Alistair MacLeod, 2004 Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Visiting Writer

In residence October 25 to November 26, 2004

Alistair MacLeodAlistair MacLeod is the author of the much-celebrated novel, No Great Mischief. Nominated for every major Canadian literary award, No Great Mischief won a Trillium Award for Fiction, a Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction and a Raddall Award For Fiction. No Great Mischief also took the 2001 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the world's richest literary prize, worth $172,000 (Cdn). MacLeod is the only Canadian writer ever to have two books on the Globe and Mail's top ten fiction bestseller list at the same time. He has published four award-winning short story collections: Island: The Collected Stories; As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories; Lost Salt Gift of Blood; and Island: Between the Covers Collection. Hailed by writers and critics worldwide for his timeless and universal gift for storytelling, MacLeod is one of Canada's greatest and most original writers.

MacLeod reads from his award winning novel, No Great Mischief, on  Saturday, November 6, 2004 at 7:30 pm at the University of Calgary Rozsa Centre. It is a spellbinding tale of loyalty and exile that tracks the mythic past and ties that bind one family as they travel from the Scottish Highlands of 1779 to Cape Breton Island and beyond in the 21^st century.