Brett, Brian

Brian Brett is the author of Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life, which won the 2009 Writers’ Trust of Canada Non-Fiction Price, and Uproar’s Your Only Music, a Globe and Mail Book of the Year. He has also written numerous books of poetry and fiction. He lives with his family on Trauma Farm, […]

Bateman, Jackie

Jackie Bateman grew up in Kenya, and lived in London and Edinburgh for many years before settling in Vancouver with her husband and two children. Her first novel, Nondescript Rambunctious won a national First Book Competition in Canada, sponsored by Simon Fraser University. Savour continues the dark story of Lizzy and her obsessive nemesis Oliver. […]

Adderson, Caroline

Caroline Adderson is the author of four novels (A History of Forgetting, Sitting Practice, The Sky Is Falling, Ellen in Pieces), two collections of short stories (Bad Imaginings, Pleased To Meet You) as well as many books for young readers. Her work has received numerous prize nominations including the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short […]

2014 FESTIVAL

Welcome to the 13th annual Whistler Readers and Writers Festival. Each year we strive to bring the very best Canadian and international authors to Whistler for a weekend packed with readings, workshops and opportunities for you to meet some of your favourite authors.