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38 The Sky is Falling by Caroline Adderson Meet Caroline October 19, 2010 at 8:30 pm. www.thomasallen.ca 2 A geographical, historical, and spiritual odyssey by a master of creative nonfi ction. Prodigal Daughter A Journey to Byzantium MYRNA KOSTASH 328 pages • $34.95 paper 978–0–88864–534–0 Wayfarer Series Travel Memoir/Creative Nonfi ction www.uap.ualberta.ca ORDERS 1-877-864-8477 CAROLINE ADDERSON BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 9, 34 Caroline Adderson is the author of two internationally published novels (A History of Forgetting, Sitting Practice), two collections of short stories (Bad Imaginings, Pleased to Meet You) and several books for young people. A two-time recipient of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and three-time CBC Literary Award winner, Caroline lives in Vancouver. She comes to the Festival with a new novel, The Sky Is Falling. © ERICH SAIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LINWOOD BARCLAY ONTARIO, EVENTS 33, 54 Linwood Barclay, a former columnist for The Toronto Star, is the internationally bestselling author of seven critically acclaimed novels, including Fear the Worst, Too Close to Home, and No Time for Goodbye, which has been optioned for fi lm. He lives near Toronto with his wife and has two grown children. His latest book is the spine-tingling thriller, Never Look Away, which explores every parent’s worst fear. © DAVID COOPER LYNDA BARRY UNITED STATES, EVENTS 40, 61 Lynda Barry has worked as a painter, cartoonist, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, commentator and teacher, and found they are all alike. She is the inimitable creator behind the syndicated strip Ernie Pook’s Comeek featuring the incomparable Marlys and Freddy, as well as the books One! Hundred! Demons!, The! Greatest! of! Marlys!, Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel, Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies!, and the bestselling and acclaimed What It Is, which won the Eisner Award for Best Reality Based Graphic Novel and the R.R. Donnelly Award for highest literary achievement by a Wisconsin author. SELF PORTRAIT DAVE BIDINI ONTARIO, EVENTS 42, 49 Dave Bidini, formerly of the Rheostatics, is the author of nine books, including Tropic of Hockey, which was made into the Genie Award–winning feature fi lm, Hockey Nomad. Another of his books, Baseballissimo, was recently optioned for both fi lm and television. Bidini’s journalism has earned him numerous National Magazine Awards. His new book is Home and Away: In Search of Dreams at the Homeless World Cup of Soccer. SANDRA BIRDSELL SASKATCHEWAN, EVENTS 35, 50 Sandra Birdsell’s eight books have received critical acclaim and numerous literary prizes and nominations, including a Scotiabank Giller Prize nomination for The Russländer and Governor General’s Award nominations for The Two-Headed Calf and The Chrome Suite. In 1993 she was awarded one of Canada’s most prestigious literary prizes, the Marion Engel Award, an honour given to a female writer in mid-career. She was born and raised in Winnipeg, and currently lives in Saskatchewan. Her new novel is Waiting for Joe. © DON HALL GAIL BOWEN SASKATCHEWAN, EVENTS 33, 54 Gail Bowen’s Joanne Kilbourn mysteries have made her one of Canada’s most popular crime writers. The fi rst book in the series, Deadly Appearances, was nominated for the W.H. Smith-Books in Canada First Novel Award. Some of her mysteries have been produced as made-for-television features. Bowen’s latest novel, The Nesting Dolls, has been praised as one of her best. Head of the English Department at the First Nations University of Canada, Bowen lives in Regina. © EDWARD WILLET GEORGE BOWERING BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENT 58 George Bowering, Canada’s fi rst Poet Laureate, was born in the Okanagan. He has taught literature at the University of Calgary, the University of Western Ontario and Simon Fraser University. A distinguished novelist, poet, editor, professor, historian and tireless supporter of fellow writers, Bowering has authored more than 80 books, including works of poetry, fi ction, autobiography, biography and youth fi ction. His latest collection of poetry is My Darling Nellie Gray. MARTHA BROOKS MANITOBA, EVENTS 25, 29 Martha Brooks is an award-winning novelist, playwright and jazz singer whose books have been published worldwide and have earned her a Governor General’s Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work. She was raised in a medical family on the grounds of the now-defunct Manitoba Sanatorium, a setting and experience that inspired her new book, Queen of Hearts. The novel takes place in rural Manitoba during the Second World War and deals with surviving loss while fi nding friendship and love in surprising places.
