash<strong>in</strong>gton state.<br />

© LAGE CARLSON<br />

CAMILLA GIBB<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 7, 46<br />

Camilla Gibb is the author of four novels—Mouth<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

Words, The Petty Details of So-and- so’s Life, Sweetness<br />

<strong>in</strong> the Belly and, her latest, The Beauty of Humanity<br />

Movement—as well as numerous short stories, articles and<br />

reviews. She was the w<strong>in</strong>ner of the Trillium Book Award <strong>in</strong><br />

2006, was a Scotiabank Giller Prize short list nom<strong>in</strong>ee <strong>in</strong> 2005, won the City of<br />

Toronto Book Award <strong>in</strong> 2000 and received the CBC Canadian Literary Award<br />

<strong>in</strong> 2001. Gibb was one of two Canadians named to the prestigious Orange<br />

Futures List, recogniz<strong>in</strong>g 21 promis<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>ternational authors. She has also<br />

served as vice-president of PEN Canada.<br />

© KEVIN KELLY<br />

© KAREN MOSKOWITZ<br />

WILLIAM GIBSON<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 34, 37<br />

William Gibson is recognized as a pioneer of cyberfi ction with<br />

his award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g novels Neuromancer, Mona Lisa Overdrive,<br />

The Difference Eng<strong>in</strong>e (co-written with Bruce Sterl<strong>in</strong>g), Virtual<br />

Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow’s Parties and Pattern Recognition.<br />

Gibson lives <strong>in</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong>. His latest novel is Zero History.<br />

PAOLO GIORDANO<br />

ITALY, EVENTS 9, 46<br />

Paolo Giordano has the dist<strong>in</strong>ction of be<strong>in</strong>g the youngestever<br />

w<strong>in</strong>ner of Italy’s prestigious literary award, the Premio<br />

Strega. This accomplishment seems greater, consider<strong>in</strong>g it<br />

was for his debut novel, The Solitude of Prime Numbers.<br />

The book has now been published <strong>in</strong> more than 38 countries.<br />

Just 28 years old, Giordano is a professional physicist and has a PhD <strong>in</strong><br />

particle physics. He lives <strong>in</strong> Italy.<br />

Paolo Giordano’s appearance is made possible by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.


JOHN GOULD<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 57, 62<br />

John Gould’s collection of very short stories, Kilter, was a<br />

fi nalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and a Globe and Mail<br />

Best Book. His fi ction has appeared <strong>in</strong> literary periodicals<br />

across the country and has been adapted for short fi lms. He<br />

teaches <strong>in</strong> the writ<strong>in</strong>g department at the University of Victoria<br />

and serves on the editorial board of The Malahat Review. His new book, Seven<br />

Reasons Not to Be Good, is his fi rst novel.<br />

© SANDY MAYZELL<br />

KATHERINE GOVIER<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 53, 56<br />

Kather<strong>in</strong>e Govier is the author of n<strong>in</strong>e novels, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Three<br />

Views of Crystal Water, which was a Globe and Mail Book<br />

of the Year <strong>in</strong> 2005, and Creation, a New York Times Notable<br />

Book of the Year <strong>in</strong> 2003. She has also written three volumes<br />

of short fi ction and edited two collections of travel essays. Her<br />

prizes <strong>in</strong>clude the Toronto Book Award and the Marian Engel Award for a female<br />

writer <strong>in</strong> mid-career. Her new novel, The Ghost Brush, focuses on the daughter<br />

of legendary 19th-century Japanese pr<strong>in</strong>tmaker Hokusai.<br />

WAYNE GRADY AND MERILYN SIMONDS<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 39, 42<br />

Wayne Grady and Merilyn Simonds are awardw<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

bestsell<strong>in</strong>g Canadian authors and avid<br />

travellers. Grady has published 14 acclaimed<br />

books of non-fi ction, edited more than a dozen<br />

anthologies, and won 13 National Magaz<strong>in</strong>e Awards<br />

for his journalism. Simonds’ 14 books <strong>in</strong>clude the Governor General’s Award–<br />

nom<strong>in</strong>ated The Convict Lover, and a much-praised novel, The Hold<strong>in</strong>g. The pair<br />

live and write together <strong>in</strong> their 200-year-old stone house on a country property<br />

<strong>in</strong> eastern Ontario. Their voices alternate <strong>in</strong> their new book, Breakfast at the Exit<br />

Café, a road trip <strong>in</strong>to the reality beh<strong>in</strong>d the cultural myth that is America.<br />

SHAUNTAY GRANT<br />

NOVA SCOTIA, EVENTS 3, 10, 23, 27<br />

Shauntay Grant is Halifax’s third Poet Laureate. She is a<br />

critically acclaimed writer, spoken-word performer, broadcast<br />

journalist and musician. Grant regularly leads youth-oriented arts<br />

workshops that educate and advocate for self-empowerment<br />

and social change. Her latest book, The City Speaks <strong>in</strong> Drums¸<br />

is a follow-up to the award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g Up Home and presents a wonderful story<br />

about the vibrancy of city life.<br />

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CHARLOTTE GRAY<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 31, 38<br />

Charlotte Gray, one of Canada’s pre-em<strong>in</strong>ent biographers,<br />

has won many awards for her writ<strong>in</strong>g, most notably the<br />

prestigious Pierre Berton Award for a body of historical<br />

writ<strong>in</strong>g. She is currently the Chair of Canada’s National<br />

History Society. Her new book, Gold Diggers: Strik<strong>in</strong>g it Rich<br />

<strong>in</strong> the Klondike, tells the story of the legendary Yukon Gold Rush of 1896<br />

through the lives of six extraord<strong>in</strong>ary <strong>in</strong>dividuals and offers a colourful and<br />

enterta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g journey <strong>in</strong>to a world gone mad for wealth.<br />

© GARY OTTLEY © TERENCE BAILEY<br />

© KOBI KALMANOVITZ<br />

© VALBERG IMAGING<br />

DAVID GROSSMAN<br />

ISRAEL, EVENTS 32, 36<br />

David Grossman is the lead<strong>in</strong>g Israeli writer of his<br />

generation. He is the author of seven <strong>in</strong>ternationally<br />

acclaimed novels and two powerful journalistic accounts, as<br />

well as a number of children’s books and a play. Grossman<br />

has been presented with numerous awards, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters (France). He lives with his wife and<br />

children <strong>in</strong> a suburb of Jerusalem. His emotionally wrench<strong>in</strong>g new novel is<br />

Until the End of the Land.<br />

SARA GRUEN<br />

CANADA/UNITED STATES, SPECIAL EVENT<br />

Canadian author Sara Gruen is the author of the awardw<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g<br />

#1 bestsell<strong>in</strong>g novel Water for Elephants, as well<br />

as Rid<strong>in</strong>g Lessons and Fly<strong>in</strong>g Changes. Gruen was born<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong> and raised <strong>in</strong> London, Ontario. She studied<br />

English literature at Carleton University <strong>in</strong> Ottawa. In order<br />

to write her latest novel, Ape House, Gruen studied l<strong>in</strong>guistics and a system<br />

of lexigrams so she could communicate directly with the bonobos liv<strong>in</strong>g at the<br />

