December meeting

Meetings

Creativity: Shaking up the Particles: Alan Bradley – Wednesday, December 8, 7 pm.

The creator of the unforgettable Flavia de Luce has agreed to share insights and experiences from his writing life. Flavia, the eleven-year-old amateur sleuth who first delighted readers in The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie in 2009, has now appeared in ten bestselling novels set in post-war England.

Alan Bradley grew up in Cobourg, Ontario. After a long career in radio and television broadcasting (including eight years in the glorious Ottawa Valley) he took early retirement to write a mystery novel. After nearly thirty years, he’s still at it.

He’ll be joining us from the Isle of Man (graciously accommodating our 7 pm meeting time, which is midnight for him.) See more about him and his books at his website.

Kelwona, BC.– Canadian author Alan Bradley in Kelowna, B.C. on February 12, 2009. He has published many children’s stories as well as lifestyle and arts columns in Canadian newspapers. His adult stories have been broadcast on CBC Radio and published in various literary journals. He won the first Saskatchewan Writers Guild Award for Children’s Literature. Delacorte Press will publish the next in Bradley’s delirious new series, The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag.(Jeff Bassett for the Globe and Mail)