Program Guide in pdf - Vancouver International Writers Festival
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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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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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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 />
Kip Woodward<br />
SPECIAL EDITION<br />
($1,000+)<br />
Richard Angus<br />
Tony & Anne Giard<strong>in</strong>i<br />
Sandra & Robert Lesperance<br />
Tracey McVicar<br />
Ebie & Ian Pitfi eld<br />
Helen Shore<br />
Donald Shumka<br />
Kim Thorne<br />
Paul & Joan Whitney<br />
LIMITED EDITION ($500+)<br />
Birgit Bateman<br />
Kelli Bodnar<br />
C<strong>in</strong>dy Bruce<br />
Lynn Copeland<br />
Yulanda & Moh Faris<br />
Greg Ford<br />
Sally Hard<strong>in</strong>g &<br />
Dr. Gerry Flem<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Shirley Lew &<br />
Lachlan Murray<br />
Lorra<strong>in</strong>e Marshall<br />
Joan McEwen<br />
Sheahan & Gerald McGav<strong>in</strong><br />
Harvey McK<strong>in</strong>non<br />
William & Margaret New<br />
Jasen Nielsen<br />
Mary Robertson<br />
Colleen MacMillan &<br />
Rob Sanders<br />
Ralph Sayle<br />
Bonnie Sheldon<br />
Kathryn Shoemaker<br />
Ian & Jane Strang<br />
Hal Wake<br />
Thomas S. Woods<br />
Anonymous (2)<br />
FIRST EDITION ($250+)<br />
Joy Alexander<br />
Denise Anderson<br />
John & Jean Anderson<br />
Gael Arthur<br />
Maureen Attwell<br />
Nigel Bullers<br />
Rudy Carlson<br />
Ann Carroll<br />
Claudia Casper<br />
David Chariandy<br />
Ann Cowan Buitenhuis<br />
Brad Cran<br />
Janice & Doug Dalzell<br />
Louise Dennys<br />
Patrick Dunn<br />
Karen Ehrenholz<br />
Barbara Gelfant<br />
Crissy George<br />
John Goossen<br />
Genni Gunn<br />
Jack Hodg<strong>in</strong>s<br />
Trudy & Norm Hofl ey<br />
Ann Howe<br />
Karen Howe<br />
Violet Hughes<br />
Leslie Hurtig &<br />
Doran Chandler<br />
R. Laurence Johnston<br />
Richard Johnston<br />
Margaret Kennedy<br />
Patricia Laidley<br />
Lorey Lasley<br />
Alma Lee<br />
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 />
Trevor Carolan<br />
Israel Chafetz<br />
Kev<strong>in</strong> Chong<br />
Jennifer Chow<br />
Stanley Clark<br />
Ethel Coffi n<br />
Judith Coffi n<br />
Joy Coghill Thorne<br />
Hilde Colenbrander<br />
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 />
Liese Goosen<br />
T<strong>in</strong>a Grabenhorst<br />
Gordon Gram<br />
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 />
Aileen La Borie<br />
Al<strong>in</strong>e LaFlamme<br />
Barbara Lambert<br />
Bill & Stephanie Lang<br />
Stefan Langford<br />
Melanie Last<br />
Glenn Laufer<br />
Timothy Le Couteur<br />
Johanne Leach<br />
Ann Lemieux<br />
James Leslie<br />
Sue Anne L<strong>in</strong>de<br />
Aileen Lord<br />
Mary Ellen Maasik<br />
Kathleen & Peter Macdonald<br />
John & Marian MacFarlane<br />
L<strong>in</strong>da MacK<strong>in</strong>ley-Hay<br />
Kathleen MacK<strong>in</strong>non<br />
Margaret MacK<strong>in</strong>non-Cash<br />
William MacLagan<br />
Jocelyn MacNiel<br />
Deviani Maher<br />
Lori Mass<strong>in</strong>i<br />
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 />
Deborah Nordheimer<br />
Rob<strong>in</strong> O’Brien<br />
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 />
Bob Penner<br />
Christ<strong>in</strong>e Perreault<br />
Edward Phillips<br />
Alexander Pitfi eld<br />
Michelle Pockey<br />
Alyssa Pol<strong>in</strong>sky<br />
Leonard Polsky<br />
Marion Porath<br />
Karma Pratt<br />
Beverley Price<br />
Don Prior<br />
Lonnie & Susan Propas<br />
Heidi Pullem<br />
Barbara Quelch<br />
Kather<strong>in</strong>e Rayner<br />
Deanna Reder<br />
N<strong>in</strong>o Ricci<br />
Kim Roberts<br />
Sylvia Roberts<br />
Anne Robillard<br />
Peter Rob<strong>in</strong>son<br />
Jan<strong>in</strong>e Root<br />
Thomas Roper<br />
Andrea Rowe<br />
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 />
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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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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 />
$19<br />
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7<br />
Vietnam has held a spot on the world stage for<br />
the last 60 years and cont<strong>in</strong>ues to be a magnet<br />
for the literary imag<strong>in</strong>ation. Three novelists<br />
whose lives have taken them to Vietnam<br />
to research, to learn or to fi ght write those<br />
experiences <strong>in</strong>to fi ction, with astound<strong>in</strong>g results.<br />
Adam Lewis Schroeder beg<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong> Frenchoccupied<br />
Indoch<strong>in</strong>a and weaves a generational<br />
search for identity, while Vietnam vet Karl<br />
Marlantes tells a rugged tale of young American<br />
Mar<strong>in</strong>es, dropped <strong>in</strong>to the jungles, who must<br />
fi ght not only an elusive enemy but also leeches,<br />
monsoons and the reality of war itself. Camilla<br />
Gibb’s story is set <strong>in</strong> contemporary Vietnam, a<br />
country undergo<strong>in</strong>g such momentous change,<br />
even its tour guides wonder what the world is<br />
really see<strong>in</strong>g of their lives and their past.<br />
SUR TERRE ET AU PARADIS<br />
