Archive for August, 2011

September 18: Wine and Cheese Party with Norma Charles and James Heneghan, Vancouver, BC

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Come on out and celebrate two new exciting novels with Norma Charles and James Heneghan, authors of many fine prize-winning books!

Norma will be launching her young adult novel, Run Marco, Run, a riveting adventure in which Marco must risk everything to save his kidnapped father.

— Published by Ronsdale Press

James will be launching his novel, Fit to Kill, a Rapid Reads book for adults in which a brutal serial killer is loose in Vancouver’s West End.

—Published by Raven Books, an imprint of Orca Books

Sunday, September 18
3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

1844 Acadia Road,
Vancouver

Chocolate Lily Shortlist Announced!

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Three of our authors made the Chocolate Lily Shortlist!

Congratulations to Carol Anne Shaw for Hannah and the Spindle Whorl, Beryl Young for Follow the Elephant and Charles Reid for Ghost of Heroes Past!

http://cwillbc.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/the-chocolate-lily-shortlist-announced/

October 6: Norma Charles at the Brock House Society, BC

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

On October 6th Norma Charles reads from her new book, Run Marco, Run, at the Brock House Society for Brock House Talks.

10:30am – 11:40am
3875 Point Grey Road
Vancouver, BC
V6R 1B3

August 6: Garry Gottfriedson at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts, BC

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

On Saturday, August 6, join Garry Gottfriedson at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. Garry reads from Skin Like Mine at 4:00 pm during “The Meter’s Running: The Poetry Event.”

Festival Pavillion
Rockwood Centre
Sechelt, BC
www.writersfestival.ca

August 19: Richard Wagamese speaks at The Writers at Woody Point literary festival, NL

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Richard Wagamese, author of many critically acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, as well as a new poetry collection, Runaway Dreams, speaks at The Writers at Woody Point literary festival on Friday, August 19th at 8 p.m.

The Writers at Woody Point literary festival
August 16 – August 21
Woody Point Heritage Theatre,
Bonne Bay South, Newfoundland

To read some of Wagamese’s writing, take a look at his blog, World of Wonders.