AARON BUSHKOWSKY BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 34, 57 Aaron Bushkowsky is a poet, playwright, and screenwriter. His fi rst collection of poetry, ed and mabel go to the moon, was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. His second collection, Mars Is for Poems, was published in 2002. He has published two books of drama, Strangers Among Us and The Waterhead and Other Plays. Bushkowsky lives in Vancouver, where he teaches playwriting and screenwriting. His new book, Curtains for Roy, is his fi rst novel. ELEANOR CATTON NEW ZEALAND, EVENTS 51, 59 Eleanor Catton was born in London, Ontario and grew up in Canterbury, New Zealand. She completed an MA in Creative Writing at Wellington’s Victoria University in 2007 and dazzled critics with her award-winning fi rst novel, The Rehearsal. She has been hailed in the British press as the “golden girl of fi ction” and “a starburst of talent.” She is currently at work on a second novel. Eleanor Catton’s appearance is made possible by Creative New Zealand. DENISE CHONG ONTARIO, EVENTS 42, 52 Denise Chong is the author of the bestselling family memoir The Concubine’s Children, which won numerous awards and which Chong later adapted for the stage. Her second book, The Girl in the Picture, tells the story of Kim Phuc, the girl whose image as she fl ed from a napalm attack in her village became emblematic of the Vietnam War. Chong’s latest book, Egg on Mao, focuses on Lu Decheng, who gained international notoriety for defacing Mao’s portrait during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. Chong lives in Ottawa. Denise Chong’s appearance is made possible by the Department of World Literature and the Humanities Institute at Simon Fraser University. IVAN E. COYOTE BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 6, 64 Ivan E. Coyote is a writer and performer whose books include the story collections Close to Spider Man (shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Short Fiction Prize), One Man’s Trash, Loose End (shortlisted for the Ferro-Grumley Women’s Fiction Award) and The Slow Fix. Her novel, Bow Grip, won the 2007 ReLit Award. Ivan was also a founding member of the performance collective Taste This. She is a long-time columnist for Xtra! in Toronto and Xtra! West in Vancouver. Her newest book is the short story collection, Missed Her, and her latest CD, her third, is titled Only Two Reasons. Originally from the Yukon, Ivan lives in Vancouver. © LAURA SAWHCUK JUSTIN CRONIN UNITED STATES, EVENTS 30, 46 Born and raised in New England, Justin Cronin is a graduate of Harvard University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Awards for his fi ction include the Stephen Crane Prize, a Whiting Writers’ Award, and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. He is a professor of English at Rice University and lives with his wife and children in Houston, Texas. His new novel, a thriller, is The Passage. © GASPAR TRINGALE ANTHONY DOERR UNITED STATES, EVENTS 46, 55 Anthony Doerr wrote the novel, About Grace. He is also the author of a collection of short stories, The Shell Collector, and a memoir, Four Seasons in Rome. Among his many awards are three O. Henry Prizes, the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize, the Rome Prize, and the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award. His book reviews have appeared in The New York Times and Der Spiegel and his novella, Afterworld was included in the spring edition of McSweeney’s Quarterly. Doerr also writes the “On Science” column for The Boston Globe. His newest book is a collection of short stories, Memory Wall. © JERRY BAUER EMMA DONOGHUE ONTARIO / IRELAND, EVENTS 9, 20 Emma Donoghue is an award-winning Irish writer who has written four novels, including the internationally acclaimed and bestselling historical drama Slammerkin. She’s also published three books of short stories, two works of literary history, two anthologies and two plays. After years of commuting between England, Ireland and Canada, in 1998 she settled in London, Ontario, where she lives with her partner and their two children. Her new novel, Room, is told through the voice of a young boy. ANN ERIKSSON BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 34, 45 Ann Eriksson is a novelist and biologist who combines her background in ecology with her life experiences to create works of fi ction grounded in nature and populated with rich characters. Her novels are In the Hands of Anubis, Decomposing Maggie and, most recently, Falling from Grace. Eriksson was born in Saskatchewan and grew up in the Canadian Prairie provinces; she now lives with her husband, poet Gary Geddes, on Thetis Island and in Victoria. 39
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