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62 The Sunday Brunch

John Gould British Columbia	Genni Gunn British Columbia	David Mitchell United Kingdom
Wells Tower United States	Jane Urquhart Ontario	Kathleen Winter Québec

John Gould, British Columbia

John Gould is the author of two books of very short stories, most recently Kilter, which was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and a Globe and Mail Best Book. His fiction has appeared in literary periodicals across the country and has been adapted for short films. He teaches in the writing department at the University of Victoria and serves on the editorial board of The Malahat Review. His new book, Seven Reasons Not to Be Good, is his first novel. Read more

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Genni Gunn, British Columbia

Genni Gunn is a writer, musician and translator. Her books include two novels, Tracing Iris and Thrice upon a Time; two short story collections, Hungers and On the Road; and two poetry collections, Faceless and Mating in Captivity. Gunn’s works have been finalists for the CBC Literary Awards in all three categories (fiction, personal essay and poetry) and have been nominated for numerous other awards. Her new novel is Solitaria. Read more

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David Mitchell, United Kingdom

David Mitchell is the acclaimed author of the novels Black Swan Green, which was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by Time; Cloud Atlas, which was a Man Booker Prize finalist; Number9Dream, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker as well as the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; and Ghostwritten, awarded the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for best book by a writer under 35 and shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. His new book is The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. Read more

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Wells Tower, United States

Wells Tower’s short stories and journalism have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, McSweeney's, The Paris Review, The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories, The Washington Post Magazine and elsewhere. He has received two Pushcart Prizes and the Plimpton Prize from The Paris Review, and was recently included on The New Yorker’s list of the Top 20 authors under 40. His first collection of short stories is Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned. Read more

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Jane Urquhart, Ontario

Jane Urquhart is the author of five previous novels, a collection of short fiction, and four books of poetry. Among the many awards and distinctions she has earned for her work are the Trillium Award, the Governor General’s Award and France’s Le Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (Best Foreign Book Award). Urquhart has received the Marian Engel Award, and is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. Her new novel is Sanctuary Line. Read more

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Kathleen Winter, Québec

Kathleen Winter has written dramatic and documentary scripts for Sesame Street and CBC Television. Her first collection of short stories, boYs, was the winner of both the Winterset Award and the 2006 Metcalfe-Rooke Award. A long-time resident of St. John's, Newfoundland, she now lives in Montreal. Annabel is her first novel. Read more

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Host: Sheryl MacKay
Sunday, October 24, 2010 - 11:00am
Performance Works
$33.00

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 loads 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.