Local authors Carla Funk and Yasuko Thanh, who have newly published memoirs, kick off the Sidney and Peninsula Literary SocietyB次元官网网址檚 spring reading series on Feb. 7 at the Shoal Centre in Sidney.
Funk, who was born and raised in a Mennonite community in Vanderhoof, B.C., will read from 2018B次元官网网址檚 Every Little Scrap and Wonder (Greystone Books), a memoir about growing up in a small town. SheB次元官网网址檚 currently at work on a follow-up coming-of-age memoir, due out in 2021.
Funk has authored five books of poetry, is the former poet laureate for the City of Victoria, and a recipient of the Malahat ReviewB次元官网网址檚 esteemed Constance Rooke Nonfiction Prize. After teaching in UVicB次元官网网址檚 Writing Department for 15 years, she now works as an editor and manuscript consultant and leads private writing classes in her home.
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Award-winning novelist and short story writer Thanh presents her latest book, Mistakes to Run With. ItB次元官网网址檚 her first published non-fiction book and details her turbulent coming-of-age in B.C. The title story from her collection Floating Like the Dead won the Journey Prize for best story published in Canada in 2009, while another won an Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Short Story. Her first novel, Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains, a historical tale set in Vietnam, won the Rogers WritersB次元官网网址� Trust Fiction Prize in 2016.
The reading gets underway at 7 p.m. at the Shoal Centre, 10030 Resthaven Dr. Tickets are $10 at TannerB次元官网网址檚 Books , and a three-event series package is available for $20 at TannerB次元官网网址檚. All proceeds from ticket sales support the 2021 Sidney LitFest. For more information on the series, visit .
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