Barris brunches with Blunt

“Giles Blunt writes with uncommon grace, style and compassion and he plots like a demon,” says author Jonathan Kellerman.

In another of his regular visits to Blue Heron Books’s “Books and Brunch” series, Ted Barris interviews bestselling author Giles Blunt in front of an audience at Wyndance Golf Club, south of Uxbridge. After spending over 20 years in New York City, Giles Blunt now lives in Toronto. His past work includes writing scripts for television programs such as Law & Order, Street Legal and Night Heat. His novel “Forty Words for Sorrow,” won the British Crime Writers’ Macallan Silver Dagger. “A Delicate Storm,” was the winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel and “Blackfly Season” was one of Margaret Cannon’s Best Mysteries of the 2010 Year. Blunt’s “By the Time You Read This,” was a national bestseller; and “No Such Creature” earned a place on the Globe and Mail‘s list of Top Ten Crime Books.

When: 11 a.m. Sunday, March 25, 2012.

Where: Wyndance Golf Club, Hwy 21 west of Coppin’s Corners, Uxbridge, Ontario.

Contact: Shelley Macbeth, proprietor, Blue Heron Books, 905-852-4282, www.blueheronbooks.com


About Ted Barris

Ted Barris is an accomplished author, journalist and broadcaster. As well as hosting stints on CBC Radio and regular contributions to the national press, he has authored 18 non-fiction books and served (for 18 years) as professor of journalism/broadcasting at Centennial College in Toronto. He has written a weekly column/webblog - The Barris Beat - for more than 30 years.

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