November 1 - 2 is the Valley Voices Fiction Festival! See the link above to find out about all the great readings and workshop!
We are celebrating four new books: Umar Turaki's second novel, Every Drop of Blood is Red; short story anthology, Seeing Our Sisters presented by one of the authors, Joanna Cockerline; Bad Land by Corinna Chong; and The Leap Year Gene by Shelley Wood. We're also featuring award-winning short story writers Glenna Turnbull and Debbra Mikaelsen. And a free writing workshop!
All events are free of charge but you need to register for the workshop. Books will be for sale.
We are grateful for the support of the Okanagan Regional Library, The Writers Union of Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts, Read Local, the Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art, and the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at UBC Okanagan.
The Fiction Fest begins on Friday, Nov. 1, at 5:30 PM at the Alternator Gallery in Kelowna with a with a celebration of undergraduate creative writing from UBCO. A double launch of a novel and a short story collection, both connected by an African theme, follows at 7 PM. Novelist Umar Turaki will read from his new novel, Every Drop of Blood is Red, and Joanna Cockerline from a new short story anthology, Seeing Our Sisters.
On Nov. 2, Umar Turaki and Joanna Cockerline will also read from their works in Summerland at the Okanagan Regional Library from 1-2 PM.
Also, on Saturday, Nov. 2, the Okanagan Regional Library will be hosting an all-day event at the downtown Kelowna branch.
The day begins with fiction writers Nils Donnelly and Niki Pezeshkzad Pesantes leading an interactive workshop on “Creating Compelling Characters” from 10:15 to 11:45 AM. Registration is required.
At noon, bring your brown-bag lunch to the Kelowna downtown library, and join two Kelowna authors as they read from their new books. Shelley Wood is launching her second novel, The Leap Year Gene. Corinna Chong, will read from Bad Land, which was long-listed for the prestigious Giller Prize.
After lunch, from 1:15-2:15 PM, the focus will be on Short Story with readings by prize-winning authors, Debbra Mikaelsen and Glenna Turnbull.