An Afternoon in the Park with Carol Windley and Grant Buday

Carol Windley is the author of Midnight Train to Prague, a finalist for the 2021 Vine Award for fiction, and a national bestseller. Her short story collection, Home Schooling, was a finalist for the Giller Prize and won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Award. She lives in Nanaimo.

Grant Buday is the author of several novels and two memoirs. His latest novel, Orphans of Empire, taking place in early British Columbia, was a finalist for the BC and Yukon Roderick Haig Brown Regional Prize and the City of Victoria Prize. Two of his books, White Lung and Monday Night Man, were nominated for the Vancouver Book Prize. His short fiction has appeared in the Journey Prize Anthology and Best Canadian Short Stories. He lives on Mayne Island.

3 p.m. Pioneer Park, 7130 West Saanich Road, Brentwood Bay

Admission is by donation at the event. Suggested donation is $10. Although tickets are not required for this event, please register using Eventbrite by clicking on this link. There is no charge for registering on Eventbrite.

Please bring a lawn chair or blanket. Sun hats, sunscreen and a water bottle are recommended.