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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Michael Christie
LOCATION:Branch - City Centre\n<p>100 Newport Drive\, Port Moody</p>
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DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Inlet Theatre at Port Moody Public Library for 
 our closing keynote with author Michael Christie! \n.\nhttps://coquitlam.l
 ibnet.info/event/10387210
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>This event is held in-person in the <span 
 style="color: #800080\;"><strong>Inlet Theatre</strong></span> at<span sty
 le="color: #800080\;">&nbsp\;<strong>Port Moody Public Library\, 100 Newpo
 rt Drive</strong></span>. Question and answer period to follow. No registr
 ation required\, just drop-in.</p>\n<p>For more information about this Tri
 -Cities Writers Festival event\, email <a href="mailto:ask@coqlibrary.ca">
 ask@coqlibrary.ca</a>.</p>\n<hr />\n<p><strong>MICHAEL CHRISTIE</strong> i
 s the author of the novel <a href="https://coqlibrary.chilifresh.com/r1/po
 laris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&amp\;pos=1&amp\;cn=200131" target
 ="_blank" rel="noopener">If I Fall\, If I Die</a>\, which was longlisted f
 or the Scotiabank Giller Prize\, the Kirkus Prize\, was selected as a New 
 York Times Editors' Choice Pick\, and was on numerous best-of 2015 lists. 
 His linked collection of stories\, <a href="https://coqlibrary.chilifresh.
 com/r1/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&amp\;pos=1&amp\;cn=10457
 8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Beggar's Garden</a>\, was longlisted
  for the Scotiabank Giller Prize\, shortlisted for the Writers' Trust Priz
 e for Fiction\, and won the Vancouver Book Award. His essays and book revi
 ews have appeared in the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, and the Gl
 obe &amp\; Mail.</p>\n<p><a href="https://coqlibrary.chilifresh.com/r1/pol
 aris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&amp\;pos=3&amp\;cn=322224" target=
 "_blank" rel="noopener">Greenwood</a>\, his most recent novel\, was longli
 sted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Rights have been sold in seven count
 ries.</p>\n<p>A former carpenter and homeless shelter worker\, he lives wi
 th his two children in Victoria\, British Columbia\, the unceded territory
  of the Lkwungen speaking people\, and the Songhees\, Esquimalt\, and WS&A
 acute\;NEC First Nations. Visit Michael online at <a href="https://www.mic
 haelchristie.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.michaelchrist
 ie.net</a>/</p>\nhttps://coquitlam.libnet.info/event/10387210
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