Words on the Water offers wealth of words
The days are longer, bulbs are beginning to poke their green heads through the cool soil in some lucky gardens, and Christmas is off the radar for another year. For this avid reader, that combination means only one thing: it’s soon Words on the Water time again. This year’s event is Friday, March 19 and Saturday, March 20 at the Maritime Heritage Centre.
This year’s lineup promises to be another winner. Campbell River is fortunate to welcome the following authors:
* Annabel Lyon, author of The Golden Mean, which was a finalist for the 2009 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and also in 2009, the Governor General’s Literary Awards – Fiction. The interview I heard on CBC Radio in the fall was compelling and I’m so looking forward to hearing about Aristotle and Alexanders the Great from the writer who brought them to life. Oh yeah – The Golden Mean won the Rogers Writers’ Trust for fiction.
* Gabor Mate, author of In the Realm of the Hungry Ghost – Close Encounters with Addiction. It was published in 2008. He’s a doctor at a harm reduction facility in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
* Children’s author Kit Pearson, who wrote the brilliant Awake and Dreaming as well as the Guests of War trilogy that tells the story of Nora and Gavin, a brother and sister pair who are sent from England to live in Canada during WW2. I can’t wait to meet her.
* Andreas Schroeder has been a freelance writer for more than 40 years. He’s published poetry, literary critcism, and and and. His most recent book is Renovating Heaven.
* Current Haig-Brown Writer-in-Residence Harry Thurston, whose most recent book is A Place between the Tides, A Naturalist’s Reflections on the Salt Marsh.
* Ronald Wright is the author of What is Amerca, a BC Book Prize finalist. He’s published in more tan 15 langueas. His first novel, A Scientific Romance, was a Globe and Mail Book of the Year.
This ninth annual event gets underway on Friday night. Throughout Saturday, enjoy readings by all the authors and ask questions. Books will be available for sale and you can have them signed too! (I love that). Saturday night is always tons of fun – it’s the literary cabaret, featuring the guest writers, music by local musicians, laughter, and gourmet appies.
Be sure to get your Early Bird Pass quickly – they’re bound to sell out. At $65, it gets you into all events and is a terrific deal. They go on sale at the Tidemark theatre Tuesday, February 2. Find out more at www.wordsonthewater.ca . Get ready for a literary bounty that Campbell River hasn’t seen since last year’s Words on the Water!
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Arts and Culture, Non-profit organizations | ginaforsyth January 18, 2010
By Robert, January 21, 2010 @ 6:49 pm
I am looking forward to this event. I will be there if in town. Thank you.
By Gina, January 21, 2010 @ 8:37 pm
I hope you can make it – it’s a terrific weekend. Thanks for making the time to comment.