BC Book Prize authors visit Gail's Kitchen
All five authors on the short-list for the prestigious Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize (a BC Book Prize) will join us on our forum Gail's Kitchen, on Sunday, April 6 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. PST. Come join us!
Mary Novik, Shaena Lambert, David Chariandy, Heather Burt and Claire Mulligan will all be here to chat about their books, about the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, the BC Book Prizes and their touring schedule, and BC Books in general.
You can bring a coffee and listen in on April 6, or join the chat by clicking on "register" at the top of the forum page. To get there click on: Gail's Kitchen. Or go to http://www.gailanderson-dargatz.ca/ and click on "forums." Note that if you intend to chat with our authors, you will have to register a day or two before the event, to allow time for your account to be activated. Note the forum will be closed from March 25-31 while Gail is on the road. The forum will reopen April 1.
Mary Novik is the author of Conceit, which was also on the Giller long-list. Conceit was chosen as a Quill & Quire Book of the Year and a Globe and Mail Best Book of 2007. Mary lives in Vancouver, where she is a member of the writing group SPiN, which includes June Hutton and Jen Sookfong Lee. For more, visit Mary's website at http://www.marynovik.com/.
Shaena Lambert’s novel, Radiance, was published in 2007 by Random House Canada and by Virago Press in the United Kingdom. It was named a best book of the year by the Globe and Mail, Quill and Quire and New Zealand Star Herald, and has been chosen as a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Prize, Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Prize and Evergreen Award.
Shaena’s book of short stories, The Falling Woman (2002) was published in Canada, the UK and Germany. It was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed award and selected as a Globe and Mail Best Book. She lives in Vancouver, where she mentors writers through the Humber School for Writers on-line program.
For more on Shaena, visit her website at: http://www.shaenalambert.com/.
David Chariandy's first novel, Soucouyant, was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Governor General's Award, the Commonwealth Best First Book Prize (Canada and the Caribbean), the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award (fiction category), as well as the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.
Chariandy lives in Vancouver and teaches in the department of English at Simon Fraser University. He is at work on a new novel entitled Brother.
For more on David, click on: www.arsenalpulp.com/contributorinfo.php?index=255
Adam's Peak is Heather Burt's first novel. Heather was born in Montreal in 1965 and moved to Vancouver with her family in 1978. She teaches English and Creative Writing at Langara College.
For more on Heather, click on: http://www.heatherburt.ca/.
Mary Novik, Shaena Lambert, David Chariandy, Heather Burt and Claire Mulligan will all be here to chat about their books, about the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, the BC Book Prizes and their touring schedule, and BC Books in general.
You can bring a coffee and listen in on April 6, or join the chat by clicking on "register" at the top of the forum page. To get there click on: Gail's Kitchen. Or go to http://www.gailanderson-dargatz.ca/ and click on "forums." Note that if you intend to chat with our authors, you will have to register a day or two before the event, to allow time for your account to be activated. Note the forum will be closed from March 25-31 while Gail is on the road. The forum will reopen April 1.
Mary Novik is the author of Conceit, which was also on the Giller long-list. Conceit was chosen as a Quill & Quire Book of the Year and a Globe and Mail Best Book of 2007. Mary lives in Vancouver, where she is a member of the writing group SPiN, which includes June Hutton and Jen Sookfong Lee. For more, visit Mary's website at http://www.marynovik.com/.
Shaena’s book of short stories, The Falling Woman (2002) was published in Canada, the UK and Germany. It was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed award and selected as a Globe and Mail Best Book. She lives in Vancouver, where she mentors writers through the Humber School for Writers on-line program.
For more on Shaena, visit her website at: http://www.shaenalambert.com/.
Chariandy lives in Vancouver and teaches in the department of English at Simon Fraser University. He is at work on a new novel entitled Brother.
For more on David, click on: www.arsenalpulp.com/contributorinfo.php?index=255
Adam's Peak is Heather Burt's first novel. Heather was born in Montreal in 1965 and moved to Vancouver with her family in 1978. She teaches English and Creative Writing at Langara College.For more on Heather, click on: http://www.heatherburt.ca/.
Claire Mulligan began writing fiction after graduating from the University of British Columbia in 1994. Her award wining short stories have appeared in many literary publications. She has travelled extensively in Europe, Asia and Central America, and has lived and worked in the Queen Charlotte Islands, Whistler/Blackcomb, and Vancouver. Claire Mulligan currently lives in Pennsylvannia with her husband and three children. The Reckoning of Boston Jim is her first novel.
For more on Claire, go to: www.brindleandglass.com/books/bostonjim.htm
Many of these and other authors will tour BC for BC Book Prize events in April. For a complete list of BC Book Prize finalists and a touring schedule, go to: http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/.
For more on Claire, go to: www.brindleandglass.com/books/bostonjim.htm
Many of these and other authors will tour BC for BC Book Prize events in April. For a complete list of BC Book Prize finalists and a touring schedule, go to: http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/.
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