The Calgary Distinguished Writers Program in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Calgary present a free evening of stories under a full moon from Richard Van Camp on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 7:30 pm in the Gallery Hall of the Taylor Family Digital Library, U of C. A book signing and reception will follow.
Richard Van Camp, the 2011 - 2012 Writer-in-Residence at the University of Alberta, comes to Calgary courtesy of an exchange program between the Calgary Distinguished Writers Program and the Department of English at the U of A. Each year, these institutions host the other school’s writer-in-residence for free public events.
Van Camp, proud member of the Dogrib Nation and storyteller extraordinaire, will share stories and gossip of the North from his many award-winning tales for babies, children, teens and adults.
Van Camp is the North’s most accomplished literary figure and author of a host of short stories, children’s books, baby books, radio plays, short films, and illustrated comics. Recently named ‘Northerner of the Year’ by Up Here Magazine, Van Camp is also CBC Radio’s Writer-in-Residence for North by Northwest. Awards received for his work include Canadian Author’s Association Air Canada Award, Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers’ Writer of the year Award for Children’s Literature and the Jugendliteraturpreis for the German translation of The Lesser Blessed, his debut novel. The Lesser Blessed, the coming of age story of First Nations teens in a NWT town, is currently being made into a movie cast with Hollywood stars.
