October 14: Garry Gottfriedson at Thompson Rivers University

Garry Gottfriedson, author of Skin Like Mine and Whiskey Bullets, discusses the creative writing process. Free of charge and open to all, this event is sponsored by TRU’s Canadian Studies Program and English and Modern Languages Department, which thanks the Comprehensive University Enhancement Fund, the Dean of Arts and the English 4470 class for their support.

Garry Gottfriedson, from the Secwepemc first nation (Shuswap), was born, raised and lives in Kamloops, BC. He is a self-employed rancher with a Masters degree in Education from Simon Fraser University. He was awarded the Gerald Red Elk Creative Writing Scholarship by the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, where he studied under Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Marianne Faithful and others.

Location: Kamloops Campus, Clock Tower Bldg., Alumni Theatre
Time: October 14, 12:30 – 1:30