Prairie Scene:featuring David Carpenter Connie Gault, Alissa York and Dianne Warren

Hosted by CBC's Laurie Brown

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Prairie Scene:featuring David Carpenter Connie Gault, Alissa York and Dianne Warren

Reading Dianne Warren's novel, I was reminded of Carol Shields and the creation of unassuming matter- of-fact characters who are, in truth, generously complicated. The writing is understated,wry, and laconic - as it the place itself could not produce any other kind of story.

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Join Laurie Brown, host of CBC Radio’s The Signal, for an evening of conversation with award-winning authors from the Prairies as they discuss the question of place in Prairie writing.

Saskatoon writer David Carpenter’s A Hunter’s Confession, a poignant memoir and winner of the 2010 Saskatchewan Book Award for Book of the Year, explores the author’s relationship with hunting and his refusal ever to hunt again. Dianne Warren’s Cool Water, 2010 Governor General’s Award winner for fiction, is the story of Juliet, a hardscrabble Saskatchewan town and its inhabitants, carving a life from the sand dunes that shape it. Each writer brings a unique perspective to what is certain to be a fascinating discussion.

The Authors

Alissa York

Alissa York'sinternationally acclaimed novels include Mercy, Effigy (shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize) and, most recently, Fauna. She is also the author of the short fiction collection, Any Given Power, stories from which have won the Journey Prize and the Bronwen Wallace Award. Her essays and articles have appeared in such periodicals as The Guardian, The Globe and Mail and Canadian Geographic. York has lived all over Canada and now makes her home in Toronto with her husband, artist Clive Holden. The author lives in Toronto, ON.

Connie Gault

Connie Gault is the author of the novel, Euphoria, as well as two award-winning story collections and numerous plays for stage and radio. Euphoria was awarded the Saskatchewan Book Award for Fiction in 2010, and was short-listed for the High Plains Fiction award and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for best book of Canada and the Caribbean. Connie lives in Regina. She is a former prose editor of grain magazine, and this year was on the faculty of the Wired Writing Program at the Banff Centre for the Arts.

Dianne Warren

Dianne Warren is the author of three books of short fiction and three plays. Her play Serpent in the Night Sky was shortlisted for a Governor General’s Award for Drama in 1992. Her most recent collection, A Reckless Moon, was a Globe and Mail Best Book of 2002, and in 2004 she won the Marian Engel Award for a woman writer in mid-career. Cool Water, winner of the Governor General's award for fiction, is her latest book.