Canada meets Japan: a literary exchange
It’s an event billed as a unique meeting of literary minds - an international dialogue of sorts.
Canada Meets Japan: A Conversation of Authors will take place on Monday, May 3, 7 – 9:30 p.m at the Wosk Centre for Dialogue’s Asia Pacific Hall in downtown Vancouver.
The evening, featuring a literary conversation between six authors from Japan and Canada, will be hosted by Simon Fraser University English professor David Chariandy, assistant professor Melek Ortabasi from SFU’s world literature department and Hal Wake, artistic director of the Vancouver International Writers Festival (VIWF).
Authors from Japan include Takashi Atoda, President of PEN Japan, Eto Mori, winner of the Naoki Prize for Kaze ni malagaru biniiru shiito and Jiro Asada, winner of the Naoki Prize for Mibu gishiden.
They’ll join in dialogue with Steven Galloway, author of The Cellist of Sarajevo, Nancy Lee, author of Dead Girls and Timothy Taylor, author of Story House.
Special guests will include Ayako Sato, Takeaki Hori and PEN Canada spokesperson Douglas Coupland.
Readings and dialogue will be presented in both English and Japanese through simultaneous translation.
The event is being presented by SFU together with the Japan Foundation and in association with PEN and the VIWF.
To pre-register see www.writersfest.bc.ca or call 604.681.6330.
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