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Katherine Govier.

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Check out the titles in the new Book Club section!

7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, at North York Central Library
Katherine will participate in a panel on Historical Fiction. Also speaking will be Alissa York and Andre Alexis. Tina Srebotnjak will moderate. Books will be on sale and Katherine will sign. Admission is free.

Sunday September 28 between 11 a.m.and 12.15
Katherine will read at the Diaspora Dialogues tent at Word on the Street. For more information see www.diasporadialogues.com Admission is free. Books will be for sale and Katherine will sign.

Thursday Oct 9 at 7:30 pm, at Creekside Hall, Canmore Seniors' Centre, Canmore Alberta
Admission: Adult $10, Student $5
Katherine will give a talk about Three Views of Crystal Water.

Katherine has won the 2008 Art Trust Commission in Canmore, Alberta. She will create a piece of of text art which will be laser-cut into steel and embedded in the sidewalk. The piece entitled "Underground" will describe what is under the surface of the town. It will be installed in September.

Postcards from Katherine

Katherine is at work on her ninth novel and is travelling to complete her research. She is sending postcards by email to keep in touch. These short pieces of writing offer a sneak peek at Katherine's work as she explores the world of Hokusai and his daughter.

If you are not already on the list and would like to receive Katherine's postcards, please send a message to author@govier.com with the subject line “Subscribe”.

If you missed any of Katherine's postcards from her travels to write her new novel, find them here.
1. From Washington: Looking at Books (PDF file, 38 kb)
2. From Japan: Hokusai's Daughter (PDF file, 34 kb)
3. From Toronto: Laughing Pictures (PDF file, 40 kb)
4. From Toronto: The Fish Tank at the End of the Road (PDF file, 48 kb)
5. Time Lost (PDF file, 54 kb)

Podium

Canadian writers, like those from other countries, have a knack for being born in beautiful places which, once abandoned, continue to speak of them.

Let's start a registry of historic Canadian writers' houses. More visitors. And writers should breathe a little of this haunted air. Read more...

Please click here to see the complete list of Katherine's titles, available in bookstores now.