Great Ape Trust <strong>in</strong> Des Mo<strong>in</strong>es, Iowa.<br />

GENNI GUNN<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 59, 62<br />

Genni Gunn is a writer, musician and translator. Her books<br />

<strong>in</strong>clude two novels, Trac<strong>in</strong>g Iris and Thrice upon a Time; two<br />

short story collections, Hungers and On the Road; and two<br />

poetry collections, Faceless and Mat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Captivity. Gunn’s<br />

works have been fi nalists for the CBC Literary Awards <strong>in</strong> all<br />

three categories (fi ction, personal essay and poetry) and have been nom<strong>in</strong>ated<br />

for numerous other awards. Her new novel is Solitaria.<br />

PAUL HARDING<br />

UNITED STATES, EVENTS 51, 55, 65<br />

Paul Hard<strong>in</strong>g has an MFA from the Iowa <strong>Writers</strong>’ Workshop<br />

and has taught writ<strong>in</strong>g at Harvard and the University of Iowa.<br />

He spent most of the 1990s as the drummer for the band<br />

Cold Water Flat before turn<strong>in</strong>g to writ<strong>in</strong>g. He lives near Boston<br />

with his wife and two sons. T<strong>in</strong>kers, his fi rst novel, won the<br />

2010 Pulitzer Prize for fi ction—a rare accomplishment for a debut novelist.<br />

© DOMINICO SPOSATO<br />

© ALEXANDRA ROCKINGHAM<br />

RICHARD HARVELL<br />

UNITED STATES, SPECIAL EVENT<br />

Richard Harvell was born <strong>in</strong> New Hampshire, USA, and<br />

studied English literature at Dartmouth College. He now lives<br />

<strong>in</strong> Basel, Switzerland, with his wife and son. The Bells is his<br />

fi rst novel.<br />

MICHAEL HELM<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 35, 59<br />

Michael Helm is the author of The Projectionist, a fi nalist<br />

for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, In the Place of Last Th<strong>in</strong>gs,<br />

a fi nalist for the Rogers <strong>Writers</strong>’ Trust Fiction Prize and a<br />

regional Commonwealth <strong>Writers</strong>’ Prize for Best Book and,<br />

most recently, Cities of Refuge. His writ<strong>in</strong>gs on fi ction,<br />

poetry and photography have appeared <strong>in</strong> North American newspapers and<br />

magaz<strong>in</strong>es, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Brick, where he serves as editor. He teaches at York<br />

University <strong>in</strong> Toronto.<br />

JACK HODGINS<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 38, 63<br />

Jack Hodg<strong>in</strong>s has written seven novels and three story<br />

collections, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Spit Delaney’s Island and The Invention<br />

of the World. Hodg<strong>in</strong>s’ fi ction has won the Governor General’s<br />

Award, the Canada-Australia Prize, the Commonwealth Prize<br />

(Canada and the Caribbean) and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize,<br />

among others. In 2009 he was appo<strong>in</strong>ted to the Order of Canada. He lives <strong>in</strong><br />

Victoria, BC, where, until recently, he taught writ<strong>in</strong>g at the University of Victoria.<br />

His new novel is The Master of Happy End<strong>in</strong>gs.<br />

© DARREN STONE<br />

ANOSH IRANI<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 34, 37, 47<br />

Anosh Irani was born <strong>in</strong> Bombay and moved to <strong>Vancouver</strong><br />

<strong>in</strong> 1998. He is the author of the acclaimed novels The<br />

Cripple and His Talismans and The Song of Kahunsha. His<br />

play, Bombay Black, won the Dora Mavor Moore Award <strong>in</strong><br />

2006 for Best New Play or New Musical, and his latest play,<br />

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© TUSHNA SHROFF<br />

REBECCA JAMES<br />

AUSTRALIA, EVENTS 15, 25<br />

Rebecca James’ fi rst young adult novel, Beautiful Malice,<br />

has received <strong>in</strong>ternational acclaim and prompted critics to<br />

suggest she might be the next J.K. Rowl<strong>in</strong>g. Beautiful Malice<br />

is a gritty psychological thriller for teenage readers <strong>in</strong> which<br />

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QUINTIN JARDINE<br />

UNITED KINGDOM, EVENTS 33, 54<br />

Qu<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong> Jard<strong>in</strong>e worked as a journalist, government<br />

<strong>in</strong>formation offi cer, political sp<strong>in</strong>-doctor and media relations<br />

consultant before he turned<br />

his hand to writ<strong>in</strong>g crime fi ction. He has written two<br />

acclaimed, bestsell<strong>in</strong>g series of detective novels: one<br />

featur<strong>in</strong>g “Brita<strong>in</strong>’s toughest cop”. Bob Sk<strong>in</strong>ner, and the other chronicl<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

adventures of unwill<strong>in</strong>g detective Oz Blackstone. His latest novel, A Rush of<br />

Blood, is the 20th <strong>in</strong> the Sk<strong>in</strong>ner series.<br />

M.T. KELLY<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 41, 44<br />

M.T. Kelly’s most popular and critically acclaimed novel, A<br />

Dream Like M<strong>in</strong>e, won a Governor General’s Award and was<br />

fi lmed <strong>in</strong> 1989 as Clearcut. His other fi ction <strong>in</strong>cludes I Do<br />

Remember the Fall, The More Lov<strong>in</strong>g One and The Ru<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

Season. He has also published two poetry collections—<br />

the acclaimed collection Country You Can’t Walk In, and his latest, Downriver.<br />

MYRNA KOSTASH<br />

ALBERTA, EVENTS 42, 52<br />

Myrna Kostash’s creative non-fi ction cont<strong>in</strong>ues to defi ne<br />

and push the limits of the genre. S<strong>in</strong>ce the publication of All<br />

of Baba’s Children <strong>in</strong> 1977, she has been a strong voice <strong>in</strong><br />

depict<strong>in</strong>g the Ukra<strong>in</strong>ian-Canadian experience <strong>in</strong> the West and<br />

its roots <strong>in</strong> European history. Her award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g memoirs,<br />

essays and other writ<strong>in</strong>gs, along with her avid participation <strong>in</strong> the literary<br />

community, have garnered Kostash popular and critical acclaim at home and<br />

abroad. Her new book is Prodigal Daughter: A Journey to Byzantium.<br />

ALICE KUIPERS<br />

SASKATCHEWAN, EVENTS 15, 25<br />

Alice Kuipers is the author of Life on the Refrigerator Door.<br />

Sold <strong>in</strong> 28 countries, it was the w<strong>in</strong>ner of the Saskatchewan<br />

First Book Award, the Sheffi eld Libraries Choice Award and<br />

the Grand Prix De Viarmes. Her new book for young adult<br />

readers, The Worst Th<strong>in</strong>g She Ever Did, tells the story of<br />

Sophie, a teenage girl deal<strong>in</strong>g with a tragedy <strong>in</strong> her past while navigat<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

diffi culties of high school.<br />

SASHA LANGFORD<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 6, 10, 27<br />

Sasha Langford was just 18 years old when she was one of<br />

fi ve poets selected to represent <strong>Vancouver</strong> at the 2008 CBC<br />

Poetry Face-Off. S<strong>in</strong>ce then, she has served as a Canadian<br />

representative at the 2009 Women of the World Poetry Slam<br />

<strong>in</strong> Detroit, and recently won a coveted spot on the <strong>Vancouver</strong><br />

Poetry Slam Team. A tra<strong>in</strong>ed improviser and musician, Langford uses her<br />

passion for storytell<strong>in</strong>g to offer mov<strong>in</strong>g and humorous character narratives by<br />

way of performance poetry.<br />

SARAH LEAVITT<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENT 40<br />

Sarah Leavitt writes creative non-fi ction and social<br />

commentary, both <strong>in</strong> prose and graphic form. She wrote<br />

a monthly column for Xtra West from 2005 to 2008 and<br />

has published comics, fi ction and non-fi ction <strong>in</strong> numerous<br />

