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T h b e u H P u d mminbir 1 Welcome to the 7th annual Galiano Literary Festival! As we move into our 7th Annual Galiano Literary Festival, we are again excited and pleased to welcome authors and readers, first-time attendees and returning guests, and local residents and visitors from near and far. This year’s lineup of authors is again a stellar one and we are very pleased with the great diversity of authors who will be joining us. You will hear and meet authors across the spectrum, from first- published authors to authors with over 50 years of writing experience and numerous books to their credit, from poets to biographers to historians to, of course, fiction writers, and from tragedy to comedy. We believe that one of the best features of our festival is that readers are given the chance to see writers they have read and admired for years while at the same time discovering new and exciting authors with whose work they are unfamiliar. And, of course, an especially unique feature of the festival is that readers don’t just get to hear these authors, they get to talk to them in a casual and informal atmosphere. Those who have attended past festivals often comment on this opportunity to rub elbows or perhaps have a drink with the authors and fellow readers as the best part of their experience. Past attendees also often comment on the very special nature of the festival venue. Whether you stay at the Galiano Oceanfront Inn & Spa throughout the festival or venture out into the forests and seashores of Galiano Island, you are bound to find the serenity and beauty of the surroundings enchanting and captivating. Thank you for joining us this year. We look forward to meeting each of you in person. We are sure that you will find this unique blend of small, informal groups, outstanding authors, and tranquil, scenic environment makes for a wonderful and memorable experience. Lee and Jim – and the staff at Galiano Island Books Jim Schmidt and Lee Trentadue opened Galiano Island Books in 1997. Jim currently spends much of his time practicing neuropsychology as well as many weekends at the store. Lee manages the bookstore and sits on the Board as Past President of the BC Booksellers Association. She is the originator and organizer of the annual Galiano Literary Festival. Both are passionate about books and the importance of independent bookstores. They believe the physical book will continue to hold value for many readers – young and old – for many years to come. 2 LITERARY FESTIVAL SILENT AUCTION We are holding a Silent Auction this year to assist the festival funding. We have some lovely items including local artists’ works, dinners, accommodations on Galiano, and more. The auction will run from Friday, February 19th to Saturday February 20th. Winning bids will be announced at our dinner on Saturday. A huge thank you to all those who have generously donated these items to help support the festival. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19th 1:00–5:00 pm Workshop: Audrey Thomas (Short Fiction) 1:00–5:00 pm Workshop: Linda M. Morra (Writing/Righting the Archive) 1:00–3:00 pm Workshop: Pam Galloway & Susan McCaslin (Poetry Lessons) 7:00 pm WELCOME RECEPTION SATURDAY FEBRUARY 20th 10:00 am The Writer as Subject George Bowering, Maggie de Vries, Sonja Larsen, Christine Lowther, Linda M. Morra Moderator: Bill Richardson 11:00 am David Boyd 11:00 am Aislinn Hunter with Billie Livingston 12:00 pm LUNCH 12:45 pm Margaret Horsfield with Ian Kennedy 12:45 pm George Stanley with Kim Trainor 1:45 pm George Bowering with Audrey Thomas 3:00 pm Sonja Larsen with Michael Christie 3:00 pm Paul Leblond with Charles Tidler 4:00 pm Bill Richardson 7:30 pm DINNER 3 SUNDAY FEBRUARY 21st 9:30 am Maggie de Vries with Stacey Matson 9:30 am Christine Lowther with Irina Kovalyova 10:45 am Theresa Kishkan with John Pass 10:45 am Linda M. Morra 11:45 am LUNCH 1:00 pm Michael Crummey with Terry Fallis 2:15 pm William Deverell with Robert Wiersema 2:15 pm George Bowering with Charles Demers 3:15 pm CLOSING REMARKS Welcome! The Galiano Oceanfront Inn and Spa is honoured to welcome the Galiano Literary Festival. Helping you create beautiful memories – We hope you will return soon, whether for ■ your own writing retreat ■ a corporate or spa retreat ■ wedding or elopement celebration ■ or just because you love Galiano With just 20 suites, your group can literally take over the complete resort: meeting spaces, dining, transportation – all so very close. 