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Oct. 22nd, 2004 07:33 amI had an awesome time volunteering at the Writers Festival last night. I got to sell books at an event called "May Contain nuts." My co-seller was a neat girl who had done some work with native theatre companies and we immediately started talking about our mutual love for Drew Hayden Taylor.
The event was packed, and we sold tons of books. The event consisted of 10 readers-
Hiromi Goto- who read from her book "Hopeful monsters". She read from my favourite story "Tales from the Breast." Afterward, I told her how much I loved her work, and how her stories gave me nightmares. She told me that she was pleased with this. She was incredibly sweet and very small.
Richard Van Camp- He read from "The Lesser Blessed" which is a great book set in the North West Territories. I remember loving it when I read it.
Esi Edugyan- new author, read from her new book. It looks like a good book, but I was disturbed by the chatter in the audience.
Anosh Irani- Read from "The Cripple and his Talismans". He was extremely popular with the crowd. It doesn't hurt that this man is stupendously goodlooking.
Zoe Whittall- I got to tell her how I loved the collection "Geeks, misfits and outlaws". She read a raunchy, funny sex story.
Shane Koryczan- a spoken word poet. He performed an amazing erotic poem which he wrote when someone told him "Fat people can't write erotic poetry." This poem was so beautiful it had me in tears. I need to get a copy.
Barb Daniel- read from an upcoming book
Greg Kramer- read from a new book called "Wally." He has three books out, but I'd never heard of him before.
All in all, it was fantastic!
The event was packed, and we sold tons of books. The event consisted of 10 readers-
Hiromi Goto- who read from her book "Hopeful monsters". She read from my favourite story "Tales from the Breast." Afterward, I told her how much I loved her work, and how her stories gave me nightmares. She told me that she was pleased with this. She was incredibly sweet and very small.
Richard Van Camp- He read from "The Lesser Blessed" which is a great book set in the North West Territories. I remember loving it when I read it.
Esi Edugyan- new author, read from her new book. It looks like a good book, but I was disturbed by the chatter in the audience.
Anosh Irani- Read from "The Cripple and his Talismans". He was extremely popular with the crowd. It doesn't hurt that this man is stupendously goodlooking.
Zoe Whittall- I got to tell her how I loved the collection "Geeks, misfits and outlaws". She read a raunchy, funny sex story.
Shane Koryczan- a spoken word poet. He performed an amazing erotic poem which he wrote when someone told him "Fat people can't write erotic poetry." This poem was so beautiful it had me in tears. I need to get a copy.
Barb Daniel- read from an upcoming book
Greg Kramer- read from a new book called "Wally." He has three books out, but I'd never heard of him before.
All in all, it was fantastic!