THE WRITING CRAFT
With Giles Blunt
THIN AIR proudly announces THE WRITING CRAFT Professional development
session on Saturday, September 25, 10:00 am - noon put on by GILES BLUNT. Each
year, THIN AIR includes opportunities for writers to further develop their skills. This
year’s topic - A writer’s toolkit. The event will be put on at Aqua Books at 274 Garry
Street in Winnipeg.
A WRITER’s TOOLKIT
What’s in a writer’s toolkit? Join acclaimed crime fiction writer Giles Blunt as he
explores the elements of fiction-character, plot, setting-and what tools novelists can
employ to maximize their effects. He-ll also talk about practical day-to-day tricks and
tools that make writing easier and more enjoyable-for any kind of novel, not just
crime. There-ll be plenty of time for discussion. Giles Blunt has written scripts for
Law& Order, Street Legal and Night Heat, but is best known for his award-winning
crime fiction titles, including A Delicate Storm, By the Time You Read This, Blackfly
Season, and Breaking Lorca. He has won major awards like the British Crime Writers’
Macallan Silver Dagger and the Arthur Ellis Award, and has been shortlisted for many
others. His books have been translated into several languages, and regularly appear on
best’seller lists.
Admission to the session is $25 or $20 with THIN AIR Club Card.
Admission includes a beverage and fresh baking from Aqua’s incomparable EAT! Bistro.
For more information call THIN AIR at (204) 927-7323 or email
info@thinairwinnipeg.ca. Attendance is on a first come, first serve basis.
GILES BLUNT
Giles Blunt grew up in North Bay, Ontario. He has written scripts for Law& Order,
Street Legal and Night Heat. Among his many crime fiction titles are Forty Words for
Sorrow, winner of the British Crime Writers- Macallan Silver Dagger; A Delicate Storm,
winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel; Blackfly Season, one of Margaret
Cannon's Best Mysteries of the Year; By the Time You Read This, a national bestseller;
and Breaking Lorca, one of the Globe and Mail’s Top Ten Crime Books. His new book is
Crime Machine (Random House). After spending over twenty years in New York City,
Blunt now lives in Toronto.
A PINT OF BITTER MURDER
Giles will also be the featured guest of the festival at A PINT OF BITTER MURDER,
also at Aqua Books on Saturday from 3:00 to 4:30 pm. At the event mystery buffs can
enjoy a pint or a cup of coffee while listening to a discussion between festival director
CHARLENE DIEHL and Giles.
Listeners can also enter our door prize draw for an opportunity to win Giles latest, Crime
Machine. If you aren’t the lucky person, there’ll be copies on-site for purchase.
About the Festival
In September each year, Winnipeg welcomes writers from Canada and around the world
for a week of readings, lectures, interviews, conversations, book launches, and other
events. That week of literary feasting-which reaches out into the rural areas of the
province as well-is THIN AIR, the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. With
programming for adults and children, in English and French, THIN AIR is an infusion of
energy into the thriving literary culture of this city.
For more information please contact Michael Van Rooy, Publicist,
publicist@thinairwinnipeg.ca or contact the THIN AIR office at
info@thinairwinnipeg.ca or 927-7323.