Canadian magaz<strong>in</strong>es as well as a number of anthologies,<br />

<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Nobodys Mother and Beyond Forgett<strong>in</strong>g: Poetry and Prose About<br />

Alzheimers Disease. Leavitt has also written short documentaries for Defi nitely<br />

Not the Opera on CBC Radio. In May 2007, she graduated from the MFA<br />

program <strong>in</strong> Creative Writ<strong>in</strong>g at UBC.<br />

© LAURIE FLETCHER © TERI SNELGROVE<br />

ANDREA LEVY<br />

UNITED KINGDOM, EVENTS 8, 19, 67<br />

Andrea Levy’s four previous novels are Every light <strong>in</strong> the<br />

house burn<strong>in</strong>’, Never Far from Nowhere, Fruit of the Lemon<br />

and Small Island, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction <strong>in</strong><br />

2004, the Whitbread Novel Award and Whitbread Book of<br />

the Year <strong>in</strong> 2005, the Orange Prize Best of the Best, and the<br />

Commonwealth <strong>Writers</strong>’ Prize. Her new novel is The Long Song. She lives <strong>in</strong><br />

London, England.<br />

MARC LEVY<br />

FRANCE, EVENTS 9, 39<br />

Marc Levy’s eight books have been translated <strong>in</strong>to 41<br />

languages and are bestsellers around the world. If Only It<br />

Were True, his fi rst novel, was made <strong>in</strong>to the movie Just<br />

Like Heaven. His novel, The Children of Freedom, has been<br />

on bestseller lists <strong>in</strong> France s<strong>in</strong>ce its orig<strong>in</strong>al publication; it<br />

was also a bestseller <strong>in</strong> Québec. His latest novel to be translated <strong>in</strong>to English<br />

is, All Those Th<strong>in</strong>gs We Never Said.<br />

Marc Levy’s appearance is made possible by the Consulate General of France <strong>in</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong>.<br />

CHERYL L’HIRONDELLE<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENT 6<br />

Cheryl L’Hirondelle is an artist and musician whose projects<br />

span a wide array of discipl<strong>in</strong>es. Orig<strong>in</strong>ally from Alberta,<br />

L’Hirondelle’s mixed-blood heritage (Métis/Cree, non-status/<br />

treaty, French, German, Polish) <strong>in</strong>forms her creative practice,<br />

which <strong>in</strong>vestigates the junciton of a Cree worldview <strong>in</strong><br />

contemporary time and space. Her latest record<strong>in</strong>g, a fi vesong<br />

EP entitled Giveaway, is a sample from the <strong>Vancouver</strong> version of her audiomapp<strong>in</strong>g<br />

songwrit<strong>in</strong>g project, Songl<strong>in</strong>es. A full album is scheduled for completion<br />

<strong>in</strong> 2011.


YIYUN LI<br />

UNITED STATES, EVENTS 46, 55<br />

Yiyun Li is the author of A Thousand Years of Good Prayers<br />

and The Vagrants. A native of Beij<strong>in</strong>g and a graduate of the<br />

Iowa <strong>Writers</strong>’ Workshop, she is the recipient of the Frank<br />

O’Connor <strong>International</strong> Short Story Award, the Hem<strong>in</strong>gway<br />

Foundation/PEN Award, the Whit<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Writers</strong>’ Award, and<br />

the Guardian First Book Award. In 2007, Granta named her one of the Best<br />

American Novelists Under 35, and she was recently <strong>in</strong>cluded on The New<br />

Yorker’s list of the Top 20 Authors Under 40. Her new collection of stories is<br />

Gold Boy, Emerald Girl.<br />

© BRAEDEN HAGGERTY © RANDI LYNN BEACH<br />

BILLIE LIVINGSTON<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 34, 64<br />

Billie Liv<strong>in</strong>gston published her critically acclaimed fi rst novel,<br />

Go<strong>in</strong>g Down Sw<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>in</strong> 2000 and has s<strong>in</strong>ce been published<br />

<strong>in</strong>ternationally. Her second novel, Cease to Blush, was a<br />

Globe and Mail Best Book, and her collection of poetry, Chick<br />

at the Back of the Church, was a fi nalist for the Pat Lowther<br />

Memorial Award. She is at the <strong>Festival</strong> this year with a new collection of short<br />

stories, Greedy Little Eyes.<br />

DEREK LUNDY<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENT 42<br />

Derek Lundy is the bestsell<strong>in</strong>g author of Godforsaken Sea:<br />

Rac<strong>in</strong>g The World’s Most Dangerous Waters, The Way of a<br />

Ship: A Square-Rigger Voyage <strong>in</strong> the Last Days of Sail and<br />

The Bloody Red Hand: A Journey Through Truth, Myth and<br />

Terror <strong>in</strong> Northern Ireland. Lundy’s latest book is Borderlands,<br />

a non-fi ction account of his motorcycle trek along the US borders to explore the<br />

American obsession with security. He lives and rides on Salt Spr<strong>in</strong>g Island, BC.<br />

© CHRISTINE MAURO<br />

CLAUDIO MAGRIS<br />

ITALY, EVENT 19<br />

Claudio Magris is a critic, journalist, novelist and translator<br />

and one of Europe’s lead<strong>in</strong>g cultural philosophers. His cultural<br />

and literary non-fi ction titles have won him particular acclaim<br />

worldwide: Danube has been translated <strong>in</strong>to more than 20<br />

languages and Microcosms received the 1997 Premio Strega.<br />

His new novel, acclaimed as a masterpiece on its <strong>in</strong>itial publication <strong>in</strong> Italy, is<br />

Bl<strong>in</strong>dly. Magris teaches at the University of Trieste.<br />

© CARLES MERCADER<br />

Claudio Magris’ appearance is made possible by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.<br />

KARL MARLANTES<br />

UNITED STATES, EVENT 7<br />

Karl Marlantes is a graduate of Yale University and was a<br />

Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. He served as a Mar<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong><br />

Vietnam, where he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Bronze<br />

Star, two Navy Commendation Medals for Valor, two Purple<br />

Hearts and 10 Medals. His Vietnam experience <strong>in</strong>forms his<br />

acclaimed fi rst novel, Matterhorn, which he crafted over a period of 30 years.<br />

He lives <strong>in</strong> rural Wash<strong>in</strong>gton state.<br />

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Gwynne Dyer<br />

Crawl<strong>in</strong>g From the Wreckage<br />

Oct. 25, 2010 | Tickets: $25/$22<br />

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halt<strong>in</strong>g emergence from the dark tunnel of the past decade.<br />

Romeo Dallaire<br />

They Fight like Soldiers and Die Like Children<br />

Nov. 11, 2010 | Tickets: $20/$17<br />

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Feb. 28, 2011 | Tickets: $25/$22<br />

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YANN MARTEL<br />

SASKATCHEWAN, EVENTS 19, 37, 48<br />

Yann Martel studied philosophy at Trent University, worked<br />

odd jobs—tree planter, dishwasher, security guard—and<br />

travelled widely before turn<strong>in</strong>g to writ<strong>in</strong>g. He was awarded<br />

the Journey Prize for the title story <strong>in</strong> The Facts Beh<strong>in</strong>d the<br />

Hels<strong>in</strong>ki Roccamatios. His second novel, Life of Pi, won a<br />

number of awards, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the 2002 Man Booker Prize. His most recent<br />

books are What Is Stephen Harper Read<strong>in</strong>g? and his highly anticipated novel,<br />

