Program Guide in pdf - Vancouver International Writers Festival
Program Guide in pdf - Vancouver International Writers Festival
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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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