SiWC 2007 Trade Show

Each year, the Surrey International Writers' Conference welcomes a wide variety of industry professionals to our Trade Show. This year we are pleased to host:

• Black Bond Bookstores
• Chapters Bookstores
• Word Nerd Language and Educational Services Ltd.
• White Dog Creative, Inc.
• Jane Hall, author / Red Wall Holdings
• Anna Barcos, author
• Writer Gazette / Krista Barrett, author
• Surrey Art Gallery
• The Federation of BC Writers
• Editors’ Association of Canada – BC Branch
• Printorium Bookworks / Island Blue Print
• Pure Scents Aromatherapy Massage
• Metta Publications / LP Wordsolutions
• Joei Carlton Hossack, author / Skeena Press
• Biz Books
• Anthony Cowling, author
• Arts Council of Surrey
• Jim Oldfield, author
• Anita E. Wladichuk, author / Ghostly Owl Publishing Co.

The Trade Show is open on Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. and on Sunday from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.

For more information, please contact the Trade Show Coordinator, Estelle Bogoch Stelmach, at s.tell at shaw.ca

Black Bond Books
Black Bond Books—Proud Independent Booksellers since 1963 shop any of our 12 locations or visit us online at www.blackbondbooks.com.

Chapters Bookstores

www.chapters.indigo.ca

Word Nerd Language and Educational Services Ltd.

White Dog Creative, Inc.
For over 15 years, Robert McKee's Story Seminar has been the world's ultimate writing class for over 50,000 screenwriters, filmmakers, TV writers, novelists, journalists, industry executives, actors, producers, directors and playwrights.

Former STORY students have written: A Beautiful Mind; Lord of the Rings I, II, III; Law & Order; CSI; The Daily Show; Friends; Frasier; Seinfeld; The DaVinci Code; Shrek; Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest; X-Men 3; Finding Nemo and many more.

And former STORY students have won: 27 Academy Awards; 141 Emmy Awards, 20 WGA Awards, 17 DGA Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for writing.

Robert McKee's famous STORY seminar returns to Vancouver, BC for the first time since 2003 -- don't miss this opportunity to become a former STORY student yourself. Mark November 2, 3 & 4, 2007 on your calendar.

For more info or to register, please visit www.whitedogseminars.com or call us toll free 1-888-602-9361.

Jane Hall, author / Red Wall Holdings

The timing couldn’t be better! With all the turbulence going on in the RCMP right now, The Red Wall: A Woman in the RCMP, by Jane Hall, is a timely look into what is happening inside the RCMP. This is the true story of one who, in 1977, was among the first few female troops accepted into the RCMP.

The first female Mounties had an unscripted role in which to demonstrate women could be as strong as the toughest men, without copying men. Female members asked for no special privileges and received none. The female footprint left on the RCMP changed more than policing.

The Red Wall is a snapshot of a time of tremendous social change that brought more victories than disappointments. The author’s story is one of crime, adventure, lifelong friendships, romance, loyalty, and betrayal. Some of her “war stories,” will make you laugh; others will make you cry, but above all they let you see the modern evolution of the RCMP from a unique perspective.

More than redefining the role of women and men, this story is about redefining Canadian society and the national identity. And the story is not yet finished.

Anna Barcos, author
When María Gonzales steps from her dusty Baja California landscape into Uncle Rubén's brand new, 1935 Cadillac convertible, she believes she is leaving home to pursue her dream of becoming a famous Hollywood dancing star. Instead, the sexually precocious fifteen-year-old, of marriageable age now, in her culture, ends up dancing for dimes and turning tricks in her Uncle's seedy dance-hall brothel in San Pedro, the port city of Los Angeles.

María's Tango explores the dark corners of their relationship and other family secrets. As a dance hall hostess, sometime movie-studio dancer and young woman who falls for a sailor and bears a love child, María later must settle for an American husband who will be a father to her son. As the marriage fails, we worry about María's increasing dependence upon alcohol for consolation and her consequent inability to fulfill her role as a loving mother.

We despair as Maria sips from her glass and listens to tangos of love and betrayal, injustice and melancholy. She remembers the day she left home headed for greatness––her mother's buttery jade amulet clutched tightly in her hand––Uroborus, the symbol of eternal beginnings. Maria concludes she has, indeed, eaten her own tail again. Tomorrow, she'll make another new beginning, but tonight––one more drink, one more tango.

About the Author - Anna Barcos was born in Winnipeg, Canada - with a yearning to travel. She lived thirty years of family life between Los Angeles, California and Bogotá, Colombia - the familiar landscapes of her novel. Anna still loves to travel and currently lives and writes in Vancouver, Canada.

Writer Gazette

Look to us for all your writing resource needs! Bringing you free writer-related articles, paying call for submission and freelance job postings, contests, resources, tips, and more to help induce, improve, and promote your writing career - every week. Whether you're a newbie writer or a seasoned professional, you'll find it all at Writer Gazette!

Krista Barrett is the driving force behind Writer Gazette. She has worked as a writer for over fifteen years. She has written a number of articles, short stories, poetry, and fiction novels. She is the owner of three writer-resource sites; Writer Gazette, Writers Manual, and EbooksCafe. She has launched the Inside Writer's Guide To... book series for writers, and has also created two book series for children entitled The Adventures of Isaiah and Bobby the Bee.

Website: www.writergazette.com
Contact: editor@writergazette.com

The Federation of BC Writers
bcwriters.com

Editors’ Association of Canada – BC Branch
http://www.editors.ca/branches/bc/

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