VIWF Program Guide 2009

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A dramatic reading by Ms. Atwood from her latest novel The Year of the Flood, accompanied by actors and choir.

An Evening with David Sedaris

PHOTO: GEORGE WHITESIDE

Margaret Atwood

The author of the best-sellers When You Are Engulfed in Flames and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, returns to Vancouver by popular demand following his 2007 sold out performance to read selections of his latest work including never before published stories.

7:30 pm, Thursday, October 1, 2009

7:00 pm, Sunday, November 1, 2009

St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church Burrard at Nelson

The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts 777 Homer Street

Tickets: $17/$15 (students and seniors) Service charges will apply

Tickets: $4175-$6175 Service charges will apply

For tickets call 604 629 8849 or visit www.vancouvertix.com or from September 11 – 30 at the VIWF box office (1398 Cartwright Street, Granville Island) Presented in partnership with Playwrights Theatre Centre. This event is generously sponsored by London Drugs.

Support the Writers Festival — use the code “writers” when purchasing your tickets and a portion of the ticket proceeds will go the the VIWF.

Tickets available through Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.ca, by phone at 604 280 3311 and in person at all Ticketmaster outlets.

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FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS Debra Adelaide Robert Arthur Alexie Elaine Arsenault Margaret Atwood* C.R. Avery Tash Aw Elizabeth Bachinsky François Barcelo John Bemrose Marie-Claire Blais Joseph Boyden Kate Braid Brian Brett Robert Bringhurst Bonnie Burnard Chelsea Cain Don Calame Amit Chaudhuri Ying Chen

Xi Chuan Joy Coghill Karen Connelly Douglas Coupland Lorna Crozier Michael Crummey Andrea De Carlo Anne DeGrace William Deverell Carol Ann Duffy Sal Ferreras Cynthia Flood Lisa Foad Richard Ford* Gayle Friesen Hiromi Goto Terry Griggs Robyn Harding David Hewson

François Houle Sylvain Hotte June Hutton John Irving Jude Isabella Mariatu Kamara Michael Kenyon Rukhsana Khan Gordon Korman Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer Dany Laferrière Hadrien Laroche Marc Levy Joan London Annabel Lyon Alistair MacLeod Peter Mansbridge Ashok Mathur Colin McAdam

Heather McHugh Karen McLaughlin Maile Meloy Shandi Mitchell Lisa Moore Lorrie Moore Alice Munro* William New James W. Nichol Billeh Nickerson Audrey Niffenegger Edmundo Paz Soldán Hilary Peach Monique Proulx Kathy Reichs Leon Rooke Daria Salamon Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Gregory Scofield

David Sedaris* Anik See Seth Matthew Skelton Michèle Smolkin Rochelle Strauss Elizabeth Strout* Cordelia Strube C.J. Taylor Rhea Tregebov Thomas Trofimuk Michael Turner Sarah Waters Ian Weir Zoe Whittall Cathleen With Alexis Wright Tim Wynne-Jones Paul Yee * Special Events

WELCOME WELCOME TO THE VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL WRITERS & READERS FESTIVAL ON GRANVILLE ISLAND I first began thinking about a special tribute for Alice Munro a year ago when news of the publication of her new book, Too Much Happiness, was announced. Over the course of the next few months, the search began for a group of international writers who were drawn to, and affected by, Alice’s work. There are thousands of us in Canada who would offer our tributes, but I wanted to feature the respect and admiration she has outside our borders. The writers we have selected—Richard Ford (US), Joan London (AU), Amit Chaudhuri (UK/India), Elizabeth Strout (US) and Alistair MacLeod (CA)—represent the diversity of admirers Alice has around the world. Mr. Chaudhuri was on the jury that chose her as the winner of the prestigious Man Booker International Prize this past spring. It will be an honour to have Alice in the audience to hear the testimonials. Eleanor Wachtel of CBC’s Writers and Company will host the tribute and we are pleased that those who can’t attend this very special event may be able to hear it on CBC. This Festival marks the return of John Irving. He was last here for a special event in 2004 when he spoke to a rapt audience at St. Andrew’s-Wesley Church. An evening with John Irving is all John. Passionate, articulate and witty, he tells the story behind his novels with candor and insight. Kathy Reichs is also returning to the Festival after a long absence and we look forward to finding out what new adventures she has imagined for her tenacious main character, Dr. Temperance Brennan. We are delighted to welcome for the first time to the Festival Audrey Niffenegger, Lorrie Moore and France’s best-selling author Marc Levy. It has been a decade since Bonnie Burnard won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her powerful novel A Good House. Back with a new novel, she is joined by other national luminaries like Alistair MacLeod, Lisa Moore, Michael Crummey, Leon Rooke, Joseph Boyden and Douglas Coupland. Mr. Coupland will turn his evercurious eye to the work of the world renown graphic artist and cartoonist Seth in what promises to be an illuminating discussion. We have an impressive list of Quebeçois writers as well: Marie-Claire Blais, Monique

Proulx and Dany Laferrière. They will be joined by Marc Levy and Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt from France for a special French-language event that will be broadcast by Radio-Canada across the country. Through a strong partnership with Vancouver Island University that we have enjoyed for many years, we are privileged to have the Poet Laureate of England, Carol Ann Duffy, here to participate in our annual Poetry Bash. She will be joined by Xi Chuan from China, Heather McHugh from the U.S. and three of Canada’s finest poets, Robert Bringhurst, Gregory Scofield and Elizabeth Bachinsky. Our line-up of authors from British Columbia is a testament to the freshness and vitality of the writing scene in the province. Michael Turner, Annabel Lyon, Ashok Mathur, Anne Degrace, William Deverell, Karen McLaughlin, Gayle Friesen, Kate Braid, Michael Kenyon, Cathleen With and Cynthia Flood all have new work. And we introduce with pride new fiction from June Hutton and Rhea Tregebov. Lorna Crozier and Brian Brett return to the Festival with new non-fiction. We hope you will take the opportunity to meet some of the finest international writers who are with us this year, Tash Aw from the UK, Debra Adelaide and Alexis Wright from Australia, Edmondo Paz-Soldán from Bolivia and Andrea De Carlo from Italy. Our Bill Duthie Memorial Lecturer this year is Peter Mansbridge, known to so many Canadians as the anchor of CBC Televison’s The National. His new book, Mansbridge One on One, is an extraordinary selection of interviews from his Newsworld program of the same name, including conversations with politicians, journalists, arts and sports figures and newsmakers behind the biggest issues of the past decade. Our Spreading the Word events are not just of interest to students. Make sure to check out Friday daytime events for a chance to see some of your favourite authors. And we are proud once again to be presenting authors for young people in French as part of our La Joie de Lire program. Let me end this greeting by reminding you that the Festival encourages people to become members. Join us in helping to enliven the literary life of Vancouver and in return we will offer you an array of benefits including reduced ticket prices. Hal Wake, Artistic Director

Contents Special events 3, 29 List of authors 4 The Festival experience 8-9 Festival Bookstore 8 La Joie de Lire 9 Spreading the Word 10 Festival Staff 11 Greetings & Salutations 12 -13 Our Supporters 16, 17, 35, 43 The Alma Lee Legacy Fund 29 Festival at a Glance 30 - 31

Events schedule School Events are indicated by

Tuesday, October 20 Wednesday, October 21 Thursday, October 22 Friday, October 23 Saturday, October 24 Sunday, October 25 Author Biographies

18-19 20-22 24-28 33-36 37-40 41-42 44-57

How to use this guide Each bio lists the events (by number) in which the author is appearing. To locate a venue, check the map on page 6. If you have any questions, give us a call at 604 681 6330, or check our website at www.writersfest.bc.ca for updated Festival information.

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VENUES & PARKING

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Granville Island Public Market Revue Theatre 1585 Johnston Street 3 Granville Island Stage 1585 Johnston Street 4 Waterfront Theatre 1412 Cartwright Street 5 Writers Festival Box Office Main Floor, Festival House 1398 Cartwright Street 6 PTC Studio 3rd Floor, Festival House 1398 Cartwright Street 7 Performance Works 1218 Cartwright Street 8 Festival Bookstore Rear, 1218 Cartwright Street 9 Granville Island Hotel 1253 Johnston Street 10 Emily Carr University of Art and Design Theatre 1399 Johnston Street

Off-Site Venues Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage 2750 Granville Street Radio-Canada Studio 1 700 Hamilton Street

Parking Information Free parking in most spots on Granville Island is limited to three hours from 7 am to 7 pm. Read the signs carefully: some spots are for one hour or less. Free parking is limited to three hours per day throughout the Island. Don’t park your car in one spot for three hours and then move it to another spot; you risk being ticketed. Parking is free and unlimited in most spots (including the pay parking garages and lots) from 7 pm to 7 am. The parking lot just east of the entrance to Granville Island at the corner of Lamey’s Mill Road and The Castings offers all-day parking for $6. There is also plenty of parking on the north side of False Creek. Consider leaving your car there and coming across on the ferries. The most important thing to remember is to give yourself time—at least an extra 15 minutes to find a spot—if you plan to park on Granville Island.

Public Transit

Ferries

Call or check the web for schedule information. Translink Schedule Information 604-953-3333 between 6:30 am and 11:30 pm daily www.translink.bc.ca

Ferries travel from various locations along the north and south shores of False Creek to Granville Island at frequent intervals. Call for schedule information.

False Creek Ferries 604-684-7781 www.granvilleislandferries.bc.ca Aquabus 604-689-5858 www.aquabus.bc.ca

HOW TO BUY TICKETS Advance Ticket Sales

School Group Tickets

Tickets go on sale Friday, September 11, 2009. Tickets are available at the Writers Festival Box Office (in person sales only; see details below), and at VancouverTix by phoning 604-629-8849 or on-line at www. vancouvertix.com. For information about purchasing tickets, please call the Festival office at 604-681-6330. All prices include GST.

School group tickets to Spreading the Word school events are $8 each. Ticket prices include GST. There are no surcharges on school group tickets. Teachers and adults accompanying school groups must purchase tickets. School group tickets go on sale on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 8 am. There are three ways to order school group tickets: • On-line at http://www.writersfest.bc.ca/schools/ticket_orders.php (or go to www.writersfest.bc.ca and follow the links to Schools/ School Events/Order School Group Tickets) • In person at Writers Festival Box Office • By fax to 604-681-8400 (please call 604-681-6330, ext. 0, in advance to request a ticket order form to fax)

VancouverTix surcharges will apply to all tickets purchased through VancouverTix on-line or by phone. The Writers Festival Box Office charges a $1 surcharge per ticket and is open for in-person sales only. The Writers Festival Box office is located on the first floor of Festival House, 1398 Cartwright Street, Granville Island. Hours are 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, and 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Saturdays. Cash, MasterCard, Visa accepted.

• Advance ticket sales end at 5:00 pm on the day before the event. • VancouverTix 604-629-8849 www.vancouvertix.com. • Door Sales (Day of event only) The box office at the event will open 45 minutes before the start of the event. Please call 604-681-6330 for ticket availability information or check on-line at www.writersfest.bc.ca. Cash, MasterCard, Visa accepted.

General Information • We offer a $2 discount for seniors and students who present valid ID, for those on a fixed income and for the unemployed. • We offer a $2 discount for VIWF members purchasing advance tickets (excluding special events) at the Writers Festival Box Office (please present your membership card). • Please check your tickets carefully. There will be no exchanges or refunds. • The Festival Program is subject to change without notice. There are no refunds unless an event is cancelled. • Latecomers may not be seated. • Out of courtesy to other patrons, no babies or small children at adult Festival events please. • No cameras, video recorders or tape recorders. All Festival venues are wheelchair accessible. Please call 604-681-6330, ext. 107, in advance to reserve seating.

Subsidy for School Groups The Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival acknowledges the Cynthia Woodward Development Program, the result of many years of dedicated fundraising by Cynthia Woodward. Her vision and generosity enable us to provide free and/or subsidized tickets for school groups. A limited number of subsidies based on financial need are available. To inquire about a subsidy, please contact the General Manager at 604-681-6330, ext. 103, or email generalmanager@writersfest.bc.ca.

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THE FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE A World of Ideas on Granville Island The 22nd Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival on Granville Island offers a world of ideas to explore, with 100 writers from around the world. This is your opportunity to attend readings, discussions, debates and poetry bashes, and to meet an eclectic array of writers from Canada and around the world. You can rely on several things—that Festival events will get you thinking, introduce you to new authors and, if your aspirations are to write, you are sure to be inspired. Attending the events is just part of the Festival experience. We are thrilled that the Festival calls Granville Island home and that it adds so much to our audiences’ enjoyment of the Festival. The island’s location, an oasis in the heart of Vancouver, makes it ideal for the Festival. Although access

is convenient on transit, we recommend the water taxis as the ultimate way to get here! Whilst you are on the island, we hope that you will take the time to explore. Along with the wonderful public market, restaurants and cafés, there are many hidden shops, galleries and artist studios to discover. Be part of the excitement that permeates Granville Island for the six days of the Festival. Granville Island is managed on behalf of the Government of Canada by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. The Vancouver International Writers Festival is a proud cultural partner of CMHC Granville Island and is honoured to be a resident of this vibrant community. Enjoy.

Festival Bookstore You will find the Festival Bookstore conveniently located at the rear of Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright Street, near the Granville Island Hotel at the east end of the Island. Books are also sold at the venues following each event, with the writers available for signing. The bookstore carries both current and backlist titles of each Festival writer. It’s the ideal place to browse between events. The bookstore is operated by the Festival’s official bookseller, Kidsbooks. Kidsbooks is a successful independent bookseller known throughout the province for its comprehensive selection of titles for young audiences and for its knowledgeable and helpful staff. The Festival Bookstore is open from 11 am to 10 pm Wednesday, 10 am to 10 pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and 10 am to 5 pm Sunday.

Seeing Red at Performance Works When Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas unbinds two copies of his new book Red and reassembles as a four-metre long mural, a stunning Haida formline design is revealed. This major work, published by Douglas & McIntyre and on exhibit in Performance Works during the week of the Writers Festival, boldly brings a traditional legend into the very contemporary form of graphic novel. Set in Haida Gwaii, islands off the northwest coast of British Columbia, Red is the powerful story of a leader so blinded by revenge that he leads his community to the brink of war and destruction. Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas is a Haida artist and social activist. He lives on Bowen Island.

INNcredible The Vancouver International Writers Festival gratefully acknowledges Dockside Restaurant and the Granville Island Hotel for their generous contributions to this year’s Festival.

A special thanks To East India Carpets, Northwest Bungalow and David Hunter Garden Centers for making our Festival stages beautiful.

VANCOUVERTIX.COM La Joie de Lire La Joie de Lire est à la fois le titre et l’objectif des programmes en français du Vancouver International Writers Festival. Quatre auteurs québécois y participeront dans le cadre des activités offertes aux élèves de la maternelle à la douzième année. Les élèves qui étudient le français comme langue seconde ou tierce seront ravis d’apprendre qu’Elaine Arsenault a grandi dans une famille où l’on parlait l’anglais à la maison, et le français partout ailleurs. Elaine a donc appris à lire et à écrire l’anglais d’elle-même, en lisant des livres pour enfants. Elle présentera sa trilogie fantastique L’or des gitans ainsi que sa série du chien Passepoil qui s’adresse aux plus jeunes. François Barcelo et Sylvain Hotte sont aussi auteurs de livres pour enfants et adolescents. Les lecteurs de Hotte apprendront avec plaisir la sortie cet automne du neuvième volume de Darhan, une série de science-fiction primée. Notre quatrième auteur, Dany Laferrière, présentera quant à lui deux livres qu’il a écrits pour les jeunes et dans lesquels il parle de son enfance à Haïti.

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The Vancouver International Writers Festival invites you to

The Vancouver International Writers Festival’s Gala Dinner Join the Writers Festival and visiting authors for an evening of festivity, food and literary laughs. Hosted by Bill Richardson. In support of Spreading the Word, the education program of the Vancouver International Writers Festival. MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009 FOUR SEASONS HOTEL 791 WEST GEORGIA STREET

WRITING THE GREAT CANADIAN NOVEL?

RECEPTION 6:00 PM DINNER 7:30 PM DRESS COCKTAIL For tickets please call the Writers Festival office at 604 681 6330 ext. 109. Corporate tables are also available.

Your contribution to Literati ensures that young readers will be inspired and engaged by writers from around the world. Spreading the Word, the Festival’s education program, is about reading and writing, books and writers. It offers K-12 students and teachers the rare opportunity to engage with internationally renowned writers at the Festival and in the classroom.

