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Books will be on sale during the event.
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We would like to thank all our readers and authors who made this year, the third year of our operation, most successful of all.
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Authors
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George Payerle was born on August 21, 1945 in Vancouver of Hungarian parents. His books include The Weather and That, Two from Babylon, Unknown Soldier, Wolfbane Fane, Alterations and The Afterpeople. His work has also appeared widely in periodicals, anthologies and on radio. His first full-length book of poetry, The Last Trip to Oregon, was inspired by the death of his lifelong friend Charles Lillard, and has been warmly praised by critics.
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Heather Conn is an award-winning writer, editor, writing instructor/coach, blogger, and co-author of Vancouver’s Glory Years (Whitecap Books 2003). She has published in 50+ books and magazines including The Globe and Mail, Georgia Straight, The Vancouver Book, and Canadian Geographic. She has a master of fine arts degree in creative nonfiction from
Goucher
College
,
Baltimore
. Besides her debut picture book Gracie’s Got a Secret, she has written children’s programming for CBC Television. |
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Marina Sonkina was born in
Moscow
,
then capital of the
Soviet Union
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She taught Russian literature at
Moscow
State
University
till she escaped - with two children and two suitcases - the Soviet Empire for a new life in
Canada
.
She lived in
Toronto
and
Montreal
where she worked as a CBC producer and broadcaster, a documentary film researcher and a translator. She now shares her time between teaching at
Simon
Fraser
University
and the
University
of
British Columbia
,
and writing.
Marina
Lives in
Vancouver
,
Canada
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Avivi I Yavin was born in
Israel
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Avivi received his Ph.D. in physics from the
University
of
Washington
in 1958. The same year he joined the
University
of
Illinois
becoming a full professor in 1968. He established the Department of Nuclear Physics at
Tel-Aviv
University
and was the first dean of the Faculty of Exact Sciences in the years 1971-1976. In 1978, right after Egyptian President Sadat’s historic visit to
Jerusalem
,
he founded the “Research Project on Peace” at
Tel
Aviv
University
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Oswald De Vere was born in 1934 in
Germany
. In 1939, just before the outbreak of WW2, he was sent by his parents to the
United Kingdom
where he grew up - never to see his family again. He came to Vancouver,
Canada
in the early 50s and for some time worked as a portrait photographer, saving money for his university education.Oswald returned to BC after completing his studies in
Berkeley
,
California
. He lived in
Victoria
, BC
until his death in 2007. |
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Bartosz Mieczysławski lives in BC,
Canada
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He left his birthplace, Łódź
,
Poland
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in 1986. For many years Bartosz combined his science career with writing. He writes poetry in both Polish and English. |
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Włodzimierz Milewski started illustrating books at the age of two – though now he prefers to do it before the book is printed. He illustrates and designs books in the spirit of traditional children’s books; after all “traditional” illustrated books have delighted many generations of children and adults alike.Włodzimierz Milewski was born in
Warsaw
,
Poland
and came to
Canada
in 1974.
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Lillian Lai graduated in fine arts from Vancouver Island University. Soon after she took 3D digital & 2D animation at Capilano University. She has worked in the animation industry on children television shows aired on Disney networks. She is a game artist working on developing video games for the mobile & casual game market. |
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