Book Discussion with Peter Behrens February 20, 2007

Seating is limited, please RSVP by calling (310) 206-0961
Description: THE CANADIAN STUDIES PROGRAM at UCLA in partnership with the UCLA Department of English and the Canadian Consulate General in Los Angeles cordially invites you to a book discussion with PETER BEHRENS Winner of the 2006 Governor General's Award for Literature in Fiction on his award-winning novel "THE LAW OF DREAMS"

The discussion begins at 5:00 PM. Reception immediately following.

LECTURE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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PETER BEHRENS is a native of Montreal where he was educated at Lower Canada College, Concordia University, and McGill. He held a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing at Stanford University, and was a Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts. His collection of short stories, NIGHT DRIVING was published in 1987. Stories and essays have appeared in Tin House, Brick, Best Canadian Stories (twice), Best Canadian Essays, The Atlantic Monthly, and many anthologies.

The Governor General's Award, Canada's oldest and most prestigious award for English-and French-speaking Canadian literature, celebrates important contributions to Canadian writing. Past recipients of this award include Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatjie, Alice Munro and Rohinton Mistry.

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