GENNI GUNN is a writer, translator and musician. She has published three novels: Solitaria (Signature Editions), nominated for the Giller Prize 2011; Tracing Iris, made into a film titled The Riverbank; and Thrice Upon a Time, finalist for the Commonwealth Prize. She has also published two story collections, and two poetry collections, one of which was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Poetry Award. Her two poetry translations of Dacia Maraini were finalists for the John Glassco Prize and the Premio Internazionale Diego Valeri. She has also written the libretto for the opera Alternate Visions, produced in Montreal in 2007, and showcased at the Opera America Conference in Vancouver, May 2013. She is an inveterate traveler, and her experiences are reflected in her most recent book, Tracks: Journeys in Time and Place (Signature Editions, 2013).

Events:

Workshop 1: From Desk to Bookstore: Fiction and Poetry in Traditional Publishing

Reading Event 3: A Literary Salon for Readers and Book Clubs

Reading Event 10: Writers of Fiction