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David Carpenter, Dianne Warren, Connie Gault and Alissa York with Laurie Brown. 

Join Laurie Brown, host of CBC Radio’s The Signal, for an evening of conversation with award-winning authors from the Prairies as they discuss the question of place in Prairie writing.

Saskatoon writer David Carpenter’s A Hunter’s Confession, a poignant memoir and winner of the 2010 Saskatchewan Book Award for Book of the Year, explores the author’s relationship with hunting and his refusal ever to hunt again. Dianne Warren’s Cool Water, 2010 Governor General’s Award winner for fiction, is the story of Juliet, a hardscrabble Saskatchewan town and its inhabitants, carving a life from the sand dunes that shape it. Connie Gault is the author of the novel, Euphoria, as well as two award-winning story collections and numerous plays for stage and radio. Euphoria was awarded the Saskatchewan Book Award for Fiction in 2010, and was short-listed for the High Plains Fiction award and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for best book of Canada and the Caribbean. Connie lives in Regina. She is a former prose editor of grain magazine, and this year was on the faculty of the Wired Writing Program at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Alissa York’s novels include Mercy, Effigy, (shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize) and, most recently, Fauna. She is also the author of the short fiction collection, Any Given Power, stories from which have won the Bronwen Wallace Award and the Journey Prize. Each writer brings a unique perspective to what is certain to be a fascinating discussion.   

Join Laurie Brown, host of CBC Radio’s The Signal, for an evening of conversation with award-winning authors from the Prairies as they discuss the question of place in Prairie writing.

Saskatoon writer David Carpenter’s A Hunter’s Confession, a poignant memoir and winner of the 2010 Saskatchewan Book Award for Book of the Year, explores the author’s relationship with hunting and his refusal ever to hunt again. Dianne Warren’s Cool Water, 2010 Governor General’s Award winner for fiction, is the story of Juliet, a hardscrabble Saskatchewan town and its inhabitants, carving a life from the sand dunes that shape it. Connie Gault is the author of the novel, Euphoria, as well as two award-winning story collections and numerous plays for stage and radio. Euphoria was awarded the Saskatchewan Book Award for Fiction in 2010, and was short-listed for the High Plains Fiction award and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for best book of Canada and the Caribbean. Connie lives in Regina. She is a former prose editor of grain magazine, and this year was on the faculty of the Wired Writing Program at the Banff Centre for the Arts.           Alissa York’s novels include Mercy, Effigy, (shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize) and, most recently, Fauna. She is also the author of the short fiction collection, Any Given Power, stories from which have won the Bronwen Wallace Award and the Journey Prize. Each writer brings a unique perspective to what is certain to be a fascinating discussion.   

Alissa York’s novels include Mercy, Effigy, (shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize) and, most recently, Fauna. She is also the author of the short fiction collection, Any Given Power, stories from which have won the Bronwen Wallace Award and the Journey Prize. Each writer brings a unique perspective to what is certain to be a fascinating discussion.   

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