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Stuart McLean

McLean
Ontario
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Martin Weinhold

Master storyteller and humorist Stuart McLean is the author of several bestselling books, including Vinyl Cafe Diaries, which won the short fiction award from the Canadian Authors Association; Home from the Vinyl Cafe and Vinyl Cafe Unplugged, which both won the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour; and Welcome Home: Travels in Smalltown Canada, which won the CAA's award for non-fiction.  His latest book is The Vinyl Café Notebooks, a wonderfully eclectic essay collection selected from 15 years of radio-show archives and re-edited by the author. 

“The Vancouver Writers Fest is the best of the large festivals, with a busy combo of panels, readings, one-to-one interviews as well as poetry jams and a mix of invitees from all over the world.”

- Canadian Tourism Commission