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Movement is my Mother Tongue

by Ruth Barrow on August 17, 2015 Permalink

I’m fascinated by transitions. The precise moment between the release of the last tenuous grasp of the familiar, and the new becoming fully formed charms me. That point is almost impossible to identify and like many, I used to rush to escape the discomfort in its uncertainty. Read More
Call for Submissions EXTENDED!

by Ruth Barrow on August 15, 2015 Permalink

The call for Submissions has been extended until August 21 - Apply Today!
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Fledgling to Flight

by Ruth Barrow on August 10, 2015 Permalink

“Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.”
- Victor Hugo

I have a new novel coming out this year. I say these words quietly because it seems so self-indulgent to say it any other way. Read More
Lawrence Hill to headline 2015 Whistler Writers Festival

by Ruth Barrow on July 23, 2015 Permalink

Over 50 acclaimed writers attending. Tickets go on sale August 10. Read More
Michael Winter named Whistler’s 2015 Writer in Residence

by Ruth Barrow on July 8, 2015 Permalink

July 8, 2015: Whistler, B.C. – The Whistler Readers and Writers Festival is thrilled to announce that this year’s Writer in Residence is award-winning Canadian author and former Scotiabank Giller Prize judge Michael Winter. Read More
Katherine Fawcett reading – Pulpfiction Books VCR

by administrator on June 15, 2015 Permalink

Katherine Fawcett is hosting a reading from her new short story collection The Little Washer of Sorrows at Vancouver’s grooviest bookstore: Pulpfiction Books/ (Main Street location) Read More
Writers Adventure Camp at The Point June 6 & 7, 2015 Whistler, BC

by administrator on April 20, 2015 Permalink

Writers Adventure Camp at The Point Artist-Run Centre on beautiful Alta Lake in Whistler, BC, provides a unique weekend-long immersive experience for both published and emerging writers. Read More
Katherine Fawcett book launch

by administrator on March 21, 2015 Permalink

Join Katherine for a reading, book signing & live music. Read More
Final Blog and Save the date

by administrator on October 22, 2014 Permalink

2014 marked the 13th anniversary of the Whistler Readers and Writers festival. And what an incredible event it was. Read More
The Orenda – Book Review

by administrator on October 21, 2014 Permalink

I couldn’t watch the gratuitous violence in the film Pulp Fiction and I couldn’t read Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. But I devoured every word of the nearly 500 pages of The Orenda. Read More