Fernie is home to one of the most beautiful libraries in British Columbia and is a wonderful place to pop into while visiting historic downtown Fernie. One of the highlights of the Fernie Heritage Library’s programming schedule is their Booked Writers Series, which features an entertaining mix of authors and literary figures from across Canada.
Featured Author: Adam Lewis Schroeder.
Fernie Library Booked Writers Series
Thursday • November 23, 2017 7-10 PM
Adam Lewis Schroeder grew up in Vernon BC and completed an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia in 1999. He has since traveled widely and published stories in more than a dozen journals and anthologies.
In 2001 his short fiction collection Kingdom of Monkeys was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Award. His novel Empress of Asia was published by Raincoast in 2006 and Thomas Dunne in the US in 2008; a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award, it was also selected by the Globe & Mail as one of the best books of the year. Douglas & McIntyre published his most recent novel, In the Fabled East, in Spring 2010; it was selected by Amazon.ca as one of the best books of the year and was a finalist for the Commonwealth Regional Writers Prize.
In addition, Adam is a columnist for CBC Radio One and a Creative Writing instructor at UBC Okanagan. He lives in Penticton BC with his wife and kids.
It will be a great night to be inspired, so come and join the literary community at Fernie Heritage Library for an evening!
Everyone is welcome to attend. These events are popular and seats fill up fast. Suggested donation is $10.
Evening begins at 7pm with refreshments and cash bar, author reading with Q&A at 8pm.
The Park Place Lodge is a proud sponsor of the Booked series and we are thrilled to help support the cultural vibrancy the Fernie Heritage Library contributes to our community.
Please join us for a meal prior to the event in Max Restaurant or the Pub Bar & Grill. We are only a short 5-minute walk away from historic downtown Fernie and the Library.
In addition, if you are from out of town and would like to join us for a Fernie hotel stay to take in one of these wonderful presentations, please call our toll-free reservations line at 1-888-381-7275 or Book Online.