250.539.3388 galianoinn.com 4 George Bowering, Canada’s first Poet Laureate, was born in the Okanagan Valley. A distinguished novelist, poet, editor, professor, historian, and tireless supporter of fellow writers, Bowering has authored more than 80 books, including works of poetry, fiction, autobiography, biography and youth fiction. Recent titles include Writing the Okanagan and Ten Women. His writing has also been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, German, Chinese, and Romanian. Bowering has twice won the Governor General’s Award, Canada’s top literary prize. David R. Boyd is one of Canada’s leading environmental lawyers, an adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University, and an adviser on environmental policy to governments in Canada and Sweden. He is also an international expert on human rights and the environment, assisting countries from Iceland to Tunisia in securing constitutional protection for the right to a healthy environment. Boyd’s latest book is The Optimistic Environmentalist. Michael Christie is the author of If I Fall, If I Die, which was long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, won the Northern Lit Award, and was selected as a New York Times Editors’ Choice. His collection of short stories, The Beggar’s Garden, was also long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, a finalist for the Writers’ Trust Prize for Fiction, and won the Vancouver Book Award. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Globe & Mail. Michael Crummey’s writing has appeared in a broad range of literary magazines and anthologies. In 1994 he won the inaugural Bronwen Wallace Award for Poetry. Crummey’s debut novel, River Thieves (2001) became a Canadian bestseller, and won the Thomas Head Raddall Award, the Winterset Award for Excellence in Newfoundland Writing, and the Atlantic Independent Booksellers’ Choice Award. It was also shortlisted for the Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Books in Canada First Novel Award, and was long-listed for the IMPAC Award. His second novel, The Wreckage (2005), was longlisted for the 2007 IMPAC Award. His third novel Galore (2009) was shortlisted for the 2011 IMPAC Award. Crummey’s new book is Sweetland. 5 Charles Demers is an author, stand-up comedian, and faculty in the Creative Writing Program at the UBC. His collection of essays, Vancouver Special (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2009), was shortlisted for the Hubert Evans BC Book Prize for Non-Fiction. He is also the author of a novel, The Prescription Errors (Insomniac Press, 2009). He is one of the most frequently returning stars of CBC Radio’s smash-hit comedy The Debaters, with a weekly listening audience of 750,000. His latest book, The Horrors: An A to Z of Funny Thoughts on Awful Things is already meeting with critical aclaim. Demers lives in Vancouver, BC. William Deverell is a novelist, activist, and criminal lawyer. His first book, Needles, which drew on his experiences as a criminal lawyer, won the McClelland & Stewart $50,000 Seal Award. Deverell has achieved recognition for suffusing his novels with satire. Both Kill All the Judges and Snow Job were shortlisted for Canada’s Stephen Leacock Award. Snow Job, a political satire, was named in The Globe and Mail as one of the top crime books worldwide in 2009. His latest book, Sing a Worried Song gives his readers yet another story of his all-time favourite character, Arthur Beauchamp. He has twice been invited as guest of honour at Canada’s main crime writer’s venue, Bloody Words, and received the Best Canadian Crime Writer Award at the Scene of the Crime Festival in Ontario. Twirly Tree Shop Twirly Tree by the Sea & Galia no Post Of fice Art and Crafts at the Harbour 1—23 Madrona Rd 3451 Montague Rd 250.539.2600 250.539.2222 www.twirlytree.weebly.com 6 Maggie de Vries is the author of eight books for children, Once Upon a Golden Apple (co-authored with Jean Little and illustrated by Phoebe Gilman), How Sleep Found Tabitha (illustrated by Sheena Lott), Tale of a Great White Fish (illustrated by Renne Benoit), Chance and the Butterfly, Fraser Bear, Hunger Journeys, Somebody’s Girl and Big City Bees. Her book Rabbit Ears, won the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize in 2015 She is also the author of one book for adults, Missing Sarah: a Memoir of Loss, and a number of other pieces about her life. Terry Fallis is the award-winning author of four national bestsellers, all published by McClelland & Stewart. His debut novel, The Best Laid Plans, won the 2008 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour and was crowned the 2011 winner of CBC Canada Reads as the “essential Canadian novel of the decade.” Terry’s fifth novel, Poles Apart, was released in October 2015. Pam Galloway was born in northern England but now makes Vancouver her home. Poetry has been her major focus/obsession for a number of years since she moved from being a life-long avid reader to putting her own ideas into words.