Beatrice & Virgil. Martel lives <strong>in</strong> Saskatoon.<br />

© MACARENA YANEZ<br />

IAN MCALLISTER<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 1, 13<br />

Ian McAllister is an award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g photographer and<br />

fi lmmaker, and a found<strong>in</strong>g director of both the Ra<strong>in</strong>coast<br />

Conservation Society and Pacifi c Wild. He lives with his family<br />

on an island <strong>in</strong> the heart of the Great Bear Ra<strong>in</strong>forest, a sett<strong>in</strong>g<br />

that <strong>in</strong>spires his writ<strong>in</strong>g and photography. His latest book,<br />

The Sea Wolves, is a study of a highly social, fi ercely <strong>in</strong>telligent and genetically<br />

dist<strong>in</strong>ct stra<strong>in</strong> of wolves—one that swims and fi shes <strong>in</strong> the Great Bear Ra<strong>in</strong>forest<br />

on British Columbia’s rugged west coast.<br />

DON MCKAY<br />

NEWFOUNDLAND, EVENTS 38, 44<br />

Don McKay is the author of 11 books of poetry, most recently<br />

Strike/Slip. He has won two Governor General’s Awards for<br />

poetry and has been shortlisted twice for the Griffi n Poetry<br />

Prize, most recently for Camber: Selected Poems, which was a<br />

Globe and Mail Notable Book of the Year. McKay is also known<br />

as a poetry editor, and he has taught poetry <strong>in</strong> universities across the country.<br />

Don McKay’s appearance is made possible <strong>in</strong> part by The Betty and Ralph Gustafson Chair of<br />

Poetry at <strong>Vancouver</strong> Island University.<br />

© JAN ZWICKY<br />

SHARON E. MCKAY<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 16, 32<br />

Sharon E. McKay is an award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g author of more than<br />

14 books and the fi rst writer of young adult fi ction to receive<br />

the title of War Artist from the Canadian Forces. In 2009 she<br />

travelled to Afghanistan to do research for her new novel,<br />

Thunder Over Kandahar. Dur<strong>in</strong>g her stay she spent time <strong>in</strong><br />

villages where she met Afghanis of all ages and was able to hear fi rst-hand<br />

stories about life <strong>in</strong> a war zone.<br />

STUART MCLEAN<br />

ONTARIO, SPECIAL EVENT<br />

Master storyteller and humorist Stuart McLean is the author<br />

of several bestsell<strong>in</strong>g books, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g V<strong>in</strong>yl Cafe Diaries,<br />

which won the short fi ction award from the Canadian<br />

Authors Association; Home from the V<strong>in</strong>yl Cafe and V<strong>in</strong>yl<br />

Cafe Unplugged, which both won the Stephen Leacock<br />

Award for Humour; and Welcome Home: Travels <strong>in</strong> Smalltown Canada,<br />

which won the CAA’s award for non-fi ction. His latest book is The V<strong>in</strong>yl Café<br />

Notebooks, a wonderfully eclectic essay collection selected from 15 years of<br />

radio-show archives and re-edited by the author.<br />

© MARTIN WEINHOLD<br />

STEVE MCORMOND<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 44, 58<br />

Steve McOrmond’s fi rst poetry collection, Lean Days, was<br />

shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award. His second, Primer<br />

on the Hereafter, was awarded the Atlantic Poetry Prize.<br />

Orig<strong>in</strong>ally from Pr<strong>in</strong>ce Edward Island, he now lives <strong>in</strong> Toronto.<br />

His latest collection is The Good News About Armageddon.<br />

KATIE SMITH MILWAY<br />

UNITED STATES, EVENTS 4, 18<br />

Katie Smith Milway’s fi rst book, One Hen: How One Small<br />

Loan Made a Big Difference, received <strong>in</strong>ternational acclaim<br />

for enlist<strong>in</strong>g children <strong>in</strong> the cause of microfi nance. She is a<br />

partner at the Bridgespan Group, a consultant to non-profi ts<br />

and philanthropists. Her latest book, The Good Garden: How<br />

One Family Went from Hunger to Hav<strong>in</strong>g Enough, provides children with the<br />

opportunity to become part of the movement to grow “good gardens” and<br />

foster food security.<br />

DAVID MITCHELL<br />

UNITED KINGDOM, EVENTS 53, 60, 62<br />

David Mitchell is the acclaimed author of the novels Black<br />

Swan Green, which was selected as one of the 10 Best Books<br />

of the Year by Time; Cloud Atlas, which was a Man Booker<br />

Prize fi nalist; Number9Dream, which was shortlisted for the<br />

Booker as well as the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; and<br />

Ghostwritten, awarded the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for best<br />

book by a writer under 35 and shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. His<br />

new book is The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. He lives <strong>in</strong> Ireland.<br />

© MIRIAM BERKLEY<br />

SUSIE MORGENSTERN<br />

FRANCE, EVENTS 11, 17, 28<br />

Susie Morgenstern was born <strong>in</strong> the US. Thanks to fall<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />

love with, and marry<strong>in</strong>g, a French mathematician, she has<br />

lived much of her adult life (more than 30 years) <strong>in</strong> France.<br />

Her books have been translated <strong>in</strong>to numerous languages<br />

and received many prizes, with some be<strong>in</strong>g adapted for fi lm<br />

and television. In 2005, she was named a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, <strong>in</strong><br />

honour of her dist<strong>in</strong>guished literary contributions.<br />

Susie Morgenstern’s appearance is made possible by the Consulate General of France <strong>in</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong>.<br />

© THERESA BRONN<br />

SUSIE MORGENSTERN<br />

FRANCE, ÉVÉNEMENTS 11, 17, 28<br />

Susie Morgenstern est une auteure française d’orig<strong>in</strong>e américa<strong>in</strong>e, <strong>in</strong>stallée<br />

en France et mariée à un mathématicien français. Auteur prolifi que, elle se<br />

consacre à l’écriture de romans et d’albums pour la jeunesse. Certa<strong>in</strong>s de ses<br />

romans ont été adaptés au c<strong>in</strong>éma ou à la télévision, comme L’amerloque en<br />

1996. Les ouvrages de Susie Morgenstern sont traduits dans de nombreuses<br />

langues. En 2005, elle a été décorée Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres,<br />

une dist<strong>in</strong>ction honorifi que qui récompense «les personnes qui se sont<br />

dist<strong>in</strong>guées par leur création dans le doma<strong>in</strong>e artistique ou littéraire».<br />

Le Consulat général de France à <strong>Vancouver</strong> assume les coüts de déplacement de Susie Morgenstern.


