Friday, September 21 to Sunday, September 23, 2012
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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
C. E. Gatchalian is the author of three books of drama and one book of poetry. His plays have appeared on stages nationally and internationally, as well as on radio and television. His most recent undertaking, Crossing and Other Plays contains three plays: Crossing, Diamond and Ticks, that explore themes of sexuality...
C. E. Gatchalian is at the Authors Tent at 12:00
Charlotte Gill’s collection Ladykiller was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the BC Book Prize for fiction. She spent nearly two decades working in the forests of Canada and has planted more than a million trees.
Charlotte Gill is at the Canada Writes at 2:20
Heidi Greco has two collections of poetry—Siren Tattoo and Rattlesnake Plantain—and her poems have appeared in many anthologies. Shrinking Violets is her first novella and co-winner of the 2011 Ken Klonsky Novella Contest.
Heidi Greco is at the Carnegie Centre at 2:00
