Write On!Start at the Beginningwith David Bergen

Hosted by Sean Wilson

In Person Fiction
Date
Date
Wednesday
Oct , 2014
29
12:00pm
Eastern
Knox Presbyterian Church
120 Lisgar Street (at Elgin) • Ottawa
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Write On!Start at the Beginningwith David Bergen

Bergen makes every word count.

Ottawa Citizen

Join David Bergen, winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, for a conversation on the essentials of a good first line. Using examples from his favourite books, we’ll look at the discovery of a voice and how you know when a beginning works and why.

The Authors

David Bergen

David Bergen

David Bergen is the author of numerous acclaimed novels and short-story collections, including The Time In Between, winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and Out of Mind, winner of the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award. Away from the Dead is his thirteenth book of fiction. He lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.  

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