Technical writing is an interesting, rewarding, and rapidly evolving field with growing demand, flexible hours, and good compensation. You’ll need a logical mind, a knack for problem solving, and the ability to express yourself well in writing. For more information on our Technical Writing Program and on upcoming info sessions: E techwrit@bcit.ca W bcit.ca, search ‘technical writing’

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SPREADING THE WORD It’s about reading and writing, books and writers. It’s eclectic, exciting, entertaining and thought provoking. Spreading the Word, the Vancouver International Writers Festival’s schools program, offers K-12 students and teachers the rare opportunity to engage with internationally renowned writers at the Festival and in the classroom. Spreading the Word is supported by the Kinder Morgan Foundation and RBC Foundation.

AT THE FESTIVAL there are 34 great events for grades K-12, in French and English. Find study guides for each event at www.writersfest.bc.ca/ schools. Friday daytime events are designed for teachers and senior students as well as for the general public. READING WITH WRITERS – Festival authors visit local inner city classrooms during the Festival and throughout the year to inspire young readers and writers. Reading with Writers is sponsored by HSBC Bank Canada.

YOUTHWRITES is a writing contest for secondary school students. Prizes include a day at Youthink magazine, tickets to a Festival school event and a collection of books. YouthWrites is supported by the Chris Spencer Foundation and is produced in partnership with Youthink Magazine.

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SUBSIDY FOR SCHOOL GROUPS The Vancouver International Writers Festival acknowledges the Cynthia Woodward Development Program, the result of many years of dedicated fundraising by Cynthia Woodward. Her vision and generosity enable us to subsidize tickets for school groups. A limited number of subsidies based on financial need are available. To inquire about a subsidy, please contact the General Manager at 604 681 6330 local 103, or at generalmanager@writersfest.bc.ca. WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE Festival authors spend a week in residence in a small BC community working with creative writing students at a secondary school, and reading at elementary schools and in the community. This October Rukhsana Khan will be writer in residence in Prince Rupert. The Writer-in–Residence program is sponsored by BC Transmission Corporation and supported by the Michael R. Shaw Fund .

About the Michael R. Shaw Fund Michael R. Shaw was a young man who loved the outdoors and whose life was cut short when he and some of his classmates were taken by an avalanche in BC in 2003. The Michael R. Shaw Fund was established through the generosity of the Woodward family and the Festival is honoured to lend Michael’s name to this program. Spreading the Word is generously supported by our corporate, government and individual supporters.

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FESTIVAL STAFF

Back: Eduardo Ottoni, Clea Young, Hal Wake, Camilla Tibbs Front: Sandra Millard, Brenda Berck, Kathryn Fowler, Judith Walker, Ilona Beiks, Ann McDonell Missing: Myrna Casino

Founder and Lifetime Member: Alma Lee Board of Directors: Chair: Anne Giardini, Vice-Chair: Kim Thorne Secretary: Jan Whitford Treasurer: Mark Eldridge Members: Cheryl Berge, Kelli Bodnar, Greg Ford, Leslie Hurtig, Shirley Lew, Rod Scheuerman, Kathryn Shoemaker Literati Gala Committee Kathryn Shoemaker (Chair) Kelli Bodnar, Claudia Casper, Anne Giardini, Susan Goldie, Andrea Oberdieck, Adrienne Tanner A Dram Come True Committee Kathryn Shoemaker (Chair) Nigel Bullers, Greg Ford, Paula Third, Kim Thorne

Program Guide Editor: Ann McDonell Festival Design: 18 Creative Group Proofreading courtesy of the Editors’ Association of Canada, BC Branch: Lesley Cameron, Jennifer S. Getsinger, Marie Hanlon, Miro Kinch, Ann-Marie Metten A heartfelt thank you to the 280+ dedicated volunteers who contribute so much to the Festival each year. The volunteer program is sponsored by Penguin Group Canada. This program was printed by Mitchell Press on Harbour Offset 40% post consumer waste.

Staff Artistic Director: Hal Wake General Manager: Camilla Tibbs Development & Marketing Manager: age er:: Ann McDonell Administrator / Distribution Co-ordinator: Sandra Millard Bookkeeping Services: Office Alternatives Advertising Sales: Jeffrey Boone e Education Co-ordinator: Ilona Beiks ikkss Food & Beverage Services: Myrna Casino Food & Beverage Assistant: Carolina Sartor Media Relations Manager: Judith Walker Production Manager: Eduardo Ottoni tton on ni Production Coordinator: Katja Schlueter Programmer, La Joie de Lire: Brenda Berck Volunteer Co-ordinator: Kathryn Fowler Volunteer Assistant: Allie Slemon Writer Services/Communications Co-ordinator: Clea Young Website Design: Digiloom Web Design and Deployment

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GREETINGS I am delighted to welcome you to the 2009 Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival. This, our 22nd season, brings to Vancouver an unparalleled array of extraordinary writers and performers, who come to us from across Canada and around the world.

Alice Munro will be feted at this year’s Festival by Richard Ford, Alistair MacLeod, Elizabeth Strout (winner of this year’s Pulitzer Prize), Joan London and Amit Chaudhuri. We will also have many of Canada’s most gifted writers, among them Marie-Claire Blais, Douglas Coupland and Bonnie Burnard, as well as a contingent of emerging local talent. Many more writers join us from around the globe, including the newly appointed Poet Laureate of England, Carol Ann Duffy, John Irving from the US, and writers from France, Italy, China, Bolivia and Australia. During the six days of the festival (and at featured events throughout the year) the Festival’s 14,000 readers of all ages—from schoolchildren and university students, through to adults and seniors—will hear and experience writing at its most exciting —whether intimate, confessional, humorous, enlightening, searing, rhythmic, lyrical, understated or over-the-top. The experience that is the Festival is made up of many components. Our unique setting and varied venues on Granville Island. The writers themselves and their work. The Festival’s expert staff and dedicated volunteers. My colleagues on the Board of Directors. The thousands of children who participate in Spreading the Word, the Festival’s Schools Program, (the largest children’s literary event in Canada). And of course you, me, all of us: the readers who come each year to experience anew the art of the written and spoken word. I am grateful for all of these participants and also for the Festival’s loyal sponsors and donors, who provide us with the funds and in-kind donations that ensure the Festival’s on-going success. We have listed many of them here. This is truly our Festival. Vancouver has embraced it. Writers vie to come and shine for us. Now is the time. Clear your calendar. Dog-ear this program. Book your tickets. Come on foot, or by bicycle, scooter, bus or car. Bring the children, your best friend, your neighbours, your relatives and your fellow book-club members. I look forward to seeing you at the 2009 Vancouver International Writers Festival.

Our Government is committed to making our communities more dynamic by giving Canadians the opportunity to take part in the life of their community while celebrating local arts and heritage. That is why we support projects that give citizens of all backgrounds access to the world of arts and culture. For the past 22 years, this is what the Vancouver International Writers Festival has achieved. This literary gathering draws emerging and renowned writers from Canada and abroad and brings them together with readers of all ages who are eager to make new discoveries. On behalf of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Government of Canada, I thank everyone who has dedicated their time and energy to organizing this year’s Vancouver International Writers Festival.

Notre gouvernement tient à rendre nos communautés encore plus dynamiques en donnant l’occasion aux Canadiens de prendre part à la vie de leur communauté, tout en célébrant les arts et le patrimoine d’ici. C’est pourquoi nous soutenons des projets qui mettent le monde des arts et de la culture à la portée des citoyens de tous horizons. Voilà ce que réalise depuis 22 ans le Vancouver International Writers Festival. Ce rendez-vous littéraire attire des écrivains de renom et de la relève, du Canada et de l’étranger, et les met en présence de lecteurs de tous âges en quête de découvertes. Au nom du Premier ministre Stephen Harper et du gouvernement du Canada, je remercie tous ceux et celles qui ont consacré temps et énergie à l’organisation du Vancouver International Writers Festival de cette année.

Anne Giardini CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Honourable / L’honorable James Moore MINISTER OF CANADIAN HERITAGE AND OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

13 On behalf of the Canada Council for the Arts, welcome to the 2009 Vancouver International Writers Festival. The Canada Council is proud to support once again this leading literary event. Each year, the festival attracts distinguished writers from Canada and beyond, providing an opportunity for writers to connect with readers, encourage aspiring writers and, through the festival’s school program, spark a passion for reading in young readers. To everyone involved in the festival, best wishes for another successful event. Enjoy!

Au nom du Conseil des Arts du Canada, bienvenue à l’édition 2009 du Vancouver International Writers Festival. Le Conseil des Arts est fier d’appuyer encore une fois cet événement littéraire de premier rang. Chaque année, le festival attire des écrivains exceptionnels du Canada et d’ailleurs, et leur offre l’occasion de joindre les lecteurs, d’encourager les écrivains en herbe et, grâce à son au programme pédagogique, d’instiller la passion de lire aux jeunes. Mes meilleurs vœux de succès à tous ceux qui ont participé à ce festival et beaucoup de plaisir à tous!

Robert Sirman

As Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2009 Vancouver International Writers Festival. The Vancouver International Writers Festival is one of North America’s foremost literary events. For more than 20 years, this festival has welcomed some of the world’s best writers to Vancouver. This event provides the opportunity for aspiring authors to interact with their internationally renowned peers in informal, interactive settings that feature readings, interviews and performances. In its history, the festival has featured literary greats such as: Margaret Atwood, Timothy Findley and Carol Shields. In addition to its support for writers, the Vancouver International Writers Festival is also known for its work in advancing literacy in the young, including its educational program, Spreading the Word, which is the largest children’s literary event in Canada. I hope you enjoy your time at the festival and that you are inspired by the many gifted authors you will meet. I would like to acknowledge the festival society, sponsors and volunteers for their tireless efforts in once again putting together this remarkable event. Sincerely,

On behalf of the citizens of Vancouver, and my colleagues on City Council, I want to extend my warmest greetings to the 22nd Vancouver International Writers Festival. Each year the Vancouver International Writers Festival draws together top fiction writers, poets and non-fiction writers from around the world to a celebration of great literature. The Festival has been providing Vancouverites with the opportunity to enjoy the work of the world’s best writers for the last 22 years. As Mayor, I am proud of Vancouver’s reputation as a centre for learning and creativity. The Vancouver International Writers Festival is a vital contributor in this designation. I commend the organizers of this spectacular festival for turning it into one of our city’s premier events and thank you to all of the writers for sharing your love of the written word with us.

Best wishes on a successful festival. Yours truly,

Kevin Krueger

Gregor Robertson

MINISTER OF TOURISM, CULTURE AND THE ARTS

MAYOR OF VANCOUVER

DIRECTOR / DIRECTEUR ET CHEF DE LA DIRECTION

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GRANVILLE ISLAND EXPERIENCE Over 1000 prints by local, national and international print artists

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GRANVILLE ISLAND EXPERIENCE ranville Island is a hive of artistic activity with studios, stores and galleries waiting to be discovered. Between Festival events, use the map below to visit some of the merchants featured on this page. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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WRITERS ON CLOTH 2009 MAIWA TEXTILE SYMPOSIUM LECTURE SERIES 14 speakers from around the globe present ideas on textiles, culture, markets and craft.

Vancouver Museum - October 15 - 29 Tickets now available at www.maiwa.com 604 669 3939

Granville Island Public Market Malaspina Printmakers Pernilla Goldsmith Aurum-Argentum Ten Thousand Villages Dockside Restaurant

Tradewind Books congratulates Paul Yee on the publication of his new book.

Charllotte Kwon • Michel Garcia • Stephen Huyler Morimoto Kikuo • Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez • Sheila Paine Ashoke Chatterjee • Linda Cortright • Fernando Alvarez Bappaditya Biswas • Denise Lambert • Jawaja Leatherworkers • Elizabeth Barber • Mimi Robinson

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We gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance received from the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Arts Presentation Canada and the Book Publishing Industry Development Program).

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 A TRIBUTE TO ALICE MUNRO AMIT CHAUDHURI, RICHARD FORD, JOAN LONDON, ALISTAIR MACLEOD, ELIZABETH STROUT HOST: ELEANOR WACHTEL ALICE MUNRO WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE 7:30 PM STANLEY INDUSTRIAL ALLIANCE STAGE $45 / $40 SENIORS AND STUDENTS / $35 VIWF MEMBERS

This evening we celebrate the special place that Alice Munro holds in the hearts of readers around the world. In June 2009, Alice Munro was awarded the Man Booker International Prize, which honours a living writer whose body of work has influenced and inspired not only the literary community but also the global community. Munro is only the third recipient of this prestigious award. The Man Booker International Prize is a triumph, adding to her collection of three Governor General’s Literary Awards, two Scotiabank Giller Prizes and other honours too many to count. In awarding the prize to Munro, Jane Smiley, chair of the judges, said, “…the prize was to celebrate great writing above all—to recognize the mastery of someone who has entered a preexisting literary form and changed it utterly, put it to uses that no one had thought of before.” Tonight we have asked internationally acclaimed writers to deliver personally to Alice their accolades, their remembrances of first or special encounters with her work and moments when they were delighted by great beauty or awed by the genius of his her prose. Above all, this on of evening is an expression work. rk. our gratitude for her wo

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LES AVENTURES DE PASSEPOIL ET SES AMIS

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GAYLE FRIESEN, ROBYN HARDING HOST: KATHRYN GRETSINGER

ELAINE ARSENAULT ANIMATEUR : STEPHAN CLOUTIER

10–11:30 AM WATERFRONT THEATRE $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

10 H 30 À 11 H 30 PTC STUDIO 16$ / 8$ POUR LES GROUPES D’ÉTUDIANTS

How do you cope with parents whose behaviour forces you to recognize that they’re sexual beings as well as mothers and fathers? From “oh, gross!” to acceptance that life as they knew it changed when their parents split up, had affairs, got pregnant, or introduced a new dad and stepchildren into the mix, two young teens in two novels for young adults find they’ve grown up in ways they never expected. Handled with sensitivity and a generous dollop of humour, two experienced novelists tackle family life as many teens experience it today.

La série de quatre albums débute avec l’histoire d’un petit chien, Passepoil, qui rêve d’être adopté par mademoiselle Madeleine, la couturière. Les albums qui suivent racontent les autres aventures de Passepoil avec une marionnette, son ami, la souris, et sa première visite chez le vétérinaire. Les contes et illustrations raviront les enfants de tous âges.

Suitable for grades 9 to 12

STORIES NEAR AND FAR C.J. TAYLOR, PAUL YEE

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1–2:00 PM REVUE THEATRE $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

Stories may have their roots in your own neighbourhood—Vancouver’s Commercial Drive—or the heavens and underworlds of traditional legends. Governor General’s Literary Award winner Paul Yee and Mohawk storyteller and illustrator C.J. Taylor spin an afternoon’s worth of adventure for young readers. Yee’s stories are firmly set in the here and now of our city, while Taylor’s span the mythical worlds of Aboriginal legends across North America. However, as children know, great storytelling has no boundaries. Suitable for grades 1 to 3

Pour les élèves de la maternelle à la troisième année. Cet événement se tiendra exclusivement en français; il y aura beaucoup de possibilités d’interaction entre les élèves et l’écrivaine.

THE BITE OF THE MANGO MARIATU KAMARA IN CONVERSATION WITH KATHRYN GRETSINGER

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1–2:30 PM PERFORMANCE WORKS $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

When Mariatu Kamara was 12 years old in Sierra Leone, she was brutally attacked by armed rebel soldiers who cut off both her hands. The sweet taste of a mango, her first food after the attack, both reaffirmed her desire to live and harshly presented the challenges that lay before her. Eventually arriving in Toronto after begging in the streets of Freetown, Mariatu began to pull together the pieces of her broken life with courage and astounding resilience. Now in her early 20s, Kamara has been named a UNICEF Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict. Her story is told in The Bite of the Mango. Suitable for grades 8 to 12, and adults

VANCOUVERTIX.COM THE TIMELESS FORCES OF GOOD AND EVIL

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UN GARÇON, SA GRAND-MÈRE, UN GITAN ET AUTRES LÉGENDES

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HIROMI GOTO, MATTHEW SKELTON HOST: JOHN BURNS

ELAINE ARSENAULT, DANY LAFERRIÈRE ANIMATRICE : ANNE-LAURE PAULMONT

1–2:30 PM WATERFRONT THEATRE $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

13 H À 14 H 30 PTC STUDIO 16 $ / 8 $ POUR LES GROUPES D’ÉTUDIANTS

Those with a taste for dark fantasy and the worlds of magic, adventure and time-travel will revel in new works by authors Hiromi Goto and Matthew Skelton. In Skelton’s novel, merciless rogues are conniving to steal the world’s most divine power, which they believe young Cirrus Flux has inherited. Goto’s heroine Melanie is lured to the purgatory-like Half World to save her mother, only to realize the whole state of the universe is at risk. A violent struggle to restore cosmic balance ensues. With contemporary flair, two accomplished authors bring new relevance to the universal themes of good and evil.