JENNIFER TREMBLAY<br />
ANIMATEUR : STEPHAN CLOUTIER<br />
13 H À 14 H<br />
PTC STUDIO<br />
17$ / 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 />
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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 />
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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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entre les élèves et les auteurs.<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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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 />
22 DOWN HERE, UP THERE 23 AROUND EVERY CORNER 24<br />
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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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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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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Celebrat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
75 Great Years<br />
PENGUIN WELCOMES OUR<br />
AUTHORS TO THE FESTIVAL<br />
William Gibson Zero History<br />
Paolo Giordano The Solitude of Prime Numbers<br />
Rebecca James Beautiful Malice<br />
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 />
Wells Tower Everyth<strong>in</strong>g Ravaged, Everyth<strong>in</strong>g Burned<br />
Michael W<strong>in</strong>ter The Death of Donna Whalen<br />
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The Songs – a musical<br />
legacy from award<br />
w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g musician,<br />
author & screenwriter<br />
Paul Quarr<strong>in</strong>gton.<br />
AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE.<br />
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MFA<br />
Writ<strong>in</strong>g<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 />
will work as teach<strong>in</strong>g assistants <strong>in</strong> their<br />
genre of writ<strong>in</strong>g. Graduate awards<br />
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 />
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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 />
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and spiritual<br />
odyssey by<br />
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of creative<br />
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Prodigal Daughter<br />
A Journey to Byzantium<br />
MYRNA KOSTASH<br />
328 pages • $34.95 paper<br />
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Travel Memoir/Creative Nonfi ction<br />
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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 />
My Granny the Goldfi sh, performed to enthusiastic reviews at the Arts Club<br />
Theatre <strong>in</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong> this past spr<strong>in</strong>g. His new novel is Dahanu Road.<br />
© 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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Oct. 7, 2010 | Tickets: $15/$12<br />
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Globe and Mail columnist with new release on the<br />
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Gwynne Dyer<br />
Crawl<strong>in</strong>g From the Wreckage<br />
Oct. 25, 2010 | Tickets: $25/$22<br />
Dyer’s new release traces the world's<br />
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 />
Kay Meek Centre<br />
The honourable Romeo Dallaire will address<br />
the global issue of child soldiers.<br />
Dr Rub<strong>in</strong> “Hurricane” Carter<br />
Eye of the Hurricane: My Path<br />
from Darkness to Freedom<br />
Feb. 28, 2011 | Tickets: $25/$22<br />
One of the 20th century’s most fasc<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g people, Dr Carter will address<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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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A half-dozen professional productions have been mounted of her<br />
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She has won the CBC Literary Competition Drama Award and was awarded the<br />
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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 />
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Award, and <strong>in</strong> 2001 she won the John Hirsch Award for Most Promis<strong>in</strong>g Manitoba<br />
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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 />
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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 />
Just as the pa<strong>in</strong>ter must, from two make three<br />
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Repr<strong>in</strong>ted from Planet Earth (Poems Selected and<br />
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Paul Quarr<strong>in</strong>gton<br />
July 22, 1953 – January 21, 2010<br />
The ocean is ris<strong>in</strong>g as the sun goes down<br />
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When I sail <strong>in</strong>to the mystery<br />
I know I’m fall<strong>in</strong>g, don’t know where I’m gonna land<br />
Are you ready? Am I ready? I believe I am.<br />
Are You Ready?<br />
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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