Got this in my inbox on Friday.
David Albahari, the world-renowned novelist and writer of short fiction, will be speaking on Memory and Narrative, and reading from his work:
SFU Harbour Centre,
Fletcher Challenge Theatre
Monday, May 12, 2008
at 7:00 pm.Admission is free.
Reservations are required–please reserve your seats by email to: cstudies@sfu.ca or by phone: 778.782.5100
David Albahari left Serbia in 1990 and moved to Calgary, where he now lives. He is the author of several award-winning booksm and his work has been translated into fourteen languages.
“He belongs to that select group of writers in the world today whose work may be said to be indispensable.” —Charles Simic
A note on David Albahari and his work can been seen at: www.geist.com/albahari-david
Some of his stories recently published in Geist can be found at www.geist.com/author/albahari-david
Albahari’s work has been an inspiration to many writers around the world.
Hope to see you there. Don’t forget to reserve your seats!
(This event is sponsored by SFU Writing and Publishing and the Geist Foundation)
(Thanks Geist.)
I’m a huge fan of his. Will you post an account of the event?
Okay, but only because your blog has a tiny, tiny smiley face in the upper right corner.
Fantastic.
And: I wish I could take credit for that smiley face, but it’s a WordPress thing. If I could figure out how, I would make it dance!
Are you going, ‘bert?
I done went! Details here.