One of the first grown-up novels I read was William Golding’s Pincher Martin. on September 25, on the fest’s Suspension Bridge stage at the central branch of the Vancouver Public Library.
Nonfiction works include Stolen Continents, now reissued in Penguin Modern Classics, and A Short History of Progress. His latest, The Gold Eaters, is set during the Spanish invasion of Peru in the 1500s. Wright's first novel, A Scientific Romance, won the David Higham Prize. Here’s what historian, novelist, and essayist Ronald Wright told us. Which books put a stamp on their imaginations early on? Which ones revealed to them the full powers of the written word? We asked a group of these much-admired writers to tell us about their finest reading experiences.
The Word Vancouver festival is set for its 2016 edition with a massively inclusive lineup of authors, appearing at venues around town from September 21 to 25.
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