Canadian poet and novelist Steven Heighton will give the second of the Sunshine Coast Arts Council's fall readings next Saturday.
Heighton's latest novel, Every Lost Country, set high on the Nepal/Tibet frontier, is a story of man against mountain and of cross-border kidnap. More of an adventure story than his two previous novels, this book reveals the same themes and preoccupations that occur in his earlier work.
In addition to his novels, Heighton has written two books of short fiction and five collections of poetry; his poems have appeared in publications and anthologies across Canada and abroad.
Heighton's work has been widely acclaimed. No less an authority than Al Purdy hailed him as "one of the best writers of his generation."
Every Lost Country received the Globe and Mail's best book award, and Afterlands received the New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice award and has also been optioned for film. His poetry collection, The Ecstasy of Skeptics, was a finalist for the Governor General's award.
Heighton will read at the Arts Centre in Sechelt on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 8 p.m.
The Arts Council is bringing you two further readings later in the fall.
On Nov. 5, John Gould, author of Seven Good Reasons Not to Be Good, will be here, and on Nov. 19 there will be a reading by Billie Livingston, novelist and poet.
The Canada Council for the Arts sponsors the reading series.
There is no charge for admission.
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