The Homecoming: Terror in the Family
The Homecoming By Andrew Pyper A Book Review by Katherine Fawcett The Homecoming by award-winning Canadian author Andrew Pyper is a wicked and weird blend of science-fiction, thriller, horror, and family drama that reads like a movie on the big screen. Or a nightmare you can’t wake up from. When the Quinlan family patriarch (it […]
TRAFFORD, TANYA
Tanya Trafford is an editor with over twenty years of experience in book publishing, both in-house and as a freelancer, with traditional multinational and independent publishers as well as those operating under a hybrid model. Before moving back to Vancouver Island, she was Senior Editor at Random House Canada, where she edited award-winning fiction and […]
2019 Festival Reading List
We’re delighted to announce the 2019 Festival Reading List! This collection of featured books and authors will be presenting ideas for discourse in multiple events October 17 – 20, 2019, at the Whistler Writers Festival. Books are available through Armchair Books, or online.
Whistler Writers Festival 2020
Online Festival Dates: Oct. 15-18. Tickets on sale Aug. 31, 2020. Photo: DAKSHANA BASCARAMURTY
TIM WYNNE-JONES
TIM WYNNE-JONES has written 37 books for people of all ages. He has won The Governor General’s Award twice and been short-listed six times. He has also won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award twice, the Arthur Ellis Award of the Crime Writers of Canada, twice, and the Edgar Award presented by the Mystery Writers of […]
WILSON, BRAD
UPDATE: Brad Wilson will not be able to attend the festival, and we are pleased to welcome editor Patrick Crean in his place. BRAD WILSON is an Editorial Director at HarperCollins Canada, where he heads up the Collins imprint. With a focus on nonfiction and illustrated books, his list includes such authors as William Davis, […]
WHISTLER MULTICULTURAL NETWORK
WHISTLER MULTICULTURAL NETWORK is a grassroots community group of immigrants supported by the Whistler Welcome Centre. Through their monthly Multicultural Community Kitchen program, local immigrant volunteer chefs share recipes, and lead participants in cooking a meal from their culture before everyone shares a meal and stories together. The Community Kitchen team also prepares food for […]
WEBB-CAMPBELL, SHANNON
SHANNON WEBB-CAMPBELL is a mixed-Indigenous (Mi’kmaq) settler poet, writer and critic. Her first book, Still No Word (2015) was the inaugural recipient of Egale Canada’s Out In Print Award. Her work has appeared in many anthologies and publications including The Globe and Mail, Geist, The Malahat Review, Canadian Literature, Room, and Quill and Quire. In […]
VANECKOVA, BARBORA
BARBORA VANECKOVA is a Multicultural Outreach Worker at the Whistler Welcome Centre where she leads the Multicultural Community Kitchen program. She is a keen chef, and one of her recipes is featured in Whistler’s Multicultural Cookbook, created by the Whistler Multicultural Network.
VAN HEMERT, CAROLINE
CAROLINE VAN HEMERT is an Alaskan author, biologist, and adventurer whose travels have taken her from the pack ice of the Arctic Ocean to the swamps of the Okavango Delta. Her writing and research have been featured in the New York Times, Audubon, LA Times, Outside, and MSNBC. Her recent book, The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the […]