ERÍN MOURE<br />

QUÉBEC, EVENTS 41, 58<br />

Erín Moure is one of Canada’s most respected poets, and a<br />

translator of French, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese. She is<br />

the author of 13 books of poetry, has received the Governor<br />

General’s Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award and the<br />

A.M. Kle<strong>in</strong> Prize, and has been a three-time fi nalist for the<br />

Griffi n Poetry Prize. Her most recent books are O Resplandor, Expeditions<br />

of a Chimæra (co-written with Oana Avasilichioaei) and a book of essays, My<br />

Beloved Wager.<br />

RICHARD NEWSOME<br />

AUSTRALIA, EVENTS 12, 24<br />

Richard Newsome was born <strong>in</strong> Wanganui, New Zealand,<br />

and now lives <strong>in</strong> Brisbane, Australia, with his wife and three<br />

children. The Billionaire’s Curse grew out of stories he made<br />

up for his children at bedtime. The w<strong>in</strong>ner of the <strong>in</strong>augural<br />

Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writ<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> 2008 and<br />

published orig<strong>in</strong>ally <strong>in</strong> Australia and New Zealand, it has s<strong>in</strong>ce been published<br />

<strong>in</strong> fi ve other countries. Newsome is now busy writ<strong>in</strong>g the excit<strong>in</strong>g sequel.<br />

Richard Newsome’s appearance is made possible by the Australian Council for the Arts.<br />

ANDREW O’HAGAN<br />

UNITED KINGDOM, EVENTS 9, 19<br />

Andrew O’Hagan is the author of the novels Our Fathers,<br />

Personality and Be Near Me, which was longlisted for the<br />

Man Booker Prize. His work has appeared <strong>in</strong> the London<br />

Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, The New<br />

Yorker and The Guardian (UK). In 2003, O’Hagan was named<br />

one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists. He lives <strong>in</strong> London, England.<br />

His new novel is The Life and Op<strong>in</strong>ions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend<br />

Marilyn Monroe.<br />

KENNETH OPPEL<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 12, 22, 29<br />

Kenneth Oppel is the Governor General’s Award–w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g<br />

author of the Airborn series, and the Silverw<strong>in</strong>g saga, which<br />

has sold more than a million copies worldwide. His latest<br />

novel, Half Brother, is the story of Ben Toml<strong>in</strong>’s new “baby<br />

brother”, a chimpanzee named Zan. Oppel lives <strong>in</strong> Toronto<br />

with his wife and their three children.<br />

© PETER RIDDIHOUGH<br />

KATHY PAGE<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 52, 59<br />

Kathy Page was born <strong>in</strong> the UK and now lives on Salt Spr<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Island with her husband and two children. Her fi fth novel,<br />

The Story of My Face, was longlisted for the Orange Prize <strong>in</strong><br />

2002 and her sixth, Alphabet, was nom<strong>in</strong>ated for a Governor<br />

General’s Award <strong>in</strong> 2005. Her new novel is The F<strong>in</strong>d.<br />

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JACQUES PASQUET<br />

QUÉBEC, EVENTS 11, 26<br />

Jacques Pasquet was born <strong>in</strong> France and now lives <strong>in</strong><br />

Québec. Passionate about the world of words and stories,<br />

Pasquet has shared this <strong>in</strong>terest for over ten years with<br />

students <strong>in</strong> primary grades and students at the University of<br />

Québec <strong>in</strong> Montreal where he teaches courses on stories<br />

and on children’s literature, his preferred genre. His most recent book is<br />

L’étoile de Sarajevo, with illustrations by Pierre Pratt.<br />

JACQUES PASQUET<br />

QUÉBEC, ÉVÉNEMENTS 11, 26<br />

Né en France, Jacques Pasquet a pas mal voyagé avant de s’<strong>in</strong>staller au Québec.<br />

Passionné par l’univers des mots et des histoires, il a partagé cet <strong>in</strong>térêt pendant<br />

plus d’une décennie, tant avec ses élèves du primaire, qu’avec ses étudiants de<br />

l’Université du Québec à Montréal où il a enseigné les univers du conte et de la<br />

littérature jeunesse. La majeure partie de son œuvre se situe en littérature de<br />

jeunesse. Son livre le plus récent est L’étoile de Sarajevo.<br />

MIRANDA PEARSON<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 34, 44<br />

Miranda Pearson is the author of two previous books of<br />

poetry, Prime and The Aviary. Her poems have also appeared<br />

<strong>in</strong> numerous anthologies and literary journals. A graduate of<br />

the University of British Columbia’s MFA <strong>Program</strong>, Pearson<br />

lives <strong>in</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong> where she works as a freelance editor,<br />

teaches poetry workshops at Simon Fraser University’s<br />

Writ<strong>in</strong>g and Publish<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Program</strong>, and works <strong>in</strong> community mental health care.<br />

Her latest collection is Harbour.<br />

PIERRE PRATT<br />

QUÉBEC, EVENT 2<br />

Pierre Pratt lives and works <strong>in</strong> his birthplace, Montreal,<br />

unless the weather requires that he live <strong>in</strong> Lisbon. After<br />

study<strong>in</strong>g graphic design at Collège Ahuntsic <strong>in</strong> Montréal <strong>in</strong><br />

the early 1980s, he drew comic strips, then later turned to<br />

illustration. S<strong>in</strong>ce 1990, he has illustrated (and written) about<br />

fi fty books for children. His work has received many prizes, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g three<br />

Governor General’s Awards.<br />

PIERRE PRATT<br />

QUÉBEC, ÉVÉNEMENT 2<br />

Pierre Pratt vit et travaille à Montréal (sa ville de naissance), mais aussi à<br />

Lisbonne, quand la température le lui impose. Il a commencé sa carrière artistique<br />

en dess<strong>in</strong>ant les objets qu’il découvrait, les gens qu’il rencontrait... Après des<br />

études de design graphique au Collège Ahuntsic à Montréal, il a commencé par<br />

faire de petites bandes dess<strong>in</strong>ées au début des années 80, avant de se tourner<br />

vers l’illustration. Depuis 1990, il illustre (et écrit, aussi) des livres pour enfants<br />

– environ une c<strong>in</strong>quanta<strong>in</strong>e à ce jour. Il a remporté plusieurs prix, dont celui du<br />

Gouverneur Général du Canada à trois reprises.<br />

KATE PULLINGER<br />

UNITED KINGDOM/CANADA, EVENTS 9, 50, 56<br />

Kate Pull<strong>in</strong>ger was born <strong>in</strong> Cranbrook, BC and moved<br />

to London, England <strong>in</strong> 1982. Her eighth and most recent<br />

novel, The Mistress of Noth<strong>in</strong>g, was the w<strong>in</strong>ner of the 2009<br />

Governor General’s Award for fi ction. Other recent books<br />

<strong>in</strong>clude A Little Stranger, Weird Sister, and the short story<br />

collection, My Life as a Girl <strong>in</strong> a Men’s Prison. With director Jane Campion,<br />

she co-wrote the novelization of the fi lm The Piano. Her digital fi ction projects<br />

<strong>in</strong>clude the award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g graphic novel, Inanimate Alice.<br />

© JONATHAN BEAN<br />

PASCALE QUIVIGER<br />

QUÉBEC, EVENTS 20, 51<br />

Pascale Quiviger was born <strong>in</strong> Montreal and now divides her<br />

time between London, England and Italy. Her fi rst novel, The<br />

Perfect Circle (Le cercle parfait), won the Governor General’s<br />

Award for French fi ction and was a Scotiabank Giller Prize<br />

fi nalist. She has a Master’s Degree <strong>in</strong> Philosophy and a<br />

degree <strong>in</strong> F<strong>in</strong>e Arts. Her new novel is The Breakwater House.<br />

ZACHARY RICHARD<br />

UNITED STATES/ QUÉBEC, EVENTS, 17, 26<br />

Environmentalist, cultural activist, poet and songwriter<br />

Zachary Richard’s roots are deeply planted <strong>in</strong> his native<br />

Louisiana. His heartfelt and passionate songs are uniquely his<br />

own. A leader <strong>in</strong> the French language revival <strong>in</strong> Louisiana, his<br />

poetry draws from the rich heritage of Acadian-Cajun culture.<br />

ZACHARY RICHARD<br />

UNITED STATES/ QUÉBEC, ÉVÉNEMENTS, 17, 26<br />

Poète et compositeur, l’art de Zachary Richard colorée par sa Louisiane<br />

natale. Un des piliers de la renaissance cadienne de Louisiane, il est<br />

reconnu partout dans la francophonie nord-américa<strong>in</strong>e pour son engagement<br />

