Bringing top Canadian literary talents to Fernie for readings and discussion at the beautiful Fernie Heritage Library. This is a Free event! Join the authors and other patrons for an intimate meet & greet, appetizers, cash bar and live entertainment prior to each reading. Contact the library for more information.

This week features: “How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler’s Memoir” by Amber Dawn

Winner of the 2013 Vancouver Book of the Year Award, this book has been known to move readers to tears. Powerful stories reflect the author’s life as a sex worker on the streets of Vancouver and her equally insightful reflection about her life working towards a Masters of Fine Arts at UBC. As Abdou, one of the driving forces behind the Fernie Writers’ Series, listened to Dawn speak in Vancouver, she knew she needed to bring the writer to Fernie: “I listened to her explain the way those two lives – which seem so impossibly far apart – continue to intertwine and depend upon each other. I listened, and I thought: this woman is a force. This woman is just warming up. We’re going to hear a whole lot more from Amber Dawn. As soon as I heard her, I made a 2014 resolution to get her to Fernie. Done. (You’re welcome.)”