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Caroline Adderson British Columbia	Aaron Bushkowsky British Columbia	Ann Eriksson British Columbia
George Fetherling British Columbia	William Gibson British Columbia	Anosh Irani British Columbia
Billie Livingston British Columbia	Miranda Pearson British Columbia

Caroline Adderson, British Columbia

Caroline Adderson is the author of two internationally published novels (A History of Forgetting, Sitting Practice), two collections of short stories (Bad Imaginings, Pleased to Meet You) and several books for young people. A two-time recipient of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and three-time CBC Literary Award winner, Caroline lives in Vancouver. She comes to the Festival with a new novel, The Sky Is Falling. Read more

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Aaron Bushkowsky, British Columbia

Aaron Bushkowsky is a poet, playwright, and screenwriter. His first collection of poetry, ed and mabel go to the moon, was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. His second collection, Mars Is for Poems, was published in 2002. He has published three books of drama, Strangers Among Us, The Waterhead and Other Plays and My Chernobyl, which received nine Jessie nominations. Bushkowsky lives in Vancouver, where he teaches playwriting and screenwriting. His new book, Curtains for Roy, is his first novel. Read more

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Ann Eriksson, British Columbia

Ann Eriksson is a novelist and biologist who combines her background in ecology with her life experiences to create works of fiction grounded in nature and populated with rich characters. Her novels are In the Hands of Anubis, Decomposing Maggie and, most recently, Falling from Grace. Eriksson was born in Saskatchewan and grew up in the Canadian Prairie provinces; she now lives with her husband, poet Gary Geddes, on Thetis Island and in Victoria. Read more

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George Fetherling, British Columbia

George Fetherling has published 50 books of poetry, fiction, memoirs, travel, criticism and history, including the much-acclaimed Travels by Night: A Memoir of the Sixties. He is also former Literary Editor of both The Toronto Star and the Kingston Whig-Standard, and has received a Harbourfront Prize for his substantial contribution to Canadian letters. His latest book is a novel, Walt Whitman’s Secret. He lives in Vancouver. Read more

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William Gibson, British Columbia

William Gibson is recognized as a pioneer of cyberfiction with his award-winning novels Neuromancer, Mona Lisa Overdrive, The Difference Engine (co-written with Bruce Sterling), Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow's Parties and Pattern Recognition. Gibson lives in Vancouver. His latest novel is Zero History. Read more

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Anosh Irani, British Columbia

Anosh Irani was born in Bombay and moved to Vancouver in 1998. He is the author of the acclaimed novels The Cripple and His Talismans and The Song of Kahunsha. His play, Bombay Black, won the Dora Mavor Moore Award in 2006 for Best New Play or New Musical, and his latest play, My Granny the Goldfish, performed to enthusiastic reviews at the Arts Club Theatre in Vancouver this past spring. His new novel is Dahanu Road. Read more

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Billie Livingston, British Columbia

Billie Livingston published her critically acclaimed first novel, Going Down Swinging, in 2000 and has since been published internationally. Her second novel, Cease to Blush, was a Globe and Mail Best Book, and her collection of poetry, Chick at the Back of the Church, was a finalist for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. She is at the Festival this year with a new collection of short stories, Greedy Little Eyes. Read more

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Miranda Pearson, British Columbia

Miranda Pearson is the author of two previous books of poetry, Prime and The Aviary. Her poems have also appeared in numerous anthologies and literary journals. A graduate of the University of British Columbia’s MFA Program, Pearson lives in Vancouver, where she works as a freelance editor, teaches poetry workshops at Simon Fraser University’s Writing and Publishing Program, and works in community mental health care. Her latest collection is Harbour. Read more

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Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 8:00pm
Performance Works
$19.00

It's easy to become blasé about the reams of great writing coming out of Lotusland each year when in fact we should be marveling at the incredible literary prowess of our home grown talent. Well now's the time to slough off our nonchalance and celebrate the wealth of writers who call British Columbia home. Tonight eight authors entertain with short story excerpts, poetry and passages from novels that contribute to the rich and varied literary landscape of this province. Don’t miss this chance to cheer for the home team!

This event is sponsored by Random House of Canada.