67 The Afternoon Tea

Lynn Coady Alberta	Elizabeth Hay Ontario	Wayne Johnston Newfoundland
Tessa McWatt Ontario / United Kingdom	Michael V. Smith British Columbia	D.W. Wilson British Columbia

Lynn Coady, Alberta

Lynn Coady is an award-winning author, editor and journalist. Her previous novels include Saints of Big Harbour, which was a national bestseller and a Globe 100 book, and Mean Boy, another Globe 100 book. She has also published an acclaimed collection of short stories, Play the Monster Blind. Her popular advice column, “Group Therapy,” runs weekly in the Globe and Mail. Coady is originally from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and now lives in Edmonton. Read more

Elizabeth Hay, Ontario

Elizabeth Hay is the author of the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novel Late Nights on Air as well as three other award-winning works of fiction, Small Change, A Student of Weather and Garbo Laughs. Formerly a radio broadcaster, she has spent time in Mexico and New York City and now lives in Ottawa. Her new novel, Alone in the Classroom, probes the roots of obsessive love and hate across generations. Read more

Wayne Johnston, Newfoundland

Wayne Johnston was born and raised in Goulds, Newfoundland. His celebrated novels include The Story of Bobby O'Malley, which won the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award; The Divine Ryans, which was adapted for film; The Colony of Unrequited Dreams and The Navigator of New York, which both spent extended periods of time on bestseller lists in Canada and have been published internationally. His latest, A World Elsewhere, revolves around a nineteenth-century mystery involving the suspected murder of a child. Read more

Tessa McWatt, Ontario / United Kingdom

Tessa McWatt was born in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), moved to Canada with her family when she was three and grew up in Toronto. She is the author of five previous novels; her second, Dragons Cry, was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and the City of Toronto Book Award. She divides her time between London and Toronto. Her latest novel is Vital Signs. Read more

Michael V. Smith, British Columbia

Michael V. Smith is an assistant professor at ubc, where he teaches creative writing. His first novel, Cumberland, was shortlisted for the Amazon.ca / Books in Canada First Novel Award. His short fiction has won the Western Magazine Gold Award for Fiction and been nominated for the Journey Prize. In 2007, Smith received the Dayne Ogilvie Award for Emerging Gay Writers and Vancouver’s Community Hero of the Year Award. A native of Cornwall, Ontario, Smith currently lives in Kelowna, BC. Michael’s new novel is Progress. Read more

D.W. Wilson, British Columbia

D.W. (Dave) Wilson was born and raised in the small towns of the Kootenay Valley, British Columbia. He is the recipient of the University of East Anglia’s inaugural Man Booker Prize Scholarship. His stories have appeared in literary magazines across Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, including the Malahat Review, Grain, and Southword. His debut collection of short stories is Once You Break a Knuckle. Read more

Host: Paul Grant
Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 3:30pm
Performance Works
$33

What could be more pleasant and relaxing than joining host Paul Grant for a thought-provoking 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.

67 The Afternoon Tea

2011 Festival