Timothy Taylor to open the Bowen Island Writers Festival

Snug Cove, Bowen Island

I used to go for church picnics on Bowen Island when I was a kid growing up in Whytecliff / Horseshoe Bay. Great to be going back.

From the Write on Bowen Blog

Award-winning and bestselling writer Timothy Taylor is the first author out of the starting gate for the next annual Write on Bowen festival.

Taylor, author of Stanley Park, Silent Cruise and Story House, will open the Write On Bowen festival on Friday, July 8 along with another key presenter. He will also host a two-hour workshop on Saturday, July 9.

Taylor’s new novel The Blue Light Project tracks three days in the life of a North American city gripped by a hostage taking in a television studio. It’s due to published in the spring of 2011.

To read more about Taylor, visit Quill & Quire’s piece Habits of a Highly Effective Writer. More details about the festival to come.