Friday, September 21 to Sunday, September 23, 2012
Click the alphabet on the left to view author bios by last name.
Over the years, The Word On The Street Vancouver has played host to all manner of authors. We are proud to welcome more than 100 authors, illustrators and panelists for the 2011 festival, including:
Charlotte Gill | Evelyn Lau
Georgia Nicols | Gurjinder Basran
John Furlong | John Vaillant
Richard Wagamese | Timothy Taylor
Carmen Aguirre has written or co-written eighteen plays, including The Refugee Hotel, which was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for best new play in 2010. Something Fierce is her first book.
Carmen Aguirre is at the Authors Tent at 1:00
Karim Alrawi was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt. He has over 30 professionally produced plays to his credit and has written many nationally and internationally award-winning works including The Girl Who Lost Her Smile. He has also supervised international aid and development programs in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia....
Karim Alrawi is at the Raise-a-Reader Corner at 11:40
