Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Readings

Nicole Brossard is a poet, novelist, and essayist who has published more than 30 books. She has won the Governor General’s Award for Poetry twice, and the W.O. Mitchell Literary Prize. Brossard presents her Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize-nominated book Fences in Breathing - translated from the French by Susanne de Lorbinière-Harwood.

Douglas Coupland was born on a NATO base in Germany in 1961. He is the author of numerous books, including JPod, Hey Nostradamus!, and Generation X. A visual artist, sculptor, furniture designer, and screenwriter, Coupland collaborated on the design of a recently unveiled eight-acre park in downtown Toronto. Coupland presents his Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize-nominated book Generation A.

Annabel Lyon has published two award-nominated short story collections: Oxygen and The Best Thing for You. She lives in New Westminster, B.C.. The Golden Mean, Lyon’s much anticipated debut novel, is a vivid imagining of the friendship between the philosopher Aristotle and the young Alexander the Great. Told from the frank point-of-view of Aristotle himself, The Golden Mean reveals how Aristotle’s genius influenced the boy who would conquer the known world. The novel is currently shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Governor General's Literary Award and and Scotiabank Giller Prizes.

Alice Munro has published 12 collections of stories – including The Progress of Love, The View from Castle Rock and Runaway – as well as a novel, Lives of Girls and Women. During her distinguished career Munro has been the recipient of many awards, including three Governor General’s Literary Awards, two Scotiabank Giller Prizes, and the Man Booker International Prize, of which she was the third, and only female, recipient. Alice Munro’s stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly and Paris Review. Her new collection is Too Much Happiness.

Andrew Steinmetz is the author of a memoir, Wardlife: The Apprenticeship of a Young Writer as a Hospital Clerk, and two collections of poetry. He is the editor of Esplanade Books, the fiction imprint at Véhicule Press. Steinmetz presents his debut novel, Eva’s Threepenny Theatre, nominated for this year's Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.