Calling all readers and book lovers

Love to read? Want to meet and support local Kootenay authors? Then don’t miss the 2nd annual Kootenay Authors Book Fair and Sale.

In conjunction with the Cranbrook Public Library, over a dozen Kootenay authors will be present at the biggest book event ever held in the Kootenays. It takes place Saturday, December 4, in the Manual Training School building at the Cranbrook Public Library from 12:30 to 5 p.m.

This year the organizers have invited two special guest authors, including Sid Marty, Governor General Award finalist and renowned outdoor writer. He is the recent author of the award-winning book Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek and CBC Radio’s Canada Reads short listed Fernie author Angie Abdou, author of The Bone Cage.

Saturday schedule at the Manual Training School conference room at the Cranbrook Public Library, 1212 2nd Street North, Cranbrook:

12:30 pm Angie Abdou - The Bone Cage

1 pm Keith Liggett - Island Lake Lodge - The Cookbook

1:20 pm Keith G. Powell - Living in the Shadow of Fisher Peak

1:40 pm Dave Cassidy - My Hope Butch

2 pm Sid Marty: Special Guest and Award Winning Author

2:40 pm Colin Cartwright - Kootenay Bears

3 pm Janice Strong - Mountain Footsteps

3:20 pm Suzanne Pantazis - A Better Life Awaits

3:40 pm Marc Archambault, children’s author - Hal the Unwashed Dragon

4 pm Tanna Patterson - Z Butterflies of Bucaramanga

4:20 pm Don Davies - The Challenge of Change

4:40 pm Key White - The story of Fernie Griz

The participating authors would like to thank the sponsors of this event, including the Cranbrook Public Library, The Friends of the Library, The BetterBook PhoneBook, the Cranbrook Townsman/Kimberley Bulletin, The Heritage Inn and Columbia Basin Trust.