Festival Reading List
A preview of this year's participants and your reading list.
Author Name |
Country |
Book Title |
Genre |
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Barbara Adler |
Canada (BC) |
NA |
Spoken word |
|
Gail Anderson-Dargatz |
Canada (BC) |
Turtle Valley |
Fiction |
|
Jakob Arjouni |
Germany |
Idiots: Five Fairy Tales |
Fiction |
|
Todd Babiak |
Canada (AB) |
The Book of Stanley* |
Fiction |
|
Linda Bailey |
Canada (BC) |
Farm Team |
Kids |
|
Jacqueline Baker |
Canada (BC) |
The Horseman’s Graves |
Fiction |
|
Peter Behrens |
Canada (ON) |
The Law of Dreams |
Fiction |
|
Marilyn Bowering |
Canada (BC) |
Green |
Poetry |
|
George Bowering |
Canada (BC) |
Vermeer’s Light |
Poetry |
|
Tim Bowling |
Canada (AB) |
The Bone Sharps |
Fiction |
|
John Burns |
Canada (BC) |
Runnerland |
YA |
|
Barry Callaghan |
Canada (ON) |
Between Trains |
Stories |
|
Justin Cartwright |
UK |
The Song Before it is Sung |
Fiction |
|
David Chariandy |
Canada (BC) |
Soucouyant* |
Fiction |
|
Severn Cullis-Suzuki |
Canada (BC) |
Notes From Canada’s Young Activists |
Non-fiction |
|
Évelyne Daigle |
Canada (QC) |
The World of Penguins |
Kids |
|
David Davidar |
Canada (ON) |
The Solitude of Emperors* |
Fiction |
|
Kiran Desai |
UK |
The Inheritance of Loss |
Fiction |
|
Brian Doyle |
Canada (ON) |
Pure Spring |
YA |
|
Liam Durcan |
Canada (QC) |
Garcia’s Heart |
Fiction |
|
Jenn Farrell |
Canada (BC) |
Sugar Bush |
Stories |
|
Will Ferguson |
Canada (AB) |
Spanish Fly* |
Fiction |
|
Jasper Fforde |
UK |
First Among Sequels* |
Crime |
|
Carla Funk |
Canada (BC) |
The Sewing Room |
Poetry |
|
Gary Geddes |
Canada (BC) |
Falsework* |
Poetry |
|
James George |
New Zealand |
Ocean Roads |
Fiction |
|
Elizabeth George |
USA/UK |
What Came Before He Shot Her |
Mystery |
|
William Gibson |
Canada (BC) |
Spook Country* |
Fiction |
|
Barbara Gowdy |
Canada (ON) |
Helpless |
Fiction |
|
Faïza Guéne |
France |
Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow |
Fiction |
|
Niels Hav |
Denmark |
We Are Here |
Poetry |
|
Elizabeth Hay |
Canada (ON) |
Late Nights on Air* |
Fiction |
|
Barbara Hodgson |
Canada (BC) |
Trading in Memories* |
Non-fiction |
|
Ian Holding |
Zimbabwe |
Unfeeling* |
Fiction |
|
Nancy Huston |
France/Canada |
Fault Lines* |
Fiction |
|
David Jones |
Canada (BC) |
Baboon |
YA |
|
Lloyd Jones |
New Zealand |
Mister Pip |
Fiction |
|
Janice Kulyk Keefer |
Canada (ON) |
The Ladies Lending Library |
Fiction |
|
Claire Keegan |
Ireland |
Walk the Blue Fields |
Stories |
|
A.L. Kennedy |
Scotland |
Day |
Fiction |
|
Catherine Kidd |
Canada (QC) |
Missing the Ark |
Fiction |
|
Vincent Lam |
Canada (ON) |
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures |
Stories |
|
Jen Sookfong Lee |
Canada (BC) |
The End of East |
Fiction |
|
Dennis Lee |
Canada (ON) |
yesno |
Poetry |
|
Morgan Lewis |
Australia |
NA |
|
|
Carrie Mac |
Canada (BC) |
Retribution |
YA |
|
Alistair MacLeod |
Canada (ON) |
Island |
Stories |
|
Brendan McLeod |
Canada (BC) |
The Convictions of Leonard McKinley* |
Fiction |
|
George McWhirter |
Canada (BC) |
The Incorrection |
Poetry |
|
Maureen Medved |
Canada (BC) |
The Tracey Fragments |
Fiction |
|
Ameen Merchant |
Canada (BC) |
The Silent Raga* |
Fiction |
|
Sylvain Meunier |
Canada (QC) |
Piercings Sanglants |
Kids/French |
|
Barbara Nickel |
Canada (BC) |
Domain |
Poetry |
|
Hal Niedzviecki |
Canada (ON) |
The Big Book of Pop Culture |
YA |
|
Michel Noël |
Canada (QC) |
Hush! Hush! |
Kids/French |
|
Mary Novik |
Canada (BC) |
Conceit* |
Fiction |
|
Edward O. Phillips |
Canada (QC) |
Queen’s Court |
Fiction |
|
Nuala O’ Faolain |
Ireland |
The Story of Chicago May |
Non-fiction |
|
Helen Oyeyemi |
Nigeria/UK |
The Opposite House |
Fiction |
|
Kit Pearson |
Canada (BC) |
A Perfect Gentle Knight* |
YA |
|
Louise Penny |
Canada (QC) |
The Cruellest Month |
Mystery |
|
Alessandro Piperno |
Italy |
The Worst Intentions |
Fiction |
|
Anna Porter |
Canada (ON) |
Kasztner’s Train* |
Non-Fiction |
|
Steven Price |
Canada (BC) |
The Anatomy of Keys |
Poetry |
|
Edeet Ravel |
Canada (ON) |
The Secret Journey of Pauline Siddhartha* (YA) |
YA |
|
Patricia Robertson |
Canada (YK) |
The Goldfish Dancer |
Stories |
|
Ray Robertson |
Canada (ON) |
What Happened Later* |
Fiction |
|
Peter Robinson |
Canada (ON) |
Friend of the Devil |
Mystery |
|
Linda Rogers |
Canada (BC) |
The Empress Letters |
Fiction |
|
Margriet Ruurs |
USA/BC |
In My Backyard |
Kids |
|
Richard Siken |
USA |
Crush |
Poetry |
|
Neil Smith |
Canada (QC) |
Bang Crunch |
Stories |
|
Nick Thran |
Canada (ON) |
Every Inadequate Name |
Poetry |
|
Carrie Tiffany |
Australia |
Everyman’s Rules for Scientific Living |
Fiction |
|
Priscila Uppal |
Canada (ON) |
Ontological Necessities |
Poetry |
|
Célestine Hitiura Vaite |
Australia/Tahiti |
Tiare |
Fiction |
|
Seán Virgo |
Canada (SK) |
Begging Questions |
Stories |
|
Eleanor Wachtel |
Canada (ON) |
Random Illuminations* |
Non-fiction |
|
Agnes Walsh |
Canada (NL) |
Going Around with Bachelors |
Poetry |
|
Tom Wayman |
Canada (BC) |
High Speed Through Shoaling Water |
Poetry |
|
Andrew Wedderburn |
Canada (AB) |
The Milk Chicken Bomb |
Fiction |
|
Rudy Wiebe |
Canada (AB) |
Of This Earth: A Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest |
Memoir |
|
Michael Winter |
Canada (NL) |
The Architects Are Here* |
Fiction |
|
Richard B. Wright |
Canada (ON) |
October* |
Fiction |
|
Benjamin Zephaniah |
UK |
Too Black, Too Strong |
Poetry |
* Title available in Fall 2007