Dany Laferrière raconte des histoires de son enfance passée à Haïti alors qu’il avait 10 ans et qu’il vivait une étroite relation avec sa grand-mère, Da. Entre autre choses, Da enseigne les coutumes et croyances haïtiennes sur la vie et la mort, la bonne aventure et les zombies, l’amour et la guérison. Pour sa part, Elaine Arsenault crée ses propres histoires portant sur des sujets similaires : les prophéties, un sorcier, un gitan et la guérison. Les histoires prennent vie dans les mains de ces deux auteurs doués et elles sont enrichies par les illustrations que l’on retrouve dans les livres de Laferrière.

Suitable for grades 8 to 10

AUDREY NIFFENEGGER IN CONVERSATION WITH JERRY WASSERMAN

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Point Grey 6200 University Blvd Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 (604) 822-2665

Robson Square

Pour les élèves de la quatrième à la septième année.

Home of the Robson Reading Series

Cet événement se tiendra exclusivement en français; il y aura beaucoup de possibilités d’interaction entre les élèves et les écrivains.

800 Robson Street Vancouver, BC V6Z 2C5 (604) 822-6453

AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH ALISTAIR MACLEOD

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8:00 PM WATERFRONT THEATRE $18

8:00 PM PTC STUDIO $23

Her debut novel The Time Traveler’s Wife has sold more than two million copies in 33 languages, delighting readers around the world. Now, six years later, Audrey Niffenegger comes to the Festival with Her Fearful Symmetry, a novel about love, identity, sisterhood and the tenacity of life even after death. This long-awaited second novel prompted a fierce bidding war among publishers that brought Niffenegger a $5 million advance. She’s also an accomplished visual artist who teaches the art of bookmaking at Chicago’s Center for Book and Paper Arts. Join Jerry Wasserman for a wide-ranging and illuminating conversation with one of America’s favourite writers.

For Vancouver area audiences, Alistair MacLeod needs no introduction. When he appeared at the Writers Festival in 2007, accompanied by the Chor Leoni men’s choir, he delivered one of the most memorable and moving afternoons in the history of the Festival. The much-loved novelist and short story writer returns to Granville Island to share some readings from Island and No Great Mischief, some storytelling and a good measure of charm with those quick enough to get a ticket. Spend an evening with an original, a true gentleman, and one of Canada’s most esteemed men of letters.

THE ALMA LEE OPENING NIGHT EVENT

GRAND OPENINGS

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BONNIE BURNARD, AMIT CHAUDHURI, DANY LAFERRIÈRE, LISA MOORE, KATHY REICHS, ERIC-EMMANUEL SCHMITT, ALEXIS WRIGHT HOST: HAL WAKE 8:00 PM PERFORMANCE WORKS $27

It’s opening night at the Writers Festival, and the Festival’s Artistic Director, Hal Wake, introduces seven fine writers. Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Bonnie Burnard reads from her long-awaited new novel Suddenly. She’s joined by acclaimed musician and novelist Amit Chaudhuri, and Governor General’s Literary Award winner Dany Laferrière. Newfoundland’s Lisa Moore brings us her heartrending February, and Kathy Reichs reads from her latest work featuring detective Temperance Brennan. Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, one of Europe’s most loved authors, also takes the stage, along with Australia’s Alexis Wright, winner of that country’s top literary award. Open the Festival in grand style in the company of these authors.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21

WORD! (1) C.R. AVERY, BILLEH NICKERSON, HILARY PEACH HOST: VANESSA RICHARDS

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SUIS-JE OBLIGÉ? MAIS JE LE VEUX FRANÇOIS BARCELO, SYLVAIN HOTTE ANIMATRICE : TRILBY JEEVES

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10–11:30 AM GRANVILLE ISLAND STAGE $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

10 H À 11 H 30 REVUE THEATRE 16 $ / 8 $ POUR LES GROUPES D’ÉTUDIANTS

Three BC writers—sometimes musicians, sometimes poets, sometimes welders, sometimes McJobbers, but always entertaining— get together this morning to take the art of writing to new places. Spoken word iconoclast and musician C.R. Avery joins Vancouver favourite Billeh Nickerson onstage with audio poet and arts activist Hilary Peach. “Lyrics look like #@*% on paper,” says Avery. This is spoken word, poetry and storytelling on the fly. Spread the word!

Une jeune étoile du hockey midget au futur prometteur est en amour. Une adolescente est supposée passer la journée avec son grand-père : elle trouve qu’il est nul, il la voit comme une chipie. Un garçon accepte de garder son demi-frère, bien qu’il n’ait jamais fait ça avant. Un ado fainéant, dans l’espoir de faire de l’argent, offre d’aider un voisin. Diverses histoires nous invitent à explorer les défis et la richesse des relations humaines.

(This event is repeated on Thursday afternoon.) Suitable for grades 10 to 12, and adults

Pour les élèves de la quatrième à la huitième année. Cet événement se tiendra exclusivement en français; il y aura beaucoup de possibilités d’interaction entre les élèves et les écrivains.

G-MAN GORDON KORMAN

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10–11:30 AM PERFORMANCE WORKS $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

A superstar of children’s literature, Gordon Korman has published more than 60 books that have delighted young readers for the last three decades. Korman published his first book at the age of 14 and stories continue to pour out of him at an astounding rate. From adventure and comedy, mystery and suspense, to everyday life and relationships, Korman’s novels appeal to a wide range of reading tastes. This is a rare opportunity to meet up with the G-Man face-to-face. Suitable for grades 4 to 7

VANCOUVERTIX.COM FRIGHT NIGHT HIROMI GOTO, TIM WYNNE-JONES HOST: BRENDA BERCK

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BY PEN AND BRUSH: NATIVE STORIES

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C.J. TAYLOR

10–11:30 AM WATERFRONT THEATRE $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

10–11:30 AM PTC STUDIO $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

Two Canadian authors have deliberately set out to write tales that leave readers on the edge of their chairs, send shivers down their spines and take their imaginations to the edge of reason. These multi-award winning authors share goosebump moments with their readers; they will also discuss why being frightened is fascinating to us, the borders between fright and horror, the fear of the known and the unknown and how they make the unimaginable real enough to keep us turning pages.

Established visual artist and author of a dozen books, C.J. Taylor wants to help make the rich culture of Native history come alive for young people. Drawing from her own Mohawk heritage, as well as the Mi’kmaq, Iroquois and other First Nations, Taylor has collected, retold and illustrated with bright colours and sweeping lines haunting tales about some of the powerful spirits who touch the lives of human folk. Taylor shares her insights and experience about the marriage of words and illustration that bring to life stories from an oral culture.

Suitable for grades 9 to 12, and adults

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WORD PLAY

RUKHSANA KHAN, WILLIAM NEW, TIM WYNNE-JONES 1–2:00 PM REVUE THEATRE $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

Spend the afternoon with a silly chicken, llamas in the laundry, a cat named Zoom and three fabulous storytellers who show that at the root of all good stories is a delight in the words themselves. Little ones will be tapping their toes to the rhythm and the rhyme as these stories and poems take eager listeners from Pakistan to the North Pole. Suitable for grades K to 3

Suitable for grades 5 to 8

MFA An independent Vancouver book store located in Kitsilano. Since 1957 Duthie Books has sought to provide excellent service to readers throughout the Lower Mainland. We have a thoughtfully chosen inventory and can quickly obtain titles from a database of literally hundreds of thousands of entries upon request.

Our booksellers are friendly, knowledgeable and skilled researchers. If you have a question about a book please do not hesitate to ask. We would like to be your neighbourhood bookstore, wherever you are. Our web site will allow you to purchase books online, read up on new titles, as well as browse our catalogue before you come in to visit us. www.duthiebooks.com

Writing Program Core Faculty: Lorna Crozier Joan MacLeod Bill Gaston Lynne Van Luven

Tim Lilburn Maureen Bradley Lorna Jackson David Leach

Students focus in a selected genre: fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, or drama for stage or screen. In their first year, graduate students will work as teaching assistants in their genre of writing. Graduate awards available in the second year. Apply for Fall 2010 now. Deadline: January 29 For more information: e-mail writing@uvic.ca or visit http://finearts.uvic.ca/writing/

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21

HUMOUR AND HORMONES DON CALAME, ROBYN HARDING HOST: CLAUDIA CASPER

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1–2:30 PM PERFORMANCE WORKS $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

ELAINE ARSENAULT, SYLVAIN HOTTE ANIMATRICE : FRANCE PERRAS 13 H À 14 H 30

No clichéd teen tales here. Screenwriter Don Calame perfectly channels the adolescent male’s obsession with the female. Robyn Harding draws from her own experiences as a teenager and the utter embarrassment at even having parents, let alone parents who have sex. Harding’s My Parents Are Sex Maniacs and Calame’s Swim the Fly face the topics of burgeoning adolescent sexuality and awareness with hilarity, tenderness and understanding.

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LE BIEN L’EMPORTE SUR LE MAL WATERFRONT THEATRE

16 $ / 8 $ POUR LES GROUPES D’ÉTUDIANTS

Des mondes imaginaires et intemporels donnant lieu à des prophéties, des quêtes et des luttes pour vaincre les forces du mal s’articulent autour des deux séries de livres. La série Darhan écrite par Sylvain Hotte met en vedette le jeune berger Darhan dans la Mongolie du 13e siècle, sous la dictature des Crapauds. Darhan et ses compagnons font face à de nombreux défis dont des créatures obscures et des êtres fantastiques. La saga d’Arsenault, L’or des Gitans, raconte l’histoire de trois amis qui sont confrontés au danger et qui le surmontent—dans un cas, au fond de la mer. D’où viennent les idées pour la science-fiction et l’imaginaire? Explorez avec les auteurs les mondes qu’ils ont créés. Pour les élèves de la huitième à la douzième année. Cet événement se tiendra exclusivement en français; il y aura beaucoup de possibilités d’interaction entre les élèves et les écrivains.

Suitable for grades 8 to10

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WATER IN THE WELL ROCHELLE STRAUSS 1–2:30 PM PTC STUDIO $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

BUT WHO’S COUNTING? MARC LEVY, AUDREY NIFFENEGGER, KATHY REICHS HOST: VICKI GABEREAU

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8:00 PM PERFORMANCE WORKS $18

Every author starts out as an unknown, but sometimes fame strikes like a hot iron, changing a quiet life into something the author never dreamed. Three authors, who have each sold millions of copies of their works, tell stories of their lives, both before and after fame and discuss how, or whether, success has changed them. In a little more than a decade, they have become household names not only in France and North America, but also around the world through translation. Is fame a burden to the creative process or does it allow them to pursue their own paths? When does “author” become a defining title? How much satisfaction comes from copies sold? With the wise and witty Vicki Gabereau as their host, Levy, Niffenegger and Reichs will tackle these questions and more. This event is sponsored by Simon & Schuster Canada.

Every raindrop, lake, underground river and glacier is part of a single global well that makes life on earth possible. Yet every day, the equivalent of more than 15,000 boxcars worth of garbage is dumped into the Earth’s water. With a master’s degree in Environmental Studies and a passion for writing, Rochelle Strauss ignites in young readers the desire to take action to conserve and protect our global well, and the knowledge that they have the power to make a change for the better. Suitable for grades 4 to 7

LIVING WITH DEATH DEBRA ADELAIDE, BONNIE BURNARD, LISA MOORE HOST: ISABEL HUGGAN

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8:00 PM WATERFRONT THEATRE $18

Difficult not to over-dramatize or sentimentalize, death is a subject eschewed by many authors. While Lisa Moore’s novel deals with cauterizing grief to move on with life, Debra Adelaide and Bonnie Burnard look at preparing others so that their characters can accept death. In the hands of these three skilful authors, death, dying and life after death is fertile ground for exploring relationships, love, truth, acceptance and the necessity of embracing the one sure thing in life.

AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH DOUGLAS COUPLAND

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8:00 PM PTC STUDIO $23

No matter what subject he tackles, Douglas Coupland brings an incisive and ironic view of the world and technology. His new novel Generation A “champions the act of reading and storytelling as one of the few defences we still have against the constant bombardment of the senses in a digital world.” He has published 13 novels and six non-fiction books, as well as dramatic works and screenplays for film and television. Extraordinarily sensitive to contemporary cultural vibrations, Coupland is sure to provoke thought and reflection.

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C.R. AVERY, BILLEH NICKERSON, HILARY PEACH HOST: VANESSA RICHARDS 1–2:30 PM GRANVILLE ISLAND STAGE $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

Multi-award winning author Paul Yee has written for all ages—picture books, young adult books, adult non-fiction—and most of his stories are set and grounded in the Vancouver he knows and loves so well. Commercial Drive, neighbourhood parks, the Chinese deli and Ethiopian coffee shops. Young readers will feel right at home in the multi-cultural worlds that he describes so faithfully, populated by delightful characters like Shu-Li, Diego and Tamara whose friendships far outweigh their cultural differences.

Three BC writers—sometimes musicians, sometimes poets, sometimes welders, sometimes McJobbers, always entertaining— get together this afternoon to take the art of writing to new places. Spoken word iconoclast and musician C.R. Avery joins Vancouver favourite Billeh Nickerson onstage with audio poet and arts activist Hilary Peach. “Lyrics look like #@*% on paper,” says Avery. This is spoken word, poetry and storytelling on the fly. Spread the word!

Suitable for grades 2 to 4

(This event is repeated on Wednesday morning.)

Cet événement se tiendra exclusivement en français; il y aura beaucoup de possibilités d’interaction entre les élèves et les écrivains.

Suitable for grades 10 to 12 and adults

INVITES YOU TO our anthology reading and launch on October 25, 4–5:30 pm, Vancouver International Writers Festival

THE AWARD-WINNING WRITER’S STUDIO IS a one-year part-time certificate program a one-on-one relationship with a professional writer/mentor comprised of: mentor-led workshops; courses, readings and book production; professional training in addition to writing practice FREE INFORMATION SESSION AT HARBOUR CENTRE Wednesday, October 7, 6:30–8pm, Reserve a seat: masse@sfu.ca or 778-782-5073

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2010 MENTORS Ivan E. Coyote, Narrative and Creative Nonfiction Rachel Rose, Poetry and Lyric Prose Anne Stone, Fiction APPLICATION DEADLINE Monday, October 26, 2009

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

DU 13 E SIÈCLE À AUJOURD’HUI —EN 90 MINUTES

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FRANÇOIS BARCELO, SYLVAIN HOTTE ANIMATRICE : FRANCE PERRAS 13 H À 14 H 30 REVUE THEATRE 16 $ / 8 $ POUR LES GROUPES D’ÉTUDIANTS

Il y a de nombreuses façons d’être courageux : faire quelque chose que vous n’avez jamais fait auparavant; assumer la responsabilité de quelqu’un d’autre; jouer le rôle de chef lorsque le premier chef n’est plus là; faire preuve d’audace; prendre le risque d’avoir l’air ridicule. Les personnages des livres de Barcelo et de Hotte, dont l’histoire se déroule au 13e siècle en Mongolie et au 21e siècle au Canada, sont courageux de diverses autres façons. C’est une occasion de se joindre aux auteurs pour explorer les expériences de leurs personnages, l’écriture de ces histoires et comment ces expériences peuvent se rapporter ou non à nos propres vies. Pour les élèves de la huitième à la douzième année. Cet événement se tiendra exclusivement en français; il y aura beaucoup de possibilités d’interaction entre les élèves et les écrivains.

HIDE AND SEEK GORDON KORMAN, MATTHEW SKELTON

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1–2:30 PM PERFORMANCE WORKS $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

JUDE ISABELLA, ROCHELLE STRAUSS

Adventures around the world and through time join these two skilled authors. A phoenix-like bird in a nest guarded by crows, a daring hot-air balloon ride, a skilful heist of animals from a floating zoo, a speedboat chase through the canals of Venice, modern Europe and 18th century Antarctica and 16th century England—all find their way into the books of Gordon Korman and Matthew Skelton. Novels can take you to places you’ve never been and times that you’ll never see. Come and play hide and seek with two of the best children’s authors writing today.

A science journalist and a science educator come together this afternoon to present both the relevance of science to us all, and the jokes of science through the ages. Rochelle Strauss’s One Well: The Story of Water on Earth demands that we treat water, which has the power to change everything, with the respect it deserves. Jude Isabella’s Hoaxed! tells 17 brilliantly bogus stories from the history of science: crop circles, “lost” tribes and other fakes and mistakes that scientists have taken seriously—at first. That science makes a difference in our lives is very clear. That science can play jokes will keep science interesting for young readers.

Suitable for grades 4 to 7

1–2:30 PM WATERFRONT THEATRE $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

Suitable for grades 4 to 7 This event is supported by the Rix Family Foundation.

