Author Archives: caroline

Vancouver Vanishes starts at the top of the BC bestseller list!

Wonderful to be invited back to Whistler for the 2015 Whistler Writers Festival, October 15-18th.  I’ll be performing a selection from Ellen In Pieces at the literary cabaret and giving a Saturday morning workshop.  Check out the many other readings, workshops and performances here.

I’m honoured to be attending the upcoming Kingston Writersfest.  My events include Reading Women: Biscotti and Books, with three friends: Marina Endicott, Anakana Scofield and Joan Thomas.  I’ll also be giving a teen masterclass, Person, Place, Thing, as well as visiting local schools.  View the festival schedule here.

I’m thrilled to be heading off to Sechelt this weekend for one of my very favourite literary festivals.  See the great line-up of authors and entertainers here.  Hope to see you on the Sunshine Coast!

A History of Forgetting was published in 1999 by Key Porter Books in Canada and in 2000 by review in the UK.  It’s long been out of print in Canada, but now Biblioasis has republished it in its Reset series and is bringing it out in the US for the first time.  Here are the …

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What a privilege to be part of this festival in Alice Munro’s home town of Wingham, Ontario.  It is the setting for Lives of Girls and Women and much of her early fiction.  There I was, standing in front of Del’s house on the Flats Road in Jubilee!  Thank you to all the organizers!

A festival that honours one of my literary heroes!  And I get to be there!  The Alice Munro Festival of the Short Story takes place 4-7 June in Munro’s home town of Wingham, Ontario.  I’ll be doing two Master Classes and a reading.  See the full schedule of authors and events here.

My dream job is finally coming true!  On May 2nd I’ll be hard at work in both Kids Books (10:30-11:30 am) and Hagar Books (afternoon).  Come say hello and let me sell you a book!  See the great line-up of authors and bookstores participating in this event.

I’m thrilled that Ellen in Pieces has been nominated for the 2015 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.  The award is given to the best work of fiction by a BC author.  And I’m in wonderful company!  Read the full list of nominees here.