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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

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Lucia Frangione is a young post-feminist voice in Canada’s independent theatre scene. She is the two-time recipient of the Gordon Armstrong Playwright Award and in 2001 won the Sydney Risk playwright award for Cariboo Magi.

Lucia Frangione is at the Authors Tent at 12:20
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John Furlong was the leader behind the team that organized and delivered the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Member of the Order of BC.

John Furlong is at the Canada Writes at 1:30