VANCOUVERTIX.COM WANTING MOR RUKHSANA KHAN

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1–2:30 PM PTC STUDIO $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

MARIE-CLAIRE BLAIS, YING CHEN, DANY LAFERRIÈRE, HADRIEN LAROCHE, MARC LEVY, MONIQUE PROULX, ERIC-EMMANUEL SCHMITT, MICHÈLE SMOLKIN ANIMATRICE : LORRAINE PINTAL 19 H

“When countries go to war, it is always civilians, especially children, who suffer the most,” says Rukhsana Khan, who has written a fictionalized account of a child in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Based on a true incident of a young girl, abandoned by her father after her mother’s death, and who grew up in one of the largest orphanages in Kabul, Wanting Mor is part of Khan’s continuing effort to create bridges of understanding between people of different cultures. Born in Pakistan, Khan lives in Toronto and writes stories of India, Persia and the Middle East. Suitable for grades 5 to 8

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STUDIO 1 DE RADIO-CANADA

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Le grand magazine littéraire de la Première Chaîne de Radio-Canada se déplace à Vancouver pour une édition spéciale devant public. Animé par Lorraine Pintal, l’événement présentera une table ronde composée d’écrivains célèbres des 2 côtés de l’Atlantique et de ce côté-ci du Pacifique. Venez assister à des discussions passionnantes avec des auteurs tout aussi passionnants. L’enregistrement de cette émission aura lieu le jeudi 22 octobre à 19 h au Studio 1 de Radio-Canada. Réservez vos places en téléphonant au 604-662-6135 ou par courrier au concertvancouver@radio-canada.ca Cet événement est une présentation de Radio-Canada

AN EVENING WITH JOHN IRVING 8:00 PM PERFORMANCE WORKS $18

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“The young Canadian, who could not have been more than fifteen, had hesitated too long.” So begins Last Night in Twisted River, John Irving’s 12th novel. Famous for writing the last sentence of his novels first, and crafting his stories with historical accuracy and emotional veracity, Irving is one of the best loved and most famous authors working in English today. His characters, from Garp to Owen Meany, are seared into the memories of his readers. But it’s Irving’s unmistakable voice—the voice of an accomplished and surefooted storyteller—that continues to delight. Overflow crowds flocked to Irving’s last appearance at the Writers Festival, so book early for this one. This event is sponsored by Random House of Canada Ltd.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 THE LOOK OF THE BOOK ROBERT BRINGHURST, AUDREY NIFFENEGGER, ANIK SEE, SETH HOST: JERRY WASSERMAN 8:00 PM $18

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WATERFRONT THEATRE

For centuries book lovers have known that books are more than words on paper. If you are one of those people then you won’t want to miss these masters exploring the art of the book. For these four, every element that contributes to the book as object—the look, the feel, the paper, the design—is integral to what the book is about. Robert Bringhurst wrote the bible on typographic style; Audrey Niffenegger has taught bookmaking for two decades; Anik See designs, makes and restores books; and Seth is an internationally acclaimed illustrator and book designer. At a time when book production threatens to move to pixels on screens, it is important to hear from people who care deeply about books as physical objects.

AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH LORRIE MOORE 8:00 PM $23

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Lorrie Moore’s first collection of short stories, published when she was 26, heralded an original new voice in fiction, sparkling with wit and extraordinary depth of feeling. Moore has since published four collections of stories and three novels, most recently A Gate at the Stairs. Her work regularly appears in The New Yorker; she has won three O. Henry awards and received six Best American Short Story awards; and one of her stories appeared in Best American Short Stories of the Century, edited by John Updike. For those of you who gasped upon seeing Moore would be appearing at the Festival this year, this is your only chance. Get your tickets early!

SINGING HOME THE BONES GREGORY SCOFIELD 8:00 PM $18

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EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY THEATRE

Poet, non-fiction writer, activist and community worker Gregory Scofield has striven all his life to piece together his fractured identity. Brought up by Métis relatives after being separated from his mother at age five, Scofield much later in life is astounded to discover his paternal ancestry. His ethnicity, his sexuality, his sense of family have all informed his award-winning poetry. “Scofield is our country’s Aboriginal Leonard Cohen,” says Joseph Boyden. Singing Home the Bones is an hour-long film that chronicles his journey to personal and cultural understanding. Join Scofield for an evening of poems and pictures as he reads from his work and shows the documentary. This event is presented in partnership with Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

INVEST IN A BESTSELLER / THE ALMA LEE LEGACY FUND

The Vancouver International Writers Festival

Your support helps bring the world of words to readers of all ages and makes it possible for us to offer ticket discounts to students and seniors. As a non-profit charitable organization, the Vancouver International Writers Festival depends on your support. By becoming a Friend of the Festival, you make a vital contribution to our success. A basic VIWF membership is just $35.There are great benefits too! • Purchase earlybird Festival tickets • Receive a discount on Festival tickets • Receive a 10% discount at Blackberry Books, Duthie Books Fourth Avenue, People’s Co-op Bookstore and 32 Books • Receive Ink, the Festival newsletter. Depending on your level of support, other benefits may include recognition in the official program guide and newsletter, as well as at Festival venues, plus access to the Festival’s author hospitality suite. Contributors of more than $35 receive a tax receipt. All supporters are also eligible to vote at our annual general meeting. The Vancouver International Writers Festival also accepts donations of publicly traded securities and bequests. For full details, see our website, www.writersfest.bc.ca, or call 604 681 6330.

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Alice Munro

Join Amit Chaudhuri, Richard Ford, Joan London, Alistair MacLeod and Elizabeth Strout in this tribute. Alice Munro will be in attendance.

Book Clubs! Purchase a Book Club Friend membership for just $20/person [minimum of 5 people) and enjoy full member benefits. Please call the office at 604-681-6330 to register your book club.

The Alma Lee Legacy Fund In 2006 the Vancouver International Writers Festival created an endowment fund celebrating the accomplishments of its founder, Alma Lee. The fund has grown to over $878,000, thanks to many generous donations from individuals and matching contributions from our government partners, the Province of BC through the BC Arts Renaissance Fund, and the Department of Canadian Heritage. The fund will increase our ability to present international writers of significant stature to Festival audiences, develop Spreading the Word programs for schools and help us plan for the future. For more information on the Alma Lee Legacy Fund please call 604 681 6330 ext 104.

AMIT CHAUDHURI

RICHARD FORD

JOAN LONDON

ALISTAIR MACLEOD

ELIZABETH STROUT

7:30 pm, Sunday, October 18, 2009 Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage 2750 Granville Street

Tickets: $45 $40 students/seniors $35 VIWF members Service charges will apply

Tickets available through Vancouver Tix www.vancouvertix.com, 604 629 8849 or from September 11 – 30 at the VIWF box office (1398 Cartwright Street, Granville Island).

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FESTIVAL AT A GLANCE

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EVENT #1 10 –11:30 am Waterfront Theatre Please Don’t Ask About My Parents! Gayle Friesen, Robyn Harding

EVENT #10 10 – 11:30 am Granville Island Stage Word! (1) C.R. Avery, Billeh Nickerson, Hilary Peach

EVENT #2 10:30 – 11:30 am PTC Studio La Joie de Lire Les aventures de Passepoil et ses amis Elaine Arsenault

EVENT #11 10 – 11:30 am Revue Theatre La Joie de Lire Suis-je obligé? Mais je le veux François Barcelo, Sylvain Hotte

EVENT #3 1 – 2:00 pm Revue Theatre Stories Near and Far C.J. Taylor, Paul Yee EVENT #4 1 – 2:30 pm Performance Works The Bite of the Mango Mariatu Kamara EVENT #5 1 – 2:30 pm Waterfront Theatre The Timeless Forces of Good and Evil Hiromi Goto, Matthew Skelton EVENT #6 1 – 2:30 pm PTC Studio La Joie de Lire Un garçon, sa grand-mère, un gitan et autres légendes Elaine Arsenault, Dany Laferrière EVENT #7 8:00 pm Waterfront Theatre Audrey Niffenegger in conversation with Jerry Wasserman EVENT #8 8:00 pm PTC Studio An Intimate Evening with Alistair MacLeod EVENT #9 8:00 pm Performance Works Grand Openings Bonnie Burnard, Amit Chaudhuri, Dany Laferrière, Lisa Moore, Kathy Reichs, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Alexis Wright

EVENT #16 1-2:30 pm Performance Works Humour and Hormones Don Calame, Robyn Harding EVENT #17 1 –2:30 pm Waterfront Theatre La Joie de Lire Le bien l’emporte sur le mal Elaine Arsenault, Sylvain Hotte EVENT #18 1 – 2:30 pm PTC Studio Water in the Well Rochelle Strauss

EVENT #12 10 – 11:30 am Performance Works G-Man Gordon Korman EVENT #13 10 – 11:30 am Waterfront Theatre Fright Night Hiromi Goto, Tim Wynne-Jones

EVENT #19 8 pm Performance Works But Who’s Counting? Marc Levy, Audrey Niffenegger, Kathy Reichs Host: Vicki Gabereau

EVENT #14 10 – 11:30 am PTC Studio By Pen and Brush: Native Stories C.J. Taylor

EVENT #20 8 pm Waterfront Theatre Living with Death Debra Adelaide, Bonnie Burnard, Lisa Moore

EVENT #15 1 – 2:00 pm Revue Theatre Word Play Rukhsana Khan, William New, Tim Wynne-Jones

EVENT #21 8 pm PTC Studio An Intimate Evening with Douglas Coupland

SPECIAL EVENTS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1ST Margaret Atwood The Year of the Flood See page 3.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18TH A Tribute to Alice Munro with Amit Chaudhuri, Richard Ford, Joan London, Alistair MacLeod, Elizabeth Strout. Ho Host Eleanor W Wachtel. Se See page 29.

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THURSDAY EVENT #22 10 – 11:30 am Granville Island Stage Titans Gordon Korman, Tim Wynne-Jones EVENT #23 10 – 11:30 am Revue Theatre Karen Connelly in conversation with Merilyn Simonds EVENT #24 10 – 11:30 am Performance Works Some Words on Film Don Calame, Robyn Harding EVENT #25 10 – 11:30 am Waterfront Theatre La Joie de Lire La vraie vie ou l’imaginaire? Elaine Arsenault, François Barcelo EVENT #26 10 – 11:30 am PTC Studio Home Town Hero Paul Yee EVENT #27 1 – 2:30 pm Granville Island Stage Word! (2) C.R. Avery, Billeh Nickerson, Hilary Peach EVENT #28 1 – 2:30 pm Revue Theatre La Joie de Lire Du 13e siècle à aujourd’hui —en 90 minutes François Barcelo, Sylvain Hotte EVENT #29 1 – 2:30 pm Performance Works Hide and Seek Gordon Korman, Matthew Skelton

22 EVENT #30 1 – 2:30 pm Waterfront Theatre Science Fact and Science Fiction Jude Isabella, Rochelle Strauss EVENT #31 1 – 2:30 pm PTC Studio Wanting Mor Rukhsana Khan EVENT #32 7 pm Studio 1 de Radio-Canada Vous m’en lirez tant Marie-Claire Blais, Ying Chen, Dany Laferrière, Hadrien Laroche, Marc Levy, Monique Proulx, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Michèle Smolkin EVENT #33 8 pm Performance Works An Evening with John Irving EVENT #34 8 pm Waterfront Theatre The Look of the Book Robert Bringhurst, Audrey Niffenegger, Anik See, Seth EVENT #35 8 pm PTC Studio An Intimate Evening with Lorrie Moore EVENT #36 8 pm Emily Carr University Theatre Singing Home the Bones Gregory Scofield

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EVENT #37 10 – 11:30 am Granville Island Stage The Tightrope Marie-Claire Blais, Leon Rooke, Michael Turner, Alexis Wright EVENT #38 10 – 11:30 am Revue Theatre Coming of Age Cynthia Flood, Lisa Foad, Marc Levy, Cordelia Strube EVENT #39 10 – 11:30 am Performance Works Family Fugue Michael Crummey, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Ashok Mathur EVENT #40 10 – 11:30 am Waterfront Theatre Richardson’s Roundup Brian Brett, Karen Connelly, Lorna Crozier EVENT #41 10 – 11:30 am PTC Studio Playing with Real People Kate Braid, Annabel Lyon, Thomas Trofimuk EVENT #42 1 – 2:30 pm Granville Island Stage Building Blocks, Starting Blocks Joseph Boyden, Shandi Mitchell, Cordelia Strube, Ian Weir

EVENT #43 1 – 2:30 pm Revue Theatre Lurk Anne DeGrace, Sarah Waters, Tim Wynne-Jones EVENT #44 1 – 2:30 pm Waterfront Theatre The Mini Poetry Bash Kate Braid, Lorna Crozier, Michael Kenyon, William New, Rhea Tregebov, Zoe Whittall

SATURDAY EVENT #49 10:30 am – 12 noon Revue Theatre Thriller William Deverell, James W. Nichol, Edmundo Paz-Soldán EVENT #50 10:30 am – 12 noon Performance Works Almost Fatal Attraction Chelsea Cain, Lisa Foad, Joan London, Colin McAdam

EVENT #45 1 – 2:30 pm PTC Studio Those Who Can, Teach Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Alistair MacLeod, Edmundo Paz-Soldán

EVENT #51 10:30 am – 12 noon Waterfront Theatre Dig Deep Tash Aw, David Hewson, June Hutton, Rhea Tregebov

EVENT #46 8 pm Performance Works The Literary Cabaret C.R. Avery, Tash Aw, Chelsea Cain, Lorna Crozier, Leon Rooke, Zoe Whittall Host: Salvador Ferreras

EVENT #52 10:30 am – 12 noon PTC Studio Adventures in Film Andrea De Carlo, Shandi Mitchell, Monique Proulx

EVENT #47 8 pm Waterfront Theatre Seth in conversation with Douglas Coupland EVENT #48 8 pm PTC Studio An Intimate Evening with Marie-Claire Blais

EVENT #53 2 – 3:30 pm Revue Theatre Crime, Not Punishment Chelsea Cain, William Deverell, Terry Griggs, David Hewson EVENT #54 2 – 3:30 pm Performance Works Still Waters Sarah Waters in conversation with Bill Richardson

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Open Mic Night! 2 LITERARY NIGHTS

Friday, October 23 & Saturday, October 24

6:30 – 8:00 pm AGRO CAFÉ 1398 Railspur Alley • Open mic sign up: 6 pm Hosted by the Federal of BC Writers

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EVENT #60 10:30 am – 12 noon PTC Studio Trauma Farm Brian Brett in conversation with Mark Forsythe EVENT #61 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Performance Works The Sunday Brunch Robert Arthur Alexie, Annabel Lyon, Ashok Mathur, Maile Meloy, Monique Proulx, Michael Turner EVENT #62 1:30 – 3:00 pm Waterfront Theatre Out There, Right Here Anne DeGrace, Leon Rooke, Ian Weir EVENT #63 1:30 – 3:00 pm PTC Studio Unless the Eye Catch Fire Joy Coghill, François Houle EVENT #64 3:30 – 5:00 pm Performance Works The Afternoon Tea John Bemrose, Terry Griggs, June Hutton, Colin McAdam, James W. Nichol, Daria Salamon EVENT #65 4 – 5:30 pm Waterfront Theatre emerge Simon Fraser University Writers’ Studio participants: Jeanette Ashley, Lindsay Bradford-Ewart, Adrienne Drobnies, Robin Evans, Raoul Fernandes, Berenice Freedome, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Christine Grimard, Helen Hefferman, Mauretia Holloway, Anne Hopkinson, Harry Karlinsky, Tanyss Knowles, Sam Legge, Toni Levi, Brian Luneza, Fainne Martin, Louis Morin, Amalia Pistilli, Caroline Purchase, Renee Saklikar, Jane Sayer EVENT #66 8 pm The Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage The Bill Duthie Memorial Lecture Peter Mansbridge

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 THE TIGHTROPE MARIE-CLAIRE BLAIS, LEON ROOKE, MICHAEL TURNER, ALEXIS WRIGHT HOST: AISLINN HUNTER

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10–11:30 AM GRANVILLE ISLAND STAGE $16 / $8 STUDENT GROUPS

Four authors take the stage to demonstrate convention-defying feats of fiction. While BC author Michael Turner gives his characters no names, identifying them only by their actions, Leon Rooke gives magic realism his own southern gothic twist. Québec’s Marie-Claire Blais is known for her challenging stream-ofconsciousness style and Australia’s Alexis Wright transcends standard plot and dialogue to create what some have termed “an audacious, monstrous work of genius.” There’s a fine line between an invitation and a challenge to the reader—join us for a morning of exuberant, energetic envelope-pushing.

COMING OF AGE CYNTHIA FLOOD, LISA FOAD, MARC LEVY, CORDELIA STRUBE HOST: SHAENA LAMBERT

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10–11:30 AM REVUE THEATRE $16 / $8 STUDENT GROUPS

“Coming of age” stories have been a staple of literature through the decades and continue to fascinate us as both readers and writers. No matter the terrain the voyage of self-discovery crosses—difficult and unusual family relations, socially conservative eras such as the 1950s, extraordinary political and historical circumstances or a brick-walled educational system—it’s a journey that has shaped us all. These four authors talk about their shared fascination with the formative years and how each avoided falling into the clichés of writing about them. This event is sponsored by HarperCollins Canada Ltd.