écologiste et son activisme culturel.<br />

ADAM LEWIS SCHROEDER<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 7, 37, 59<br />

Adam Lewis Schroeder is the author of the story collection<br />

K<strong>in</strong>gdom of Monkeys, a Danuta Gleed Award fi nalist, and the<br />

novel Empress of Asia, nom<strong>in</strong>ated for the Amazon.ca/Books<br />

<strong>in</strong> Canada First Novel Award and the Ethel Wilson Fiction<br />

Prize. His story, “This Is Not the End My Friend,” appears <strong>in</strong><br />

Darw<strong>in</strong>’s Bastards: Astound<strong>in</strong>g Tales from Tomorrow. His new novel is In the<br />

Fabled East. He lives <strong>in</strong> Penticton.<br />

RICHARD SCRIMGER<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 24, 29<br />

Richard Scrimger is the award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g author of several<br />

novels, picture books, screenplays and short stories. His<br />

fi rst children’s novel, The Nose from Jupiter, won the Mr.<br />

Christie’s Book Award and his latest adult novel, Mystical<br />

Rose, was a Globe and Mail Book of the Year. His new<br />

book for young readers, Me & Death: An Afterlife Adventure, is the story of<br />

one boy’s experience with the (not so) sweet hereafter.<br />

© ALVARO GOVEIA


MAURICIO SEGURA<br />

QUÉBEC, EVENTS 35, 59<br />

Mauricio Segura was born <strong>in</strong> Temuco, Chile <strong>in</strong> 1969 and<br />

immigrated to Québec with his parents as a child. He studied<br />

economics at the Université de Montréal and French literature<br />

at McGill University. The author of two novels and a book about<br />

French-Canadian perceptions of Lat<strong>in</strong> America, Segura lives <strong>in</strong><br />

Montreal where he is a well-known journalist and commentator on immigrant<br />

issues. His fi rst novel, Black Alley, has recently been translated <strong>in</strong>to English.<br />

SARAH SELECKY<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 64, 65<br />

Sarah Selecky grew up <strong>in</strong> Northern Ontario and Southern<br />

Indiana. Her stories have been published <strong>in</strong> The Walrus,<br />

Geist, Prairie Fire, The New Quarterly and The Journey Prize<br />

Anthology. She earned her MFA <strong>in</strong> Creative Writ<strong>in</strong>g at the<br />

University of British Columbia and has been teach<strong>in</strong>g creative<br />

writ<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> her liv<strong>in</strong>g room for the past 10 years. This Cake is for the Party is her<br />

fi rst book. She currently lives <strong>in</strong> Toronto.<br />

© DEREK WUENSCHIRS<br />

KAMILA SHAMSIE<br />

PAKISTAN / UNITED KINGDOM, EVENTS 9, 46<br />

Kamila Shamsie’s fi rst novel, In The City by the Sea, was<br />

shortlisted for the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize <strong>in</strong> the UK, and<br />

received the Prime M<strong>in</strong>ister’s Award for Literature <strong>in</strong> Pakistan <strong>in</strong><br />

1999. Her 2000 novel Salt and Saffron led to Shamsie’s selection<br />

as one of Orange’s “21 <strong>Writers</strong> of the 21st Century.” She<br />

received awards for her next two novels, Kartography and Broken Verses, and her<br />

most recent, Burnt Shadows, was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction.<br />

© MARK PRINGLE<br />

Kamila Shamsie’s appearance is made possible by the Department of World Literature and the<br />

Humanities Institute at Simon Fraser University and a generous donation to the Alma Lee Legacy<br />

Fund by Jab Sidhoo.<br />

KATHRYN E. SHOEMAKER<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENT 14<br />

Kathryn E. Shoemaker has illustrated more than 40 books<br />

for children, as well as authored four of them, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

bestsell<strong>in</strong>g Creative Christmas. She has broad experience as<br />

an art teacher, curriculum specialist, fi lmmaker and fundraiser<br />

and has taught courses on illustrat<strong>in</strong>g children’s books for<br />

more than 10 years. Her latest collaboration with Irene N. Watts produced No<br />

Pets Allowed, the story of a brave dog named Lucky.<br />

GARY SHTEYNGART<br />

UNITED STATES, SPECIAL EVENT<br />

Gary Shteyngart’s debut novel, The Russian Debutante’s<br />

Handbook, won the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction and<br />

the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. His second novel,<br />

Absurdistan, was named one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by<br />

The New York Times Book Review. He has been selected as one<br />

of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists and was recently <strong>in</strong>cluded on the The<br />

New Yorker’s Best 20 Under 40 list. His new novel is Super Sad True Love Story.<br />

He lives <strong>in</strong> New York City.<br />

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MARISA SILVER<br />

UNITED STATES, EVENTS 55, 59<br />

Marisa Silver is the author of the novels The God of War<br />

and No Direction Home. She made her fi ction debut <strong>in</strong> The<br />

New Yorker when she appeared <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>augural Debut<br />

Fiction issue. Her collection of stories, Babe <strong>in</strong> Paradise, was<br />

a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times<br />

Best Book of the Year. Silver’s work has been <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> Best American Short<br />

Stories and the O. Henry Prize Stories. Her latest collection is Alone With You.<br />

She lives <strong>in</strong> Los Angeles.<br />

ALI SMITH<br />

UNITED KINGDOM, EVENTS 65, 67<br />

Ali Smith is the author of Hotel World, which was shortlisted<br />

for both the Orange Prize and the Man Booker Prize <strong>in</strong> 2001<br />

and won the Encore Award and the Scottish Arts Council Book<br />

of the Year Award <strong>in</strong> 2002. Her novel The Accidental won the<br />

Whitbread Award <strong>in</strong> 2005 and was shortlisted for the 2005<br />

Booker and the 2006 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. Her story collections<br />

<strong>in</strong>clude Free Love, The Whole Story and Other Stories and The First Person and<br />

Other Stories. She lives <strong>in</strong> Cambridge, England.<br />

© JERRY BAUER<br />

Ali Smith’s appearance is made possible by the Scotiabank Giller Prize.<br />

ASHLEY SPIRES<br />

SASKATCHEWAN, EVENTS 14, 23<br />

Ashley Spires is the illustrator of numerous children’s<br />

books, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g C’mere, Boy! She is also the author of<br />

B<strong>in</strong>ky the Space Cat and, most recently, B<strong>in</strong>ky to the<br />

Rescue. B<strong>in</strong>ky is based on her sister’s football-shaped kitty,<br />

who was adopted from a shelter. Spires lives <strong>in</strong> Saskatoon.<br />

JOHN STEFFLER<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 41, 58<br />

John Steffl er was the Parliamentary Poet Laureate of<br />

Canada from 2006 to 2008. His previous books of poetry<br />

<strong>in</strong>clude The Grey Islands, That Night We Were Ravenous,<br />

w<strong>in</strong>ner of the Atlantic Poetry Prize, and Helix: New and<br />

Selected Poems, w<strong>in</strong>ner of the Newfoundland and Labrador<br />

Poetry Prize. Steffl er is also the author of the award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g novel The<br />

Afterlife of George Cartwright. His latest collection of poetry is Lookout.<br />

