Michael Mirolla, whose The House on 14th Avenue has won the 2014 Bressani Award for Poetry, will be reading along with his fellow winners in fiction and non-fiction, Darlene Madott, Eufemia Fantetti, and David Macfarlane. To complement the readings, Windup Bird's acclaimed chef will offer a three-course prix fixe menu.


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Jennifer Stone launches her debut collection of short stories, Prerequisites for Sleep. The evening will include live music, as well as a reading.

Denise Roig, author of the new short story collection Brilliant, joins Charles Foran, Mark Forsythe, Damon Galgut, Sue Goyette and Kathryn at the delicious Sunday Brunch event. Host Bill Richardson throws questions at them between mouthfuls!

Denise Roig, author of the new short story collection Brilliant, will be reading, along with Vincent Lam, Kim Moritsugu and Ian Weir. Charles Foran moderates.

Genni Gunn, poet, fiction and non-fiction writer, and librettist, leads this practical workshop on how to get your novel started right now.

You don’t need an extraordinary life to write memoir. You need only to transform ordinary events into stories that expose a deeper, universal truth. Genni Gunn, author of Tracks, leads this fascinating workshop.

Accompanied by local musicians, authors Genni Gunn, Mary MacDonald, Kevan Anthony Cameron, Katherena Vermette, Steven Galloway, Grant Lawrence, Audrey Thomas, Vincent Lam, Kim Moritsugu, and Sara Leach, will read from their latest work.

Alison Preston will be launching her new novel Blue Vengeance.

Lawrence Feuchtwanger will be reading from his poetry collection Refugee Song, along with Comox poet Carol Neufeld.

Rona Shaffran will be reading from her poetry collection Ignite.

Lawrence Fechtwanger will be reading from his poetry collection Refugee Song as part of the Planet Earth Reading Series where he will share the evening's spotlight with poet Tim Bowling.

This evening will pay tribute to Nik Beat, who suddenly passed away on September 18. At 7:30 pm, O Puck will begin the evening with a water blessing. At 7:45, Sean Ratcliffe will open the readings, followed by poets Jeannine Pitas, Dane Swan, Sheila Stewart, Niki Koulouris, Jennifer Hosein, Robert Priest, Brenda Clews, Luciano Iacobelli, Anna Yin (with Mark Harry), David Day, Bänoo Zan, and Max Layton.

Denise Roig, author of the new short story collection Brilliant, will take to the stage with fellow writers MAC Farrant, Eric McCormack, Maurice Mierau, Nicholas Ruddock, and Kathleen Winter. The theme for this evening's event is "Absurdity Loves Company Too."

Denise Roig and Kathleen Winter will climb up on the stools for a lively chat with festival director Charlene Diehl.

Renown Italian poet Corrado Calabrò will be reading from his work, including the new bilingual collection, Text Me / Dimmelo per SMS, translated by Genni Gunn. Professors Catherine Black and Chohre Rassekh will host.

Renown Italian poet Corrado Calabrò will be reading from his work, including the new bilingual poetry collection, Text Me / Dimmelo per SMS, translated by Genni Gunn. Professor Carlo Testa will host.

Alison Preston will be reading from her new novel, Blue Vengeance, along with John McFetridge. Readings will be followed by on-stage book chat with festival director Charlene Diehl and questions from the audience.

Cora Siré will be appearing alongside local authors and musicians to read from Signs of Subversive Innocents.

Cora Siré will be the featured reader at The Poetry Institute Poetry Series, which is held every third Thursday of the month. She will read from her new poetry collection Signs of Subversive Innocents.

Lawrence Feuchtwanger will be reading from Refugee Song.