FAMILY FUGUE MICHAEL CRUMMEY, KATHRYN KUITENBROUWER, ASHOK MATHUR HOST: ANNE GIARDINI

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10–11:30 AM PERFORMANCE WORKS $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

No miniatures here. These three ambitious and accomplished novelists paint on the large canvas of family relationships over generations. Ashok Mathur’s novel, narrated by a child yet to be born, begins in 1899 and follows three generations from central India to contemporary life in the United Kingdom and North America. Michael Crummey’s Galore is set in remote and isolated Newfoundland, home and anchor to two families’ secrets, disputes and alliances through two centuries. Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer has written a family tragedy of Greek proportions spanning three generations in northern Ontario. Rich, sprawling, grand-scale family sagas have always been popular, and for good reason.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23

RICHARDSON’S ROUNDUP BRIAN BRETT, KAREN CONNELLY, LORNA CROZIER HOST: BILL RICHARDSON

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PLAYING WITH REAL PEOPLE KATE BRAID, ANNABEL LYON, THOMAS TROFIMUK HOST: ANDREAS SCHROEDER

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10–11:30 AM WATERFRONT THEATRE $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

10–11:30 AM PTC STUDIO $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

Festival favourite Bill Richardson returns to chat up three entertaining authors who have recently published personal non-fiction. There’s nothing like a Richardson interview to get to the hidden corners of a subject and to extract the best stories from writers. Brian Brett, Karen Connelly and Lorna Crozier engage in a far-ranging conversation with the insatiably curious Richardson.

Aristotle himself is the narrator of The Golden Mean, Annabel Lyon’s tale of war, political intrigue, ambition and the philosopher’s pupil, Alexander the Great. Renowned pianist Glenn Gould pours out his inner heart to a fan going deaf in the fictional narrative A Well-Mannered Storm: The Glenn Gould Poems by Kate Braid. And Christopher Columbus—or at least a fellow in a Spanish insane asylum who believes he is Columbus and can tell the “truth” of how he obtained ships from Spanish royalty—takes centre stage in Thomas Trofimuk’s Waiting for Columbus. Thorough research by these three writers into their historical figures is plainly evident but is only a starting point for great leaps of imagination and style. Take the leap with them!

This event is sponsored by Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group

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ANNE DEGRACE, SARAH WATERS, TIM WYNNE-JONES 1–2:30 PM REVUE THEATRE $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

Psychics, crumbling mansions, threatening clues, hidden chambers, forbidden love and perhaps even aliens—these are the makings of a great afternoon with a book. Come hear three novelists whose latest works will more than satisfy your need for chills. But not only do Sarah Waters, Anne DeGrace and Tim Wynne-Jones write great suspense, they also dig beneath the surface of daily life and family connections to show that intrigue and mystery lurk in the corners of the ordinary—a post-war English house, a rural Nova Scotia fishing village, a northern Ontario cottage—as well as the extraordinary.

THE MINI POETRY BASH KATE BRAID, LORNA CROZIER, MICHAEL KENYON, WILLIAM NEW, RHEA TREGEBOV, ZOE WHITTALL HOST: BILLEH NICKERSON

BUILDING BLOCKS, STARTING BLOCKS JOSEPH BOYDEN, SHANDI MITCHELL, CORDELIA STRUBE, IAN WEIR HOST: MERILYN SIMONDS

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How do you assemble the elements of fiction into a creative work? The basic building blocks are character, plot, setting and dialogue. But some writers start with plot, some start with a voice (or two) in their head, some start with a theme and fit characters to it. Whatever the dominant element, the other parts also have to work in concert. Four writers talk about where they begin, how to continue, what their biggest struggles are, the effects of living for so long with imaginary people and the “ah ha!” moments that make it all worth while. This event is sponsored by the UBC Writing Centre

THOSE WHO CAN, TEACH KATHRYN KUITENBROUWER, ALISTAIR MACLEOD, EDMUNDO PAZ-SOLDÁN HOST: ISABEL HUGGAN

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1–2:30 PM WATERFRONT THEATRE $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

1–2:30 PM PTC STUDIO $16 / $8 FOR STUDENT GROUPS

The Mini Poetry Bash is an annual favourite with students, teachers and poetry fans alike. This year the Festival has gathered a bevy of poets to show off the power of the well-chosen word. Six Canadians (and one cello) who can conjure lasting images with the flick of a phrase will wow you with readings and reaffirm why poetry matters, in case there was ever any doubt.

George Bernard Shaw famously said, “Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach.” Three skilled writers, who are also skilled teachers, challenge that idea. Writing becomes a more disciplined act when she is forced to explain it to students, says Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, who in her early years as a writer swore she would never teach. How does teaching help the creative process? Does teaching add to the excitement about words, or is it a time-stealer and energy thief? And what about that age-old question, can the creative process be taught? Join this wide-ranging discussion about how teaching makes writers and writing makes teachers.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23

Feeling Inspired? Art History. Comedy. Creative Writing. Drawing. Garden Design. Music. Painting. Poetry. Singing. Theatre. r Taught by instructors with practical experience r Small class size r Supportive atmosphere r Students are encouraged to evolve at their own pace

THE LITERARY CABARET C.R. AVERY, TASH AW, CHELSEA CAIN, LORNA CROZIER, LEON ROOKE, ZOE WHITTALL HOST: SALVADOR FERRERAS

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8:00 PM PERFORMANCE WORKS $27

What happens between Sal Ferreras, his chameleonic band Poetic License and the authors who take the stage tonight is quite simply magic. This wildly popular event blends music and literature in ways that can only be described as breathtaking. Audiences are guaranteed a sensory spectacular, an evening of jaw-dropping talent on all fronts. Don’t miss out on the fun—buy your tickets early; they’re sure to go quickly.

SETH IN CONVERSATION WITH DOUGLAS COUPLAND 8:00 PM WATERFRONT THEATRE $18

PENGUIN SALUTES ALICE MUNRO Winner of the 2009 International Man Booker Prize

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Twenty-one years ago, Douglas Coupland commissioned illustrator and graphic novelist Seth to illustrate a magazine piece. He’s been a huge fan ever since. Designer, cartoonist, writer, and illustrator, Seth is known for his New Yorker magazine covers, for designing all 25 volumes of The Complete Peanuts, and will be even more admired for George Sprott, a lovingly produced graphic novel published this year. Coupland and Seth are fascinated by popular culture—both retrospective and prospective—visual icons and the quirky points of departure from the ordinary that lead to new insights and even revelation. This is one of those events where you will be able to say, “I was there.”

AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH MARIE-CLAIRE BLAIS 8:00 PM PTC STUDIO $23

“The living writer most likely to be read in a hundred years.”—The Atlantic Monthly

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Québécoise literary icon, winner of numerous international literary prizes, Companion of the Order of Canada, Marie-Claire Blais has published more than 25 books, won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction four times, and garnered a following around the world. Since the early 1960s, Blais has produced a body of work that includes novels, poetry, theatre plays, radio dramas and autobiography and has blazed new literary paths, with experimental language, method and form. This is a rare opportunity to hear one of Canada’s greatest living authors, up close. Pe n g u i n . c a

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 THRILLER WILLIAM DEVERELL, JAMES W. NICHOL, EDMUNDO PAZ-SOLDÁN HOST: STEPHEN E. MILLER

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10:30 AM–12 NOON REVUE THEATRE $16

An offshoot of the crime novel, the “thriller” allows for many different approaches to a classic form. These three novelists are in great form with their new works, ranging from historical thriller to political thriller to cyber-punk crime thriller. By turns literary, funny, gripping, informative and thought-provoking, Snow Job, Death Spiral and Turning’s Delirium—and their authors—will keep you entertained and wide-eyed on a Saturday morning.

ALMOST FATAL ATTRACTION CHELSEA CAIN, LISA FOAD, JOAN LONDON, COLIN MCADAM HOST: DENISE RYAN

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10:30 AM–12 NOON PERFORMANCE WORKS $16

DIG DEEP TASH AW, DAVID HEWSON, JUNE HUTTON, RHEA TREGEBOV HOST: KIRK LAPOINTE

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10:30 AM–12 NOON WATERFRONT THEATRE $16

Writing stories based in historical times or in particular settings often demands considerable research. Some authors absorb the details from the stones around them, while others comb through the British Museum for years before setting pen to paper. Tash Aw found that some South Asians wouldn’t talk about earlier difficult times, and David Hewson walked the back streets of Rome searching for geographical accuracy. Research can delve into personal family stories, oral recounting, dusty volumes about military battles and dated books on household hints—but the aim is always to get the details right. When does a writer know when to give research a rest and put the imagination to work? This event is sponsored by The Vancouver Sun.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24

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ADVENTURES IN FILM ANDREA DE CARLO, SHANDI MITCHELL, MONIQUE PROULX

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10:30 AM–12 NOON PTC STUDIO $16

Writers are at heart storytellers, and stories aren’t only found between the covers. Three authors who also tell stories on film share their adventures this morning as screenwriters, directors, assistant directors, producers and even actors. As a screenwriter, Monique Proulx has even turned her own novels into film. Andrea De Carlo directed a feature film based on his first novel. Shandi Mitchell began her long career in film as an assistant director and has now published her first novel. Get behind the scenes with three natural storytellers.

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CHELSEA CAIN, WILLIAM DEVERELL, TERRY GRIGGS, DAVID HEWSON HOST: LONNIE PROPAS

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2–3:30 PM REVUE THEATRE $16

Crime fiction is a welcome and intriguing escape for many, and can take readers through twists and turns of plot and psychological and political secrets. While William Deverell and David Hewson are old hands at this genre, Chelsea Cain and Terry Griggs take new approaches as they lead their readers on the trail. Whether you’re captivated by the main detective character, the loops and bends of plot, the distinct setting or the emotional ride, it’s certainly no punishment to spend an afternoon with these fine crime fiction authors.

STILL WATERS SARAH WATERS IN CONVERSATION WITH BILL RICHARDSON

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2–3:30 PM PERFORMANCE WORKS $16

The Little Stranger is British author Sarah Waters’ fifth novel, and her four previous novels have been nominated for awards and literary prizes, including the Man Booker and the Orange Prize. Ghosts, gothic horror, lesbians, poltergeists, female hysteria…. There are hidden depths to Waters who, surprisingly, began writing her first novel while waiting for news about an academic grant after she had earned her PhD. For a long time, she says, she “felt like an academic who had stumbled into something else.” That something else has earned her fans and readers in the hundreds of thousands, who love a gripping read coupled with an intellectual exploration of class, history, style and love.

VANCOUVERTIX.COM THE ROAD MAPS OF LIFE DEBRA ADELAIDE, GAYLE FRIESEN, KAREN MCLAUGHLIN, DARIA SALAMON HOST: SHAENA LAMBERT

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2–3:30 PM WATERFRONT THEATRE $16

There is no road map for the journey of self-discovery. But novels often show us how others make the trek. Four authors, whose protagonists take journeys real and metaphorical to find truths about themselves and their pasts, talk about why these important journeys are such fertile soil for plot and character. These are characters who, each in her own way, revisits her past to plot a course for the future, even if the future, as in Debra Adelaide’s novel, is imminent death. This is sure to be a discussion illuminating for anyone—male or female—who is seeking answers to life’s big questions, “Who am I?” and “How did I get to be who I am?”

TRUE NORTH ROBERT ARTHUR ALEXIE, CATHLEEN WITH HOST: JOSEPH BOYDEN

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2–3:30 PM PTC STUDIO $16

In the 1990s, Robert Arthur Alexie was Chief of the Teetl’it Gwich’in in the Northwest Territories. Cathleen With served as a teacher in Inuvik. Those memories and, in the case of Alexie, personal heritage serve as catalysts for two compelling novels that paint dark and realistic portraits of damaged people in Canada’s North. With admits “that this was sometimes difficult to write…and there are people trying their damnedest to change the cycle of abuse and addiction.” Tough, realistic but with a glimmer of redemption, these are novels—and novelists—to whom we should pay attention. Celebrated Canadian novelist Joseph Boyden brings his understanding and passion for the native experience in Canada to this discussion.

THE POETRY BASH

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ELIZABETH BACHINSKY, ROBERT BRINGHURST, XI CHUAN, CAROL ANN DUFFY, HEATHER MCHUGH, GREGORY SCOFIELD HOST: CLEA YOUNG 8:00 PM PERFORMANCE WORKS $23

Always a Festival favourite event, The Poetry Bash brings to Vancouver’s stage this year six poets who are titans in this field. England’s poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy joins Pulitzer Prize nominee Heather McHugh, Canadian Robert Bringhurst, winner of the BC Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence, and China’s Xi Chuan, widely translated and recognized as one of the most dynamic poets living in China today. Rounding out the team is relative newcomer Elizabeth Bachinsky, herself nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry, and Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner, Gregory Scofield. This is a formidable line-up, sure to please the ear of word and image lovers everywhere!

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 POLYPHONY JOHN BEMROSE, CYNTHIA FLOOD, ANDREA DE CARLO, KAREN MCLAUGHLIN, MAILE MELOY, ANIK SEE, THOMAS TROFIMUK HOST: PAUL GRANT

THE WORLD LITERATURE PROGRAM AT SFU

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8:00 PM WATERFRONT THEATRE $18

Discover diverse literary genres, historical periods, and translated

Settle back this evening to hear seven fine writers read from their new works. There’s definitely more than enough in store here to introduce you to some riveting and entertaining fiction and poetry that you will want to explore further. Italian author Andrea De Carlo, who has 13 novels to his credit, joins American Maile Meloy, chosen as one of Granta’s 21 Best Young American Novelists. Five Canadian writers round out the slate and you’ll be sure to discover some voices that you’ll want to return to. Come and sample some great reads!

texts from regions such as Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. Explore how texts resonate in various cultural contexts and their influence on foreign traditions. Examine the creative enterprise of translation.

AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH MICHAEL CRUMMEY 8:00 PM PTC STUDIO $23

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A gifted storyteller with a poet’s ear for language, Michael Crummey has been nominated for awards for almost every word he has put on paper. Since first winning accolades for poetry in 1986, the Newfoundland native has gone on to nominations for the Journey Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, Books in Canada First Novel award and twice for the IMPAC Award. Novels such as The River Thieves and Wreckage draw deeply on the history, landscape and language of Newfoundland and Labrador. His new novel Galore is again alive with unique characters and Crummey’s uncommon insight—and he’ll share some of his stories with us tonight.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 TRAUMA FARM BRIAN BRETT IN CONVERSATION WITH MARK FORSYTHE

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10:30 AM–12 NOON PTC STUDIO $16

Penguin Canada welcomes our authors to the festival

If you’ve ever thought about creating a kitchen garden, raising chickens in your back yard, or adopting a 100-mile diet, you’ll want to be up early this morning. Author and poet Brian Brett has, for more than two decades, also tended a small mixed farm on Salt Spring Island. His experiences with the egg, cows on the lam, a murderous hen and his place in the agri-world have, with Brett’s irreverent and illuminating sensibilities, led him naturally in Trauma Farm to broader meditations on the miracles of life and death, and a convincing argument against soulless industrial food production. In the company of Mark Forsythe, Brett serves up good stories, good thoughts, good food… for thought.

THE SUNDAY BRUNCH ROBERT ARTHUR ALEXIE, ANNABEL LYON, ASHOK MATHUR, MAILE MELOY, MONIQUE PROULX, MICHAEL TURNER HOST: SHERYL MACKAY

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11 AM–12:30 PM PERFORMANCE WORKS $31

Those who wake up in the early hours of the weekend to the voice of Sheryl MacKay on CBC Radio One’s North by Northwest don’t have to get up with the birds this morning. MacKay, in person, will serve up a literary repast that is sure to satisfy your appetites in more ways than one. With lots of good readings and large helpings of merriment, your morning cup of coffee won’t be the only hot thing on the go. Come with a friend or make a new one over croissants and champagne. Be forewarned, this event is very popular and tables fill early.

OUT THERE, RIGHT HERE ANNE DEGRACE, LEON ROOKE, IAN WEIR

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1:30–3:00 PM WATERFRONT THEATRE $16

Bare-knuckled bouts with the devil, psychic UFO-chasers, negotiations with J.D. Salinger for a bag of his garbage… When you need a taste of the outrageous, there’s none better than Canada’s Leon Rooke, Anne DeGrace and Ian Weir to supply the words and images that will delight and provoke your thoughts. Rooke writes like a jazz musician, improvising his short stories with both style and imagination. DeGrace’s Sounding Line is based on Canada’s “most significant” UFO incident. Weir has turned his award-winning screen and playwriting talents to a charismatic prizefighting evangelist. Get out there, the Canadian way.