© SUSAN GILLIS<br />

CHEVY STEVENS<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 39, 54<br />

Chevy Stevens’s work as a realtor gave her plenty of time<br />

to th<strong>in</strong>k about writ<strong>in</strong>g. At open houses, wait<strong>in</strong>g between<br />

potential buyers, she spent hours scar<strong>in</strong>g herself with<br />

thoughts of horrible th<strong>in</strong>gs that could happen to her. The<br />

most terrify<strong>in</strong>g scenario she imag<strong>in</strong>ed, which began with<br />

be<strong>in</strong>g abducted, was the <strong>in</strong>spiration for her fi rst novel. After six months<br />

Stevens sold her house and left real estate so she could fi nish the book. The<br />

result is her widely praised debut thriller, Still Miss<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

© SUZANNE TERESA<br />

ANNA SWANSON<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 44, 58<br />

Anna Swanson studied creative writ<strong>in</strong>g at the University<br />

of Victoria and at Memorial University of Newfoundland.<br />

Her poetry has appeared <strong>in</strong> numerous literary journals,<br />

as well as <strong>in</strong> the anthology The Best Canadian Poetry <strong>in</strong><br />

English 2008. She has paid the rent by plann<strong>in</strong>g festivals,<br />

sell<strong>in</strong>g books, serv<strong>in</strong>g dr<strong>in</strong>ks, mak<strong>in</strong>g maps, walk<strong>in</strong>g on stilts, bowl<strong>in</strong>g with<br />

teenagers, writ<strong>in</strong>g press releases and watch<strong>in</strong>g for forest fi res. She now lives<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong> and works as a children’s librarian. The Nights Also is her fi rst<br />

collection of poetry.<br />

MIGUEL SYJUCO<br />

PHILIPPINES/QUÉBEC, EVENTS 51, 67<br />

Miguel Syjuco, from Manila, is the author of Ilustrado,<br />

the debut novel which won the 2008 Man Asian Literary<br />

Prize as well as the Palanca Award, the Philipp<strong>in</strong>es’ highest<br />

literary honour. He has worked for major <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />

publications, and broadcasts a weekly book-review<br />

feature called “The Biblio-File” on CBC’s Radio Canada<br />

<strong>International</strong>. He has a Master’s Degree <strong>in</strong> Creative Writ<strong>in</strong>g from Columbia<br />

University and is complet<strong>in</strong>g a PhD <strong>in</strong> English Literature through the<br />

University of Adelaide <strong>in</strong> Australia. He currently lives <strong>in</strong> Montreal.<br />

© MARCOS TOWNSEND<br />

KEVIN SYLVESTER<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 3, 14, 24<br />

Kev<strong>in</strong> Sylvester is an award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g writer, illustrator and<br />

broadcaster, liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Toronto. The character Neil Flambé,<br />

featured <strong>in</strong> his third children’s book, was orig<strong>in</strong>ally created by<br />

Kev<strong>in</strong> for a CBC summer morn<strong>in</strong>g broadcast of his ongo<strong>in</strong>g<br />

story, “Neil Flambé and the Case of the Caustic Cum<strong>in</strong>.”<br />

Sylvester gave Neil Flambé a literary debut <strong>in</strong> his novel Neil Flambé and the<br />

Marco Polo Murders, and this fall follows up with Neil Flambé and the Aztec<br />

Abduction, a mystery fi lled with chills, thrills and adventure.<br />

DREW HAYDEN TAYLOR<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 47, 65<br />

Drew Hayden Taylor, an Ojibway from the Curve Lake<br />

First Nations, has had over 70 of his award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g plays<br />

produced. He has also written fi ction, articles, television<br />

scripts and The Night Wanderer: A Native Gothic Novel, a<br />

novel for teens novel about an Ojibway vampire. In addition,<br />

he has published two successful non-fi ction books, Me Sexy, which explores<br />

Native sexuality, and Me Funny, which looks at Native humour. Motorcycles &<br />

Sweetgrass is his fi rst novel for adults.<br />

© THOMAS KING


JOAN THOMAS<br />

MANITOBA, EVENTS 56, 65<br />

Joan Thomas’s debut novel, Read<strong>in</strong>g By<br />

Lightn<strong>in</strong>g, won the Commonwealth Prize<br />

for Best First Book (Canada/Caribbean)<br />

and the Amazon.ca/Books <strong>in</strong> Canada<br />

First Novel Award. Joan has worked as<br />

a teacher, group-home worker, editor, and as the Writ<strong>in</strong>g<br />

and Publish<strong>in</strong>g consultant at the Manitoba Arts Council.<br />

She was a books columnist and longtime contribut<strong>in</strong>g<br />

reviewer for the Globe and Mail, and <strong>in</strong> 1996 won a<br />

National Magaz<strong>in</strong>e Award (Silver) for Creative Non-Fiction.<br />

Thomas’s second novel, Curiosity, was published <strong>in</strong> March<br />

of this year. She lives <strong>in</strong> W<strong>in</strong>nipeg.<br />

© SAM BAARDMAN<br />

WELLS TOWER<br />

UNITED STATES, EVENTS 55, 62<br />

Wells Tower’s short stories and<br />

journalism have appeared <strong>in</strong> The New<br />

Yorker, Harper’s Magaz<strong>in</strong>e, McSweeney’s,<br />

The Paris Review, The Anchor Book<br />

of New American Short Stories, The<br />

Wash<strong>in</strong>gton Post Magaz<strong>in</strong>e and elsewhere. He has<br />

received two Pushcart Prizes and the Plimpton Prize from<br />

The Paris Review, and was recently <strong>in</strong>cluded on The New<br />

Yorker’s Top 20 Authors Under 40 list. His fi rst collection of<br />

short stories is Everyth<strong>in</strong>g Ravaged, Everyth<strong>in</strong>g Burned.<br />

© SUZANNE BENNETT<br />

JENNIFER TREMBLAY<br />

QUÉBEC, EVENT 5<br />

Jennifer Tremblay was born <strong>in</strong><br />

Forestville, Québec, a t<strong>in</strong>y municipality<br />

on the north coast of the St. Lawrence<br />

River. She has always loved words:<br />

even as a young student she attended<br />

workshops and other events featur<strong>in</strong>g books. She<br />

studied literature at the University of Québec <strong>in</strong> Montreal<br />

(UQAM), and has published novels, plays and poetry for<br />

adult readers, books for young children, and has written<br />

for television. In 2004, she co-founded with Mart<strong>in</strong><br />

Larocque, the publish<strong>in</strong>g fi rm les Éditions de la Bagnole.<br />

JENNIFER TREMBLAY<br />

QUÉBEC, ÉVÉNEMENT 5<br />

Jennifer Tremblay est née à Forestville, une petite<br />

municipalité sur la côte nord du fl euve Sa<strong>in</strong>t-Laurent.<br />

Amoureuse des mots, elle ne cesse de prendre la route<br />

sous différents prétextes : les Salons du livre, les ateliers<br />

dans les écoles, etc. Elle a étudié en littérature à l’UQAM<br />

et publié quelques nouvelles, un livre de poésie, un roman,<br />

a<strong>in</strong>si que des articles et des albums pour la jeunesse. Elle<br />

a également scénarisé des émissions pour le jeune public<br />

à la télévision de Radio-Canada. En 2004, elle a co-fondé,<br />

avec Mart<strong>in</strong> Larocque, les Éditions de la Bagnole.<br />

JANE URQUHART<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 21, 50, 62<br />

Jane Urquhart is the author of fi ve<br />

previous novels, a collection of short<br />

fi ction, and four books of poetry. Among<br />

the many awards and dist<strong>in</strong>ctions she<br />

has earned for her work are the Trillium<br />

Award, the Governor General’s Award and France’s<br />

Le Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (Best Foreign Book<br />

Award). Urquhart has received the Marian Engel Award,<br />

and is an Offi cer of the Order of Canada and a Chevalier<br />

dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres <strong>in</strong> France. Her new<br />

novel is Sanctuary L<strong>in</strong>e.<br />

© ELSA TRILLAT<br />

JOHN VAILLANT<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, SPECIAL EVENT<br />

