This event will take place on November 10th, 2011 from 2-3pm at the Lillooet Room (Rm 301) in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

Michael V. Smith is an assistant professor at UBC, where he teaches creative writing.  His first novel, Cumberland, was shortlisted for the Amazon.com/Books in Canada First novel Award.  His short fiction has won the Western Magazine Gold Award for Fiction and been nominated for the Journey Prize.  In 2007, Smith received the Dayne Ogilvie Award for Emerging Gay Writers and Vancouver’s Community Hero of the Year Award.  A native of Cornwall, Ontario, Smith currently lives in Kelowna, BC.

The event is free of charge, but please RSVP in advance via http://michaelv.eventbrite.com/