Debra Adelaide • Joseph Boyden • Hiromi Goto Colin McAdam • Maile Meloy • Shandi Mitchell Alice Munro • Matthew Skelton • Cathleen With Penguin.ca

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UNLESS THE EYE CATCH FIRE JOY COGHILL, FRANÇOIS HOULE

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1:30–3:00 PM PTC STUDIO $16

Canadian poet PK Page’s work is among the most admired and important writing in Canadian literature. Her stunning poetic narrative, Unless the Eye Catch Fire, paints a frightening and prescient picture of a world tipping toward destruction, surprisingly written in the 1970s, long before “global warming” was a household phrase. In this theatrical adaptation, the celebrated Canadian actor Joy Coghill and award-winning Canadian clarinetist and improviser François Houle bring to life the actions and thoughts of an elderly woman living in a quiet garden suburb during the final few months when the Earth warms up beyond redemption. This is an opportunity to experience the collaboration of three of this country’s most accomplished artists.

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JOHN BEMROSE, TERRY GRIGGS, JUNE HUTTON, COLIN MCADAM, JAMES W. NICHOL, DARIA SALAMON HOST: PAUL GRANT 3:30–5:00 PM PERFORMANCE WORKS $31

Tea and scones included What could be more pleasant and relaxing than joining host Paul Grant for a thoughtprovoking afternoon of tea and tales from a diverse selection of Festival authors? This event is freshly baked to warm your senses and stimulate your soul.

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JEANETTE ASHLEY, LINDSAY BRADFORD-EWART, ADRIENNE DROBNIES, ROBIN EVANS, RAOUL FERNANDES, BERENICE FREEDOME, ELEE KRALJII GARDINER, CHRISTINE GRIMARD, HELEN HEFFERMAN, MAURETIA HOLLOWAY, ANNE HOPKINSON, HARRY KARLINSKY, TANYSS KNOWLES, SAM LEGGE, TONI LEVI, BRIAN LUNEZA, FAINNE MARTIN, LOUIS MORIN, AMALIA PISTILLI, CAROLINE PURCHASE, RENEE SAKLIKAR, JANE SAYER 4–5:30 PM WATERFRONT THEATRE $11

This afternoon is the launch of emerge, the annual anthology from Simon Fraser University’s Writers’ Studio. It also provides a tantalizing taste of new work from those who have participated this year in the Writers’ Studio. Come and hear from new voices in our midst— 22 new writers who span three generations and write in the genres of non-fiction, poetry, fiction and lyric prose.

A portion of the proceeds of this events will go to the Institute for Cross-Cultural Exchange which provides books for at-risk children.

THE BILL DUTHIE MEMORIAL LECTURE

MASTER OF ARTS Wh y d o occur revolutions ? And w hy don’t th more ey h a ppe n o f te n ?

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PETER MANSBRIDGE

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8:00 PM STANLEY INDUSTRIAL ALLIANCE STAGE $27

We end the Festival this year the way millions of Canadians end their day—with CBC’s Chief Correspondent Peter Mansbridge. In Mansbridge’s first book, One on One, he has collected the most illuminating and timely interviews from the past 10 years of his weekly interview show, book-ending each with his own behind-thescenes recollections and anecdotes. Come and hear inside stories about the people who shape our world, told by the man who shapes our impressions of them, from world leaders like Barack Obama and Desmond Tutu to music legends like Brian Wilson and Diana Krall to sports figures like Sidney Crosby. This event is sponsored by Scotia Private Client Group. The speaker honorarium is generously provided by Duthie Books Fourth Avenue.

SPECIAL THANKS Special Thanks Alberta Lai/Istituto di Italiano Axis Theatre Staff Boca del Lupo Staff Fiona Black/Capilano University Steve Chow Sandy Garossino Tracy Georgelin Granville Island Cultural Society Staff Granville Island Maintenance Crew Anne Green/WordFest Brian Gold/Gold Distributing Colin & Helen Harris Richard Hopkins Hadrien Laroche Alma Lee Kathleen Oliver Playwrights Theatre Centre Sue Porter Anita Salchert Geoffrey Taylor/International Festival of Authors Timothy Taylor Bob Turner Meeru Vij

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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES MARGARET ATWOOD

FRANÇOIS BARCELO

AUSTRALIA, EVENTS 20, 55

ONTARIO, SPECIAL EVENT

QUÉBEC, EVENTS 11, 25, 28

Debra Adelaide is the author of three novels, The Hotel Albatross, Serpent Dust and, most recently, The Household Guide to Dying. She has worked as a researcher, editor and book reviewer, and has a PhD from the University of Sydney. She is presently a senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of Technology, Sydney, where she lives with her husband and three children.

Margaret Atwood’s internationally bestselling fiction includes The Handmaid’s Tale, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin and Oryx and Crake. She has received numerous awards and honours, including the Man Booker Prize, the Governor General’s Award and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. She lives in Toronto.

PHOTO: GEORGE WHITESIDE

DEBRA ADELAIDE

C.R. AVERY

François Barcelo has written novels, essays and short fiction for adults, as well as several works of fiction for young readers. He retired from his advertising job in 1988 to divide his time between writing and travel, and made his first trip around the world in 1990. His popular children’s series featuring the character Momo de Sinro have received several honours, including prizes awarded by readers aged 9 to 12.

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BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 10, 27, 46

ELAINE ARSENAULT

Elaine Arsenault is a Montrealbased writer whose Passepoil series, featuring a wildly imaginative dog, has been a hit with young readers. The four Passepoil books have been published in eight languages, including English (Doggy in the Window). She has just completed the last of three titles in the L’or des gitans series.

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TASH AW

JOHN BEMROSE

UNITED KINGDOM, EVENTS 46, 51

ONTARIO, EVENTS 58, 64

In 2005 Tash Aw’s debut novel, The Harmony Silk Factory, won the Whitbread First Novel Award, a Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book (Asia Pacific region) and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His new novel is titled Map of the Invisible World. Aw is Malaysian by birth and now lives in London. Tash Aw’s appearance is supported by a generous donation to the Alma Lee Legacy Fund by Dr. Yosef Wosk.

ELIZABETH BACHINSKY ELAINE ARSENAULT

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENT 57

QUÉBEC, ÉVÉNEMENTS 2, 6, 17, 25

Elizabeth Bachinsky is the author of Curio and Home of Sudden Service, which was nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry in 2006. Her work has appeared in literary journals, anthologies and on film in Canada, the United States and abroad, and has been translated into French and Chinese. Her most recent collection of poetry is God of Missed Connections. She is currently the Poetry Editor for Event magazine and lives in Vancouver.

Elaine Arsenault est une auteure de Montréal et sa série Passepoil portant sur un petit chien très astucieux connaît beaucoup de succès auprès des jeunes lecteurs. Les quatre volumes de la série ont été traduits dans huit langues, dont l’anglais (Doggy in the Window). Elle vient de terminer le dernier volet des trois titres de la saga L’or des gitans.

QUÉBEC, ÉVÉNEMENTS 11, 25, 28

François Barcelo a publié des romans et des recueils de nouvelles pour adultes et plusieurs ouvrages de fiction pour les jeunes lecteurs. Il a quitté son emploi en publicité en 1988 pour partager son temps entre l’écriture et les voyages; il a fait son premier voyage autour du monde en 1990. Sa populaire série pour enfants met en vedette le personnage de Momo de Sinro et elle a été reçu plusieurs distinctions dont des prix remis par des lecteurs âgés entre 9 et 12 ans. Les lecteurs plus âgés auront hâte de lire Le nul et la chipie et La fatigante et le fainéant.

John Bemrose is a journalist, novelist, poet and playwright. His first novel, The Island Walkers, was a national bestseller, a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and a long-list nominee for the Man Booker Prize. His new novel is The Last Woman. He lives in Toronto.

PHOTO: BRIAN PICKELL

Robert Arthur Alexie was born and raised in Fort McPherson in the Northwest Territories. He became the chief of the Teetl’it Gwich’in of Fort McPherson, served two terms as vice president of the Gwich’in Tribal Council and helped obtain a land claim agreement for the Gwich’in of the Northwest Territories. He now lives in Inuvik. His debut novel, Porcupines and China Dolls, has earned high praise for its unsparing look at the legacies of Canada’s residential school system.

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FRANÇOIS BARCELO

MARIE-CLAIRE BLAIS QUÉBEC /UNITED STATES, EVENTS 32, 37, 48

Marie-Claire Blais is the internationally recognized author of more than 25 books, most of which have been published around the world. In addition to the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, which she has won four times, Blais has been awarded, among others, the Prix GillesCorbeil, the Prix Médicis, the Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize and two Guggenheim Fellowships. She divides her time between Québec and Florida.

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C.R. Avery has played every major Canadian folk festival with spoken word trio Tons of Fun University, and has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe as a beat-box poet, as well as with his band, The Boomchasers. He received accolades as a songwriter in 2007 when Los Angeles–based songstress Jolie Holland, formerly of The Be Good Tanyas, covered his song “Crazy Dreams.” His recordings include the critically praised Magic Hour Sailor Songs and, with The Boomchasers, Midnight Goldmining.

PHOTO: ANDREW WHITTUCK

Debra Adelaide’s appearance is made possible by the Australian Council for the Arts.

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 40, 60

Marie-Claire Blais, auteure de renommée internationale, a écrit plus de 25 livres dont la plupart ont été publiés à l’étranger. Quatre fois récipiendaire d’un Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général dans la catégorie roman et deux fois boursière d’un Guggenheim Fellowship, elle s’est également vue décerner les prix GillesCorbeil, Médicis et Molson. Elle partage son temps entre le Québec et la Floride.

Brian Brett is the author of Uproar’s Your Only Music—a Globe and Mail Book of the Year—and several books of poetry. His journalism has appeared in major Canadian newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and The Vancouver Sun. He lives on Trauma Farm on Salt Spring Island.

JOSEPH BOYDEN

ROBERT BRINGHURST

ONTARIO /UNITED STATES, EVENT 42

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 34, 57

KATE BRAID BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 41, 44

Kate Braid has published the biography Emily Carr: Rebel Artist and five books of poetry: Covering Rough Ground, which won the Pat Lowther Award, To This Cedar Fountain, nominated for the BC Poetry Book Prize, Inward to the Bones: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Journey with Emily Carr, winner of the Vancity Book Prize, A Well-Mannered Storm: The Glenn Gould Poems and, most recently, Turning Left to the Ladies. She also co-edited In Fine Form: The Canadian Anthology of Form Poetry.

Robert Bringhurst is a poet, typographer and linguist, well known for his award-winning translations of the Haida storytellers Skaay and Ghandl, and of the early Greek philosopher-poet Parmenides. His manual The Elements of Typographic Style has been translated into 10 languages and is now one of the world’s most influential texts on typographic design. Among his most recent publications is a pair of essay collections, The Tree of Meaning and Everywhere Being Is Dancing, and Selected Poems.

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BONNIE BURNARD ONTARIO, EVENTS 9, 20

Bonnie Burnard is a past winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, Best First Book Award for her first collection of short stories, Women of Influence. Her second collection, Casino & Other Stories, was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and was awarded the Saskatchewan Best Book of the Year Award. Her first novel, A Good House, won the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 1999. Her new novel is called Suddenly.

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Joseph Boyden was recently awarded the prestigious 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel Through Black Spruce. His first novel, Three Day Road, received multiple awards and has been published in 10 languages. He divides his time between northern Ontario and Louisiana, where he teaches writing at the University of New Orleans.

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QUÉBEC/ LES ÉTATS-UNIS, ÉVÉNEMENTS 32, 37, 48

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MARIE-CLAIRE BLAIS

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Wicked October 17, 2009 The Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable presents

Breakfast with

Gregory Maguire, Children’s book author, academic and the writer of the book, Wicked, which became the hit Broadway musical

Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the University Golf Club $50 per person For further information about VCLR and/or to purchase tickets contact kshoe@telus. net Members of VCLR gather to meet authors and illustrators, to introduce and share good literature, and to promote the reading and publishing of good Canadian children’s books.

...and this spring A Breakfast with Jack Zipes Saturday, March 27, 2010 University Golf Club $50 per person

YING CHEN

KAREN CONNELLY

UNITED STATES, EVENTS 46, 50, 53

BRITISH COLUMBIA, ÉVÉNEMENT 32

ONTARIO, EVENTS 23, 40

Chelsea Cain lived the first few years of her life on an Iowa commune, then grew up in Bellingham, Washington, where the infamous Green River killer was “the bogeyman” of her youth. The true story of the Green River killer’s capture was the inspiration for her first novel, Heartsick, and its followup, Sweetheart. Cain lives in Portland with her husband and daughter. Her most recent novel is Evil at Heart. DON CALAME

Ying Chen, née en Chine et vit maintenant à Vancouver. Elle a publié de nombreux livres, romans, essais et poèmes. Elle a reçu le prix QuébecParis, le prix Elle Québec et le prix des libraires en 1996. Ses livres sont traduits en plusieurs langues. Elle a été nommée “Chevalière en lettres” par Ministère de la Culture française en 2002. Son dernier roman Un Enfant à ma porte est dans la liste de sélection pour le Prix des Collégiens au Québec et pour le Prix Soroptimist français.

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 16, 24

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Don Calame is a screenwriter whose film projects include Employee of the Month and Hounded. Of his many prior occupations, his most satisfying was teaching elementary school for four years in Los Angeles. Swim the Fly is his first novel for young adults. He lives in British Columbia. AMIT CHAUDHURI UNITED KINGDOM, SPECIAL EVENT, EVENT 9

Amit Chaudhuri is the author of several award-winning novels and is an internationally acclaimed musician and essayist. Freedom Song: Three Novels received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction. He is a contributor to the London Review of Books, Granta and The Times Literary Supplement. He is currently professor of contemporary literature at the University of East Anglia. Chaudhuri’s new novel is The Immortals. Amit Chaudhuri’s appearance is supported by a generous donation to the Alma Lee Legacy Fund by Jab Sidhoo. Amit Chaudhuri’s appearance is made possible in part by Air Canada.

Xi Chuan is one of the most influential poets in contemporary China. He has published five collections of poems, a play and three volumes of essays. His work has been adapted for theatre, music and visual arts by a variety of esteemed international collaborators. He has also translated the work of several international poets into Chinese. His many awards include the Modern Chinese Poetry Prize, the Weimar International Essay Prize Contest and the national Lu Xun Prize. Xi Chuan is the Asian Orion Visiting Artist in the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Victoria.

JOY COGHILL BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENT 63

Joy Coghill is one of Canada’s most revered theatre artists. A pioneering spirit in Canadian theatre, she is the founder of Canada’s first professional theatre company for children (Holiday Theatre), and more recently, of Western Gold Theatre, which showcases the work of senior actors. She has written several plays, including Song of this Place, based on the life of Emily Carr, and is best known for her award-winning work as an actor on stages across the country, in film, and on television.

Karen Connelly’s first book of poetry, The Small Words in My Body, won the Pat Lowther Award. Her first book of prose, Touch the Dragon: A Thai Journal, won a Governor General’s Literary Award for non-fiction. The Lizard Cage, Connelly’s first novel, won Britain’s Orange Broadband Prize for New Writers and was shortlisted for both the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Connelly’s latest book, Burmese Lessons, is an autobiographical account of the time she spent in Burma in the late 1990s. She lives in Toronto. DOUGLAS COUPLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 21, 47

Douglas Coupland was born on a NATO base in Germany in 1961. He is the author of the international bestseller JPod and 12 other novels, including The Gum Thief, Hey Nostradamus!, All Families Are Psychotic and Generation X. His books have been translated into 35 languages and published internationally. He is also a visual artist, furniture designer and screen-writer. Coupland’s new novel is Generation A. He lives and works in Vancouver. LORNA CROZIER BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 40, 44, 46

Lorna Crozier has received numerous awards for her 15 books of poetry, which include The Blue Hour of the Day, Whetstone and Apocrypha of Light. She has also edited anthologies, among them Desire in Seven Voices and, with Patrick Lane, Addicted: Notes from the Belly of the Beast. Her most recent book, Small Beneath the Sky: A Prairie Memoir, is a tender, unsparing portrait of Crozier’s own family and hometown.

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CHELSEA CAIN

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CYNTHIA FLOOD

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, EVENTS 39, 59

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 49, 53

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 38, 58

Michael Crummey is the author of a memoir, Newfoundland: Journey into a Lost Nation, three books of poetry and a book of short stories, Flesh and Blood. His first novel, River Thieves, was a finalist for the 2001 Giller Prize, and his second, The Wreckage, was a national bestseller and a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. He lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland. His new novel is Galore.

William Deverell’s acclaimed first novel, Needles, which drew on his experiences as a lawyer, won the Seal Award. Since then he has published one work of non-fiction, A Life on Trial, and twelve further novels, including April Fool, which won the 2006 Arthur Ellis Award for best crime novel. His new novel is Snow Job.