John Vaillant’s fi rst book was The<br />

Golden Spruce. He has written for The<br />

New Yorker, The Atlantic, Outside,<br />

National Geographic Adventure and<br />

Men’s Journal, among others. His new<br />

book is The Tiger, a gripp<strong>in</strong>g tale of man and nature<br />

<strong>in</strong> collision, that leads <strong>in</strong>exorably a fi nal showdown <strong>in</strong><br />

a clear<strong>in</strong>g deep <strong>in</strong> the Siberian forest. Vaillant lives <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>Vancouver</strong> with his wife and children.<br />

© MICHAEL LIONSTAR<br />

RICHARD VAN CAMP<br />

ALBERTA, EVENT 6<br />

A Dogrib (Tlicho) Dene from Fort<br />

Smith, NWT, Richard Van Camp is an<br />

<strong>in</strong>ternationally renowned storyteller and<br />

bestsell<strong>in</strong>g author. He was awarded<br />

Storyteller of the Year for both Canada<br />

and the US by the Wordcraft Circle of Native <strong>Writers</strong> and<br />

Storytellers <strong>in</strong> 2007. His latest collection of stories is The<br />

Moon of Lett<strong>in</strong>g Go.<br />

RUSSELL WANGERSKY<br />

NEWFOUNDLAND, EVENTS 35, 45<br />

Russell Wangersky’s Burn<strong>in</strong>g Down the<br />

House: Fight<strong>in</strong>g Fires and Los<strong>in</strong>g Myself,<br />

won three national awards, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the BC<br />

National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction.<br />

His 2006 short story collection The Hour of<br />

Bad Decisions was long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize,<br />

and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize,<br />

Best First Book, Canada and the Caribbean. His new book,<br />

his fi rst novel, is The Glass Harmonica. He lives <strong>in</strong> St. John’s<br />

Newfoundland, where he’s a journalist at The Telegram.<br />

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IRENE N. WATTS<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENT 14<br />

Irene N. Watts is a writer and playwright who has worked<br />

throughout Canada and Europe. Her previous book, A Tell<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Time, was awarded a White Raven <strong>in</strong> Bologna 2006, by the<br />

<strong>International</strong>e Jugend Bibliothek, Munich. Irene’s books<br />

have been translated <strong>in</strong>to Italian, French and Dutch and<br />

have been awarded numerous honours, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the Geoffrey Bilson Award<br />

for Historical Fiction, BC’s Chocolate Lily Award, and UNESCO’s Playwrit<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Award for Young Adults. Her new book is No Pets Allowed.<br />

RC WESLOWSKI<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 10, 27<br />

RC Weslowski is a clown mouth full of x-ray visions<br />

attempt<strong>in</strong>g to get at the heart of th<strong>in</strong>gs. RC is the 2009<br />

<strong>Vancouver</strong> Poetry Slam-Grand Slam Champion and he was<br />

also the Poet of Honour at the 2008 Canadian <strong>Festival</strong> of<br />

Spoken Word, and 2007 runner up at the World Cup of<br />

Poetry <strong>in</strong> Bobigny, France, 2006. He has toured the UK, Europe, Canada and<br />

the US with performances at many different festivals.<br />

ROBERT J. WIERSEMA<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 20, 30<br />

Robert J. Wiersema channeled his childhood propensity<br />

for ly<strong>in</strong>g (even though he always got caught) <strong>in</strong>to the craft<br />

of fi ction, which he studied at the University of Victoria. He<br />

worked for many years as a bookseller <strong>in</strong> Victoria and wrote<br />

book reviews for Quill & Quire, The <strong>Vancouver</strong> Sun, the<br />

Globe and Mail, and the Ottawa Citizen, before writ<strong>in</strong>g his fi rst novel, Before I<br />

Wake. His new novel is Bedtime Story.<br />

© DON DENTON<br />

KATHLEEN WINTER<br />

QUÉBEC, EVENTS 20, 62<br />

Kathleen W<strong>in</strong>ter has written dramatic and documentary<br />

scripts for Sesame Street and CBC Television. Her fi rst<br />

collection of short stories, boYs, was the w<strong>in</strong>ner of both the<br />

W<strong>in</strong>terset Award and the 2006 Metcalfe-Rooke Award. A<br />

long-time resident of St. John’s, Newfoundland, she now<br />

lives <strong>in</strong> Montreal. Annabel is her fi rst novel.


MICHAEL WINTER<br />

ONTARIO, EVENTS 35, 52, 67<br />

Michael W<strong>in</strong>ter is the author of The Architects Are Here, which<br />

was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and The Big Why,<br />

which was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award and the Thomas<br />

Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and longlisted for the <strong>International</strong><br />

IMPAC Dubl<strong>in</strong> Literary Award. His fi rst novel, This All Happened,<br />

won the W<strong>in</strong>terset Award. He is also the recipient of The <strong>Writers</strong>’ Trust Notable<br />

Author Award. W<strong>in</strong>ter’s new novel is The Death of Donna Whalen. He divides his<br />

time between Toronto and St. John’s.<br />

© CURTIS LANTINGA © STEVE PAYNE<br />

RACHEL WYATT<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 50, 57<br />

Rachel Wyatt is an award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g author of novels, short fi ction,<br />

stage and radio plays and non-fi ction works. Her six novels<br />

<strong>in</strong>clude The Rosedale Hoax, Foreign Bodies, and Time’s Reach.<br />

A half-dozen professional productions have been mounted of her<br />

full-length stage plays, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Crackpot and For Love or Money.<br />

She has won the CBC Literary Competition Drama Award and was awarded the<br />

Order of Canada <strong>in</strong> 2002 and the Queen’s Jubilee Medal <strong>in</strong> 2003. Her new novel is<br />

Letters to Omar.<br />

ALISSA YORK<br />

ONTARIO, SPECIAL EVENT<br />

Alissa York’s highly acclaimed fi rst novel, Mercy, was published<br />

<strong>in</strong> 2003. Effi gy was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.<br />

She won the Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba<br />

Publisher for her short story collection, Any Given Power. Her<br />

stories have also won the Journey Prize and the Bronwen Wallace<br />

Award, and <strong>in</strong> 2001 she won the John Hirsch Award for Most Promis<strong>in</strong>g Manitoba<br />

Writer. She has lived all over Canada, and now makes her home <strong>in</strong> Toronto. Her<br />

new novel is Fauna.<br />

TERENCE YOUNG<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 38, 64<br />

Terence Young is the author of four previous books, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />

The Island <strong>in</strong> W<strong>in</strong>ter (nom<strong>in</strong>ated for the Governor General’s Award<br />

for poetry), Rhymes with Useless, After Goodlake’s (W<strong>in</strong>ner of<br />

the City of Victoria Butler Best Book Award), and Mov<strong>in</strong>g Day.<br />

He helped co-found The Claremont Review, a journal for young<br />

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collection of stories is The End of the Ice Age.<br />

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November 23, 1916 – January 14, 2010<br />

It’s the writer’s duty to describe<br />

freely, exactly. Noth<strong>in</strong>g else will do.<br />

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By Paul Quarr<strong>in</strong>gton, Dan Hill, Mart<strong>in</strong> Worthy<br />

Repr<strong>in</strong>ted with permission from Greystone Books.<br />

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