About this Event
Welcome to the inaugural Campbell River Reads event hosted by Shapeshifter Collective and local author Laura Maija Clarke!
Author Brooke Lockyer will read from her novel Burr (Nightwood Editions), followed by a Q&A with Laura and the audience. Brooke will have copies of her book on hand for signing.
Brooke Lockyer is the author of Burr (Nightwood Editions), a '90s-era Gothic about not letting go of the dead. Her work has been published in Toronto Life, carte blanche, the Hart House Review, White Wall Review, subTerrain and Geist. She holds an MA in English in the Field of Creative Writing from the University of Toronto and has led creative writing workshops for Sister Writes, Neighbourhood Diaries and Obsidian Academy. Born in Southwestern Ontario, she's lived in rural Japan, New York City, Bristol and the Mojave Desert. Lockyer currently resides with her kids in Toronto.
Laura Maija Clarke is the author of Decline of the Animal Kingdom (ECW Press), which was included in the Globe and Mail and the National Post’s Top Books of the Year. You can find her poetry, fiction and literary criticism in the National Post, Hazlitt, PRISM International, Prairie Fire and Grain, among other publications. She is a past winner of the Bronwen Wallace Award from the Writers’ Trust of Canada and holds a Master’s in English with a specialization in creative writing from University of Toronto. Her creative writing workshops are inspired by her love for nature, mycology, folk magic and the occult, and you can currently find her classes at the Crow's Nest here in Campbell River.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Event venue & nearby stays
Vancouver Island Regional Library - Campbell River, 1240 Shoppers Row, Campbell River, Canada
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