ITALY, EVENTS 52, 58

Andrea De Carlo is one of Italy’s most successful contemporary novelists. His 13 novels have sold more than three million copies in Italy alone and have been published in 21 countries. He has worked as assistant director to Italian filmmakers from Federico Fellini to Michelangelo Antonioni, and he directed an acclaimed film adaptation of his award-winning first novel, Treno di Panna. His latest novel to be translated into English is Sea of Truth. Andrea De Carlo’s appearance is made possible by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

ANNE DEGRACE BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 43, 62

Anne DeGrace is a librarian, journalist, writer, illustrator, volunteer and multitasker. Her first novel, Treading Water, traces the lives of people in a community thwarted by progress. In her second novel, Wind Tails, a cast of characters cross paths during one windy day on a mountain pass. Her most recent novel, Sounding Line, revisits her Nova Scotia roots. She lives in the mountains near Nelson, British Columbia.

UNITED KINGDOM, EVENT 57

Carol Ann Duffy lives in Manchester, where she is professor and creative director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has written for both children and adults, and her poetry has received many awards, including the Signal Prize for Children’s Verse, the Whitbread and Forward Prizes and the Lannan and E. M. Forster Prize in America. In 2005, she won the T. S. Eliot Prize for Rapture. In 2009, she became the first woman to be appointed Britain’s Poet Laureate. Carol Ann Duffy’s appearance is made possible in part by The Betty and Ralph Gustafson Chair of Poetry at Vancouver Island University.

Cynthia Flood’s stories have won numerous awards, including The Journey Prize and a National Magazine award, and have been widely anthologized. Her novel Making a Stone of the Heart was nominated for the City of Vancouver Book Prize in 2002. She is the author of the highly regarded short-story collections The Animals in Their Elements and My Father Took a Cake to France and, most recently, The English Stories. LISA FOAD ONTARIO, EVENTS 38, 50

Lisa Foad is a Torontobased writer whose work has appeared in various anthologies and literary journals, including Red Light: Superheroes, Saints and Sluts, Geeks, Misfits and Outlaws, Matrix Magazine, and Exile: The Literary Quarterly. She also contributes cultural commentary to a variety of publications, including the Globe and Mail, NOW Magazine and Xtra. The Night Is a Mouth is Foad’s first short story collection. She is currently at work on a novel.

SAL FERRERAS BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENT 46

Sal Ferreras is a percussionist, teacher and event organizer who works in many facets of the Canadian music scene. He received a BC Entertainment Hall of Fame star in 2002 and a Healey Willan Award for Outstanding Contributions to Choral Music in 2005. He has a PhD in Ethnomusicology and is Dean of the Vancouver Community College School of Music. This past year he was named Producer/Creative Director of the Aboriginal Pavilion for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Sal and his all-star band, Poetic License, consider the Literary Cabaret to be one of the highlights of their musical year.

RICHARD FORD UNITED STATES, SPECIAL EVENT

Richard Ford is the author of six novels and three collections of stories. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Independence Day and the PEN/ Malamud Award for excellence in short fiction. His most recent novel is The Lay of the Land. He lives in New York and Maine. Richard Ford’s appearance is made possible in part by Air Canada.

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ANDREA DE CARLO

CAROL ANN DUFFY

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MICHAEL CRUMMEY

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Kathy Reichs

GAYLE FRIESEN

ROBYN HARDING

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 1, 55

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 1, 16, 24

Gayle Friesen is the award-winning author of five novels for young adults, which have garnered critical acclaim in both Canada and the United States; her first, Janey’s Girl, was nominated for numerous prizes, including the Governor General’s Award. Her first novel for adults, The Valley, was published last year to great acclaim. She lives in Vancouver.

Robyn Harding worked in advertising for seven years before publishing her first novel, The Journal of Mortifying Moments, in 2004. She followed up with three more adult novels (The Secret Desires of a Soccer Mom, Unravelled and Chronicles of a Midlife Crisis), then a YA novel, My Parents Are Sex Maniacs. She lives in Vancouver where she writes fiction, nonfiction and screenplays.

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Alexis Wright

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Hiromi Goto is the award-winning author of Chorus of Mushrooms, The Kappa Child, Hopeful Monsters and The Water of Possibility. She co-wrote the NFB short animation film, Showa Shinzan, and showcased a collaborative performance piece, “The Cowboy and the Geisha,” with David Bateman in Cyprus, Victoria, Calgary and Guelph. Her most recent novel, Half World, is a genre-bending adventure novel for young adults.

UNITED KINGDOM, EVENTS 51, 53

David Hewson was born in Yorkshire in 1953 and lives in Kent. He was a journalist from the age of 17, working most recently for the Sunday Times. He has also written several novels, as well as a number of travel books. His Rome-based Nic Costa detective series has been widely praised; the latest instalment is Dante’s Numbers. SYLVAIN HOTTE

TERRY GRIGGS

QUÉBEC, EVENTS 11, 17, 28

ONTARIO, EVENTS 53, 64

Sylvain Hotte is originally from Montreal and has lived in Québec City for more than 15 years. His novels include the award-winning nine-volume Darhan series, of which the latest is La quête. His latest series, Aréna, follows the adventures and misadventures of a young hockey player.

Terry Griggs is the author of Quickening, which was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award, and Rogues’ Wedding, shortlisted for the Rogers Fiction Prize. Her children’s book Cat’s Eye Corner has been shortlisted for multiple children’s writing awards. Thought You Were Dead is her first adult novel since being awarded the 2003 Marian Engel Award in recognition of a distinguished body of work. She lives in Stratford, Ontario, with her husband and son.

SYLVAIN HOTTE QUÉBEC, ÉVÉNEMENTS 11, 17, 28

Sylvain Hotte est originaire de Montréal et il a vécu dans la ville de Québec pendant plus de quinze ans. Ses romans comprennent la série primée Darhan, comprenant neuf volumes dont le dernier, La quête. Sa plus récente série, Aréna, suit les aventures et mésaventures d’un jeune joueur de hockey.

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ALBERTA, EVENTS 5, 13 PHOTO: KIELY RAMOS

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JUDE ISABELLA

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 63

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENT 30

Clarinetist François Houle is one of today’s most inventive musicians, in classical, jazz, new music, improvised music and world music. He has performed at major festivals across Canada, the US and Europe, and released more than a dozen recordings, earning multiple Juno Award and West Coast Music Award nominations. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has commissioned work from a variety of leading Canadian and international composers, and premiered over a hundred new works. In 2008 he was appointed Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre.

Jude Isabella is a science writer, writing instructor and Managing Editor of YES Mag, the Canadian science magazine for kids. Her books include The Amazing International Space Station, Fantastic Feats and Failures, Science Detectives and, most recently, Hoaxed. MARIATU KAMARA ONTARIO, EVENT 4

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 51, 64

June Hutton is a published poet and short fiction author whose work has been published in a number of literary magazines. June has worked as a northern reporter and has lived all over Canada, from Toronto to Whitehorse. She currently resides in Vancouver and is a member of the SPiN Writing Group. Underground is her first novel.

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JUNE HUTTON

MICHAEL KENYON BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENT 44

JOHN IRVING PHOTO: NICOLE DANCEL

UNITED STATES, EVENT 33

John Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times—winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. A Prayer for Owen Meany was published in 1989. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules—a film that was nominated for seven Academy Awards. His latest novel is Last Night in Twisted River.

Mariatu Kamara’s harrowing experiences as a child victim of war in Sierra Leone are the subject of her memoir, The Bite of the Mango. She was named a UNICEF Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflicts, and speaks to groups across North America about her experiences. Her professional goals for the future include working for the United Nations, raising awareness of the impact of war on children and running her own foundation to raise money to provide homes for abused women and children in Sierra Leone.

Michael Kenyon was born in Sale, England, and has lived on the West Coast since 1967. His work has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Baxter Hathaway Prize in fiction, The Malahat Review Novella Prize, PRISM International’s fiction contest and the Journey Prize. The Last House is his third full-length collection of poems. A new novel, The Beautiful Children, was published this spring.

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DANY LAFERRIÈRE

ONTARIO, EVENTS 15, 31

QUÉBEC/ LES ÉTATS-UNIS, ÉVÉNEMENTS 6, 9, 32

Rukhsana Khan is an award-winning author and storyteller whose books tell tales of India, Persia and the Middle East. Her own stories include The Roses in My Carpets; Muslim Child; Silly Chicken; Many Windows: Six Kids, Five Faiths, One Community; A New Life and Wanting Mor. She has been shortlisted for the Ruth Schwartz Award and several readers’ choice awards, and is a frequent presenter at schools and conferences across Canada and the United States. She lives in Toronto.

Dany Laferrière est né à Port-au-Prince en 1953 et il est déménagé à Montréal en 1976. Il est l’auteur de treize romans à succès dont Heading South et il publiera bientôt I Am a Japanese Writer. Il vient tout juste de commencer à écrire pour les enfants avec le livre Je suis fou de Vava, récipiendaire du Prix du Gouverneur général. Son prochain titre, La fête des morts dans lequel on reconnait ce même côté aimable du narrateur qui met en mots et en images son enfance, sa famille et sa ville. HADRIEN LAROCHE FRANCE, ÉVÉNEMENT 32

GORDON KORMAN UNITED STATES/ONTARIO, EVENTS 12, 22, 29

Gordon Korman wrote his first novel at age 12 as a grade seven writing assignment; it was published soon after as This Can’t Be Happening at Macdonald Hall! Since then, he has written more than 60 novels for middleschool and young adult readers. His latest books are Pop!, a young adult novel which explores the fiercely competitive nature of high school sports, and Zoobreak, the sequel to Swindle. Korman lives in New York with his wife and three children. KATHRYN KUITENBROUWER ONTARIO, EVENTS 39, 45

Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer’s debut novel, The Nettle Spinner, was a finalist for the 2006 Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award. Her story collection Way Up earned her the Danuta Gleed Literary Award in 2004. Her work has also appeared in newspapers, magazines and literary journals throughout Canada. She currently teaches at the University of Toronto and is the magazine editor for bookninja.com. Her latest novel is Perfecting. DANY LAFERRIÈRE QUÉBEC/ UNITED STATES, EVENTS 6, 9, 32

Dany Laferrière was born in Port-au-Prince in 1953 and moved to Montreal in 1976. He is the author of 13 acclaimed novels, including Heading South and the forthcoming I Am a Japanese Writer. He recently launched his career as a children’s author with Je suis fou de Vava, which won the Governor General’s Award in 2006. His follow-up, La fête des morts, features the same lovable narrator, Old Bones, who once again finds himself in the Haitian landscape of his childhood.

Né à Paris en 1963, Hadrien Laroche a completé son doctorat sous Jacques Derrida en 1997: Le Dernier Genet va être bientôt traduit en anglais et en japonais. Diplomate français, il a travaillé pour le Ministre des Affaires étrangères en Israël, en Bosnie, à l’UNESCO et au Canada. Romancier depuis 2004, il a publié un triptyque: Les Orphelins; Les Hérétiques; et La Restitution. MARC LEVY FRANCE, EVENTS 19, 32, 38

Marc Levy worked for the Red Cross before founding several companies, including one of the first office architecture firms in France. His eight books have been translated into 41 languages and are bestsellers around the world. If Only It Were True, his first novel, was made into the Hollywood movie Just Like Heaven. His latest, The Children of Freedom, has been on bestseller lists in France since its original publication and was also a bestseller in Quebec. Marc Levy’s appearance is made possible by the Consulate General of France in Vancouver.

MARC LEVY FRANCE, ÉVÉNEMENTS 19, 32, 38

Marc Levy a d’abord travaillé pour la Croix-Rouge avant de fonder plusieurs sociétés, dont l’une deviendra l’un des premiers cabinets d’architectes en France. Ses sept romans, traduits en 39 langues, connaissent un succès international. Son premier roman, Et si c’était vrai, a inspiré le film américain Just Like Heaven. Son dernier roman, Les Enfants de la liberté, figure en tête des ventes annuelles en France depuis sa parution et remporte un grand succès au Québec. Le Consulat général de France à Vancouver assume les coüts de déplacement de Marc Levy.

JOAN LONDON

ASHOK MATHUR

AUSTRALIA, SPECIAL EVENT, EVENT 50

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 39, 61

Joan London is the author of two collections of stories, Letter to Constantine and Sister Ships. She has twice won The Age Book of The Year Award for Fiction, for Gilgamesh and for Sister Ships. Gilgamesh was also a finalist for the New South Wales Premier’s Christina Stead Prize and the Western Australian Premier’s Award for Fiction. It was also short-listed for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Her new novel is The Good Parents.

Ashok Mathur is the Director of the Centre for Innovation in Culture and the Arts in Canada at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia. He is the author of the poetry book Loveruage: A Dance in Three Parts and the novels Once Upon an Elephant and The Short, Happy Life of Harry Kumar, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize. His latest novel is A Little Distillery in Nowgong.

Joan London’s appearance is made possible by the Australian Council for the Arts.

COLIN MCADAM ONTARIO, EVENTS 50, 64

ANNABEL LYON

HEATHER MCHUGH

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ONTARIO, SPECIAL EVENT, EVENTS 8, 45

KAREN MCLAUGHLIN

Alistair MacLeod’s appearance is made possible in part by Air Canada.

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 55, 58

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ONTARIO, EVENT 66

Peter Mansbridge is the Chief Correspondent of CBC News. He anchors CBC’s flagship nightly news program, The National, and all CBC News specials. During a decorated career, he has received 12 Gemini Awards for excellence in broadcast journalism. He is also the host of CBC Newsworld’s Mansbridge One on One. His first book is a selection of extraordinary interviews from the past decade.

Heather McHugh has published seven books of poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist Eyeshot and Hinge & Sign: Poems 1968–1993, which was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist. In 2001, McHugh was awarded the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize for her translation (with Nikolai Popov), Glottal Stop: 101 Poems of Paul Celan. Her new collection is Upgraded to Serious.

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UNITED STATES, EVENT 57

ALISTAIR MACLEOD

Alistair MacLeod is recognized as one of Canada’s most distinguished writers. His acclaimed short stories are collected in the volume, Island, and his novel No Great Mischief, won several awards, including the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. He taught creative writing at the University of Indiana and is a professor emeritus at the University of Windsor. MacLeod was raised in Cape Breton and still spends his summers there.

Colin McAdam has written for Harper’s and The Walrus. His novel Some Great Thing won the Amazon.ca Books in Canada First Novel Award and was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Award, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in the United Kingdom. His new novel is Fall. He lives in Montreal.

Karen McLaughlin has won the Steeple Artworks Artist’s Society scholarship and the EM/Media Scholarship, among other honours. She has a BFA from Alberta College of Art and Design and has studied at the University of Regina and Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. From This Distance is her second novel.

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Annabel Lyon’s first short-story collection, Oxygen, was nominated for the Danuta Gleed and ReLit awards. Her second, The Best Thing for You, was nominated for the Ethel Wilson Prize for Fiction. A novel for young adults, All-Season Edie, was published in 2008. In addition to creative writing, Lyon has studied music, philosophy and law. The Golden Mean is her first novel for adults.

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BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 41, 61

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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES MAILE MELOY UNITED STATES, EVENTS 58, 61

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Maile Meloy is the author of four books, most recently the story collection, Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Zoetrope: All-Story and Granta. She has received The Paris Review’s Aga Khan Prize for Fiction, the PEN/Malamud Award, the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2007, she was chosen as one of Granta’s 21 Best Young American Novelists. Meloy lives in Los Angeles. SHANDI MITCHELL

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NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, EVENTS 9, 20

Lisa Moore has written two collections of stories, Degrees of Nakedness and Open, as well as two novels, Alligator and February. Open and Alligator were both nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Alligator won the Commonwealth Prize for the Canadian Caribbean Region and the ReLit Award, and Open won the Canadian Authors’ Association Jubilee Prize for Short Fiction. She has also written for television, radio, magazines and newspapers. She is a member of The Burning Rock Collective, a group of St. John’s writers.

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LORRIE MOORE UNITED STATES, EVENT 35

Lorrie Moore is the author of the story collections Birds of America, Like Life and Self-Help, and the novels Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? and Anagrams. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Best American Short Stories and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. Her new novel is A Gate at the Stairs. Moore is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

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ALICE MUNRO ONTARIO, SPECIAL EVENT

Alice Munro’s 13 previous books have won countless national and international awards, including two Giller Prizes. In June 2009 she was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for her magnificent contribution to literary fiction. Munro’s latest collection of short stories is titled Too Much Happiness. WILLIAM NEW BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 15, 44

William New lives in Vancouver. Among his many books are Underwood Log, which was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award for Poetry, Borderlands, Grandchild of Empire, Touching Ecuador and The Year I Was Grounded. The Rope-Maker’s Tale is his ninth book of poetry. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2006.

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Shandi Mitchell spent her childhood on a military base in the Prairies but now makes her home in Nova Scotia. Her award-winning films have been featured at festivals across North America; her script for Baba’s House, a half-hour television drama which she also produced and directed, won several awards and garnered two Genie nominations. Under This Unbroken Sky is her first novel.

