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
Donato Mancini uses poetry, bookworks, and text–based visual art for cultural criticism. Two of his books, Ligatures and Æthel, were each nominated for the ReLit Award. He is currently enrolled in the PhD program at UBC.
Donato Mancini is at the Poetry Tent at 3:30
Samuel Thomas Martin is from Gilmour, Ontario. He received his MA in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto where he worked with David Adams Richards. He now lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland with his wife and their dog.
Samuel Thomas Martin is at the Canada Writes Tent at 4:20
Bruce McBay was an English teacher at Burnaby Secondary School for many years and is still interested in writing books for reluctant readers.
Bruce McBay is at the Kids Tent at 2:20
Lesley McKnight has been a freelance researcher and writer for more than 10 years, and has been published in The Globe & Mail and the Vancouver Courier.
Lesley McKnight is at the Kids Tent at 12:40
Gina McMurchy-Barber was the 2004 recipient of the Governor General’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History. Her first book, Free as a Bird, was nominated for numerous awards. Broken Bones is her second novel for young people.
Gina McMurchy-Barber is at the Kids Tent at 3:00
Kevin McNeilly teaches English at UBC. In addition to his academic publications, he has had poems published in Canadian Literature and The Antigonish Review. Embouche is his first poetry collection.
Kevin McNeilly is at the Poetry Tent at 11:15
George McWhirter is a writer, teacher, translator and editor. He was Vancouver's first Poet Laureate and was head of the UBC Creative Writing Department for 10 years. He is the author of more than 20 books of poetry, fiction and translations and the recipient of numerous awards. George McWhirter is the co-editor of and the principal...
George McWhirter is at the Poetry Tent at 1:00
Garry Thomas Morse received the City of Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for Emerging Artist in 2008 and has twice been selected as runner-up for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry.
Garry Thomas Morse is at the Poetry Tent at 3:00
Sachiko Murakami’s first poetry collection, The Invisibility Exhibit, was a finalist for the Governer General’s Award for Poetry and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. She is a past member of Vancouver’s Kootenay School of Writing collective and now co-hosts the Pivot Reading Series.
Sachiko Murakami is at the Poetry Tent at 11:45
Dr. Cheryl Mutch is a consultant pediatrician with a keen interest in children’s nutrition and has two young daughters. She co-authored Good Food To Go with Brenda Bradshaw.
Dr. Cheryl Mutch is at the Kids Tent at 1:00
