Novelist, translator and poet Genni Gunn, nominated for the Giller Prize in 2011 for her novel Solitaria, has been named as Whistler's 2014 writer-in-residence. Each writer-in-residence works and stays in Whistler over the fall, working with the students from early September to early November. Gunn will help 12 writers with their own projects during her stay. Gunn will also take part in the annual Whistler Readers and Writers Festival, October 17-19, 2014.