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ONTARIO, EVENTS 42, 52

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JAMES W. NICHOL ONTARIO, EVENTS 49, 64

James W. Nichol’s first novel, Midnight Cab, was published in several countries, including Germany, where it became a bestseller. It was shortlisted for the Gold Dagger Award in the United Kingdom and won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel in 2003. His second novel, Transgression, has been published in Canada and in Germany and has been shortlisted for the 2009 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. His latest novel is Death Spiral. BILLEH NICKERSON ONTARIO/BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 10, 27

Billeh Nickerson is the author of two poetry collections: McPoems and The Asthmatic Glassblower, nominated for the Publishing Triangle Poetry Prize. He is also the author of the humorous essay collection Let Me Kiss it Better: Elixirs for the Not So Straight and Narrow, and co-editor with John Barton of Seminal: The Anthology of Canada’s Gay Male Poets. A founding member of the performance troupe “Haiku Night in Canada,” he divides his year between Toronto and Vancouver, where he teaches creative writing at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

UNITED STATES, EVENTS 7, 19, 34

Audrey Niffenegger is a visual artist and writer who lives and works in Chicago. She is the author of The Time Traveler’s Wife, a novel which has been translated into more than 30 languages and, most recently, Her Fearful Symmetry. She is also the author of two visual novels, The Three Incestuous Sisters and The Adventuress, as well as a graphic novel, The Night Bookmobile, which was serialized in the Guardian. EDMUNDO PAZ-SOLDÁN BOLIVIA, EVENTS 45, 49

Edmundo Paz-Soldán is the author of eight novels, among them The Matter of Desire and Turning’s Delirium. He won the Bolivian National Book Award in 1992 and 2003, and his work has been translated into nine languages. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006, and in 2008 was selected by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the 50 Most Influential Iberoamerican Intellectuals. He lives in Ithaca, New York, and is a professor of Hispanic literatures at Cornell University. Edmundo Paz-Soldán’appearance is made possible by the Department of World Literature and the Humanities Institute at Simon Fraser University.

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AUDREY NIFFENEGGER

ASHOK MATHUR

A Little Distillery in Nowgong “Ashok Mathur has always exhibited a peculiar genius for re-imagining what fiction can represent and make us feel, but never before on such a grand scale.” —David Chariandy BILLEH NICKERSON

HILARY PEACH BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 10, 27

Hilary Peach is a writer, audio poet, recording artist, arts activist and producer. She has performed at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Montreal’s Festival Voix d’Ameriques and the Poetry International Festival in Rotterdam. Her CDs, which fuse music and spoken word, include Poems Only Dogs Can Hear and Suitcase Local. Publications include 10 Flowered Cactus and Love is a Small Town. She is the founder and artistic director of the Poetry Gabriola Festival on Gabriola Island, British Columbia.

McPoems “Nickerson looks up at his community from the gutter—and therefore, as Wilde taught us, he can also see the stars.” —R.M. Vaughan

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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES MONIQUE PROULX

DARIA SALAMON

QUÉBEC, EVENTS 32, 52, 61

MANITOBA, EVENTS 55, 64

Monique Proulx is one of Québec’s most popular authors. A novelist, story writer and screenwriter, she has published five previous works of fiction, including Sex of the Stars, The Invisible Man at the Window, Aurora Montrealis and The Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle, which was a finalist for the 2002 Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction (French language) and a selection for the 2004 CBC Canada Reads competition. Her latest novel is Wildlives.

Daria Salamon is a freelance writer whose work has been published by the Globe and Mail, Winnipeg Free Press and Uptown Magazine. Her work has also been shortlisted for the Writers’ Union of Canada’s Emerging Writer Short Fiction Award, the Larry Turner Award for Creative Non-Fiction and the Canadian Authors Association’s North of 55 Writing Contest. In 2009 she received the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book by a Manitoba Writer for The Prairie Bridesmaid. She lives in Winnipeg.

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Monique Proulx est une des auteures les plus lues au Québec. Romancière, nouvelliste et scénariste, cinq de ses romans, dont Le Sexe des étoiles, Homme invisible à la fenêtre, Les Aurores montréales et Le Cœur est un muscle involontaire, ont été mis en nomination pour le Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général en 2002, dans la catégorie roman de langue française. Le Cœur est un muscle involontaire a été mis en nomination en 2004, pour le Canada Reads, un concours de la CBC. Champagne est son plus récent roman.

FRANCE, EVENTS 9, 32

UNITED STATES, EVENTS 9, 19

Kathy Reichs, like her fictional creation, Temperance Brennan, is a forensic anthropologist for the province of Québec and the inspiration for the television drama Bones. Déjà Dead, her debut novel, brought her fame when it became a New York Times bestseller and won the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel. In 2007 Break No Bones was short-listed for the Ellis Award for Best Novel. Her latest novel is 206 Bones. LEON ROOKE ONTARIO, EVENTS 37, 46, 62

Leon Rooke is the author of seven novels, including The Fall of Gravity, which was chosen by the Globe and Mail as one of 2000’s top books. His 1981 novel Shakespeare’s Dog won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction and his novel A Good Baby was made into a feature film. He has published more than 300 short stories, as well as poetry and plays, and is the founder of the Eden Mills Writers Festival. His new book is a collection of short stories called The Last Shot.

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt appearance is made possible by the Consulate General of France in Vancouver.

ERIC-EMMANUEL SCHMITT FRANCE, ÉVÉNEMENTS 9, 32

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt est un des auteurs les plus lus et les plus populaires d’Europe. Dramaturge, romancier et nouvelliste, il s’est vu décerné, en 2001, le Grand Prix du Théâtre de l’Académie française pour l’ensemble de son œuvre, qui comprend nommément Oscar et la dame rose, L’Évangile selon Pilate et Ma vie avec Mozart. Le premier film qu’il a écrit et réalisé, Odette Toulemonde, est sorti en 2007. Le Consulat général de France à Vancouver assume les coüts de déplacement de Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt.

GREGORY SCOFIELD BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 36, 57

Gregory Scofield has published five highly praised books of poetry, including Love Medicine and One Song and I Knew Two Metis Women, and a memoir, Thunder Through My Veins. He has received the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and the Canadian Authors Association’s most promising young writer award, and his life has been chronicled in the documentary Singing Home the Bones: A Poet Becomes Himself. His new book is Kipocihkân: Poems New and Selected.

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Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is one of Europe’s most popular and bestselling authors. A playwright, novelist and short fiction writer, he was awarded the French Academy’s Grand Prix du Théâtre in 2001. His books include Oscar and the Lady in Pink, The Gospel According to Pilate and My Life with Mozart. The film Odette Toulemonde marked Schmitt’s debut as screenwriter and director, and was released in 2007.

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David Sedaris recently moved from Paris to London. Raised in North Carolina, he has worked as a housecleaner and most famously, as a part-time elf for Macy’s. Several of his plays have been produced, and his essays are featured regularly on BBC Radio and in The New Yorker and Esquire. His bestselling books include Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and When You Are Engulfed in Flames.

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ANIK SEE BRITISH COLUMBIA/NETHERLANDS, EVENTS 34, 58

Anik See is a Canadian writer and small press publisher. She is the author of two previous books, A Fork in the Road and Saudade. Her printing and design work won an honourable mention at the Alcuin Society’s Book Design awards in 2005 and has been seen across Canada and at the Frankfurt and Leipzig book fairs. She divides her time between Canada and Amsterdam, where she makes, writes and restores books. Her new book is postcard and other stories. SETH ONTARIO, EVENTS 34, 47

Seth is creator of the comic book series Palooka-Ville and the graphic novels George Sprott (1895–1975), It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken, Wimbledon Green, Clyde Fans Book One and the illustrated memoir of his father, Bannock, Beans And Black Tea. He is also a noted illustrator and book designer, and was recently the subject of a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Seth lives in Guelph, Ontario, with his wife and two cats and rarely leaves his basement. MATTHEW SKELTON UNITED KINGDOM, EVENTS 5, 29

Matthew Skelton’s Endymion Spring was pulled out of a slush pile and is now being heralded by booksellers as The Da Vinci Code for kids. Skelton grew up on both sides of the Atlantic, but found himself strangely drawn toward Oxford. An expert on books and printing, he spent years searching the libraries of Europe, where a dusty volume first set him on the trail of Endymion Spring, a boy apprentice to the great printer Gutenberg. Cirrus Flux is his second novel. MICHÈLE SMOLKIN BRITISH COLUMBIA, ÉVÉNEMENT 32

Michèle Rechtman Smolkin vit à Vancouver depuis 1983. Après avoir fait des études d’architecture à Paris, elle devient tour à tour, et parfois simultanément, traductrice, narratrice, journaliste culturelle pour la radio et la presse écrite, animatrice radio, puis réalisatrice de documentaires radio et télé à Radio-Canada. Elle a écrit une dramatique et des contes radiophoniques, des poèmes, des nouvelles et des documentaires. C’est encore loin, le bonheur? est son premier roman.

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ONTARIO, EVENTS 38, 42

ALBERTA, EVENTS 41, 58

Rochelle Strauss is an award-winning author, freelance writer and education consultant whose work combines her love of nature and passion for stories that teach children about the wonders of the natural world. Her first book, Tree of Life: the Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth, has received several book honours and has been published in the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, Korea and Egypt. Her latest book is One Well: the Story of Water on Earth. She lives in Toronto.

Cordelia Strube is an accomplished playwright and the author of seven novels. Her first novel, Alex and Zee, was shortlisted for the W. H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award, and her third, Teaching Pigs to Sing was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Her novels Blind Night, The Barking Dog and Planet Reese were shortlisted for the ReLit Award. Her play Mortal won the CBC Literary Competition and was nominated for the Prix Italia. Her new novel is Lemon.

Thomas Trofimuk is an Edmonton writer whose poems and short stories have been published in literary magazines and journals across the Canada, and broadcast on CBC Radio. His first novel, The 52nd Poem, won the 2003 Alberta Book of the Year Award and the City of Edmonton Book Prize. A second novel, Doubting Yourself to the Bone, was named as one of the top 100 must-read books for 2006 by the Globe and Mail. His new novel is Waiting for Columbus.

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Elizabeth Strout’s “novel in stories,” Olive Kitteridge, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2009. She is the author of Abide with Me, a national bestseller, and the award-winning Amy and Isabelle. She has also been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize in England. Her short stories have been published in a number of magazines, including The New Yorker and O: The Oprah Magazine. She lives in New York City. Elizabeth Strout’s appearance is made possible in part by Air Canada.

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BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 3, 14

C.J. Taylor is an internationally acclaimed artist and children’s author of Mohawk heritage. A self-taught artist and storyteller, she has organized exhibitions of Native art in several cities and has traveled extensively, helping make the rich cultural history of the First Nations accessible to young people. Her books for young readers include All the Stars in the Sky, Peace Walker and her newest collection of legends, Spirits, Fairies and Merpeople. RHEA TREGEBOV ONTARIO/BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 44, 51

Rhea Tregebov is the author of six critically acclaimed books of poetry, most recently (alive): New and selected poems. She has also published five popular children’s picture books, including The Big Storm and What-If Sara, which are set in Winnipeg. She has edited 10 anthologies of essays, poetry and fiction, most recently Arguing with the Storm. Her work has received a number of literary prizes. The Knife Sharpener’s Bell is her first novel.

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 37, 61

Michael Turner’s first book, Company Town, was nominated for the 1992 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. His second book, Hard Core Logo, was made into an award-winning feature film and Turner received a Genie Award for his contribution to the movie’s soundtrack. His screenplay-cum-novel, American Whiskey Bar, was produced as a live television special on CityTV in 1998. Turner lives in Vancouver. His new novel is 8 X 10.

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SARAH WATERS UNITED KINGDOM, EVENTS 43, 54

Sarah Waters is the bestselling author of four widely acclaimed novels: Tipping the Velvet, Affinity, Fingersmith and The Night Watch. The winner of many literary awards, she has been shortlisted for both the Man Booker and Orange Broadband Prizes. Her new novel is The Little Stranger. She lives in London.

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ALEXIS WRIGHT

BRITISH COLUMBIA, EVENTS 42, 62

AUSTRALIA, EVENTS 9, 37

Aboriginal author and activist Alexis Wright, a member of the Waanyi nation of the southern highlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, is one of Australia’s finest writers. Her books include Grog War, a study of alcohol abuse in the outback town of Tennant Creek, and the novel Plains of Promise, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize, The Age Book of the Year Award and the New South Wales Premier’s Award for Fiction. Plains of Promise has also been translated into French. Her latest book is the international bestseller and winner of Australia’s prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award, Carpentaria.

Fiction writer and poet Zoe Whittall’s debut novel Bottle Rocket Hearts was a Globe and Mail Top 100 book and a Quill and Quire Best Book. In 2007, she was named Emerging Author of the Year by NOW Magazine. Her new novel is Holding Still for as Long as Possible. She lives in Toronto.

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Cathleen With has worked as a teacher for Korean children, Khmer NGO workers, Arctic teenagers and Thai street children. Skids, her short story collection about street kids from the Davie Village to the Downtown Eastside, was shortlisted for the 2007 Relit award. Her work has also been published in several literary journals and magazines. Having Faith in the Polar Girls’ Prison is her first novel.

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TIM WYNNE-JONES ONTARIO, EVENTS 13, 15, 22, 43

Tim Wynne-Jones is an award-winning writer of novels for children, young adults and adults. His many books include Odd’s End, Zoom at Sea, The Maestro and The Boy in the Burning House. His latest novel, The Uninvited, is part gripping thriller, part family drama.

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Ian Weir is an awardwinning screenwriter, playwright and novelist. His television credits include the CBC miniseries Dragon Boys, the long-running CBC teen drama Edgemont, and more than 100 episodes for more than 20 series, including Flashpoint, Cold Squad and Beachcombers. He has also written several stage plays and nine three young adult novels. He has won two Gemini Awards, four Leo Awards, a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award and a Writers Guild of Canada Canadian Screenwriting Award. His latest novel is Daniel O’Thunder.

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PAUL YEE ONTARIO, EVENTS 3, 26

Paul Yee is the recipient of the Governor General’s Award for Ghost Train and the City of Vancouver Book Award for Saltwater City. He has written numerous books for young people, including The Jade Necklace, The Bone Collector’s Son and What Happened This Summer. Paul is a leading chronicler of the Chinese immigration experience in Canada. Having grown up in Vancouver, he now lives in Toronto.

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IN MEMORIAM Frank McCourt Frank McCourt was one of those writers who was born to take the stage. Of course, he had a lot of practice teaching, as he did for decades in New York City public high schools. His last visit to the Festival was for his book Teacher Man, at an event held at Christ Church Cathedral. For the first ten minutes of his talk, he kept us laughing and enthralled as he spoke extemporaneously about what it was like for a Catholic to stand at an Anglican pulpit. He will be greatly missed.

Dorothy Porter The Australian writer and poet Dorothy Porter died last December of complications from breast cancer. She was a guest at our Festival on a number of occasions and a great supporter of Festivals here and abroad. In Australia, the distinguished writer David Malouf gave this tribute to Dorothy:“She had such a vitality and a grasp of life which was extraordinary. She had enormous energy and she was a really feisty person. And I think you see that in the way she made her poetry work, in very spare tight verse. And she not only found a readership for her verse novels, she found a very large readership. There’ll be a lot of people out there who admire her, and are fond of her and will miss her very much.”

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59 THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL WRITERS FESTIVAL POETRY AND SHORT STORY CONTEST THE INVITATION

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Submit your finest prose and poetry to the Vancouver International Writers Festival Poetry & Short Story Contest.

1. The contest is open to all writers. 2. Entries will be accepted for previously unpublished work in each category: a. Poetry (any style): 500 word limit b. Creative Short Fiction: 1,500 word limit 3. Entries will be judged blind. Please do not put your name on your story or poem. On a separate sheet, include your name, address and phone number and the word count of your piece. For each story or poem, please include a $10 entry fee. Make cheques payable to the Vancouver International Writers Festival. 4. Drop off or mail two copies of each entry to the Vancouver International Writers Festival, 202–1398 Cartwright St., Vancouver, BC V6H 3R8 5 Your entry should be typed, double-spaced, on 8.5 x 11-inch paper. 6. Please do not send originals; entries will not be returned. 7. Winners will be selected by a panel of professionals in the publishing and book industry. 8. Entries must be postmarked or delivered on or before 5 pm on October 25, 2009. 9. Winners will be announced by January 15, 2010.

THE REWARDS Prizes will be awarded to the top two entries in poetry and fiction.

1ST PRIZE IN EACH CATEGORY: $350 2ND PRIZE IN EACH CATEGORY: $250 First prize winners will published in the Spring 2010 issue of subTERRAIN and on the Festival website: www.writersfest.bc.ca.

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