International Readings at Harbourfront - Jen Sookfong Lee, Joel Rose, William Stevenson March 28, 2007

Jen Sookfong Lee, Joel Rose, and William Stevenson read from their new works. Event hosted by James Grainger.

James Grainger
James Grainger is a books columnist for the Toronto Star. He has been a commentator for TVO, CBC Radio, and CBC Newsworld.

Jen Sookfong Lee
Jen Sookfong Lee was born and raised in Vancouver’s East Side, where she now lives with her husband. Her poetry, fiction and articles have appeared in a variety of magazines, including The Antigonish Review, The Claremont Review, Horsefly and Jasmine.

Joel Rose
Joel Rose founded the literary magazine Between C&D. His previous books include Kill the Poor, Kill Kill Faster Faster, and New York Sawed in Half, part of the Urban Historicals Series .

The Blackest Bird
New York, the sweltering summer of 1841: Mary Rogers, a beautiful counter girl at a popular Manhattan tobacco shop, is found brutally murdered in the Hudson River. John Colt, scion of the firearm fortune, beats his publisher to death with a hatchet. And young Irish gang leader Tommy Coleman is accused of killing his daughter, his wife, and his wife's former lover. Charged with solving it all is High Constable Jacob Hays, the city's first detective. Capping a long and distinguished career, Hays's investigation will involve gang wars, grave robbers, and clues hidden in poems by that master of dark tales, Edgar Allan Poe.

The End of East
A moving portrait of three generations of the Chan family living in Vancouver’s Chinatown: Sammy Chan was sure she’d escaped her family obligations when she fled Vancouver six years ago, but with her sister’s upcoming marriage, her turn has come to care for their aging mother.

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