Booked Fernie Writers Series Presents: Caroline Adderson
A firm favourite on the Fernie cultural calendar, featuring some of Canada's best and brightest literary talents.
Wed Aug 6, 2025
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Booked Fernie Writers Series Presents: Caroline Adderson
A firm favourite on the Fernie cultural calendar, featuring some of Canada's best and brightest literary talents.
Wed Aug 6, 2025
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Booked Fernie Writers Series Presents: Caroline Adderson
A firm favourite on the Fernie cultural calendar, featuring some of Canada's best and brightest literary talents.
Wed Aug 6, 2025
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Booked Fernie Writers Series Presents: Caroline Adderson
A firm favourite on the Fernie cultural calendar, featuring some of Canada's best and brightest literary talents.
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Booked! Fernie Writers' Series presents: Caroline Adderson hosted by Angie Abdou
These events are popular and seats fill up fast! Registration is required. Link coming soon.
- A free, 19+ event
- A suggested donation of $10 assists in bringing in new and exciting authors for each event.
- Complimentary refreshments provided and cash bar available.
Caroline Adderson was born and raised in Alberta. After high school, she joined the youth program Katimavik and spent a year living in different communities across Canada doing volunteer work: carpentry, radio broadcasting, sheep farming. She then settled in Vancouver where she attended the University of British Columbia, earning a Bachelor of Education with a Concentration in Creative Writing. Over the next ten years she worked as an ESL teacher.
Her first collection of stories, Bad Imaginings, was published in 1993; stories from it have appeared in 19 anthologies world-wide. She has gone on to write internationally published novels (A History of Forgetting, Sitting Practice, The Sky Is Falling, Ellen in Pieces, A Russian Sister), two other collections of short stories (Pleased To Meet You, A Way to Be Happy), many books for young readers.
ABOUT THE BOOKED! FERNIE WRITERS SERIES:
The Fernie Heritage Library has welcomed some of the biggest names in Canadian writing for the Booked! series, a highly anticipated reception that includes an author reading and Q&A followed by live music and lively discussion. The events draw crowds of up to 100 to fill the beautiful Fernie Heritage Library for an engaging evening celebrating the undeniable talents of each guest author.