Jessica Westhead, photo courtesy of the artist.
Celebrate new writing at Literary Cabaret, featuring writers-in-residence from the Late Spring Writing Residency at Banff Centre.
This showcase features original work by writers-in-residence, with emerging and established writers sharing fiction, nonfiction, prose, and hybrid forms. Canadian author and creative writing teacher Jessica Westhead, whose fiction has been shortlisted for the CBC Literary Awards and whose story collection And Also Sharks was a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, will host the evening and share a reading from her own work.
Enjoy a drink from the bar, browse a curated selection of books at Pages Books, and immerse yourself in the vibrant literary atmosphere. Doors open at 6:15 p.m., readings begin at 7:00 p.m., and you’re invited to stay and mingle with artists and faculty until 9:00 p.m.
About Jessica Westhead
Jessica Westhead
Jessica Westhead (she/her) is an author, editor, and creative writing teacher who has been working with fellow writers since 2005. She has taught creative writing at the University of Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University, and facilitated at Sage Hill Writing. Jessica’s fiction has been shortlisted for the CBC Literary Awards, selected for the Journey Prize anthology, and nominated for a National Magazine Award, and has been published in major literary journals in Canada, the US, and the UK. She is the author of the novels Pulpy & Midge (Coach House Books) and Worry (HarperCollins) and the critically acclaimed short-story collections And Also Sharks and Things Not to Do (Cormorant Books) and Avalanche (Invisible Publishing). And Also Sharks was a Globe & Mail Top 100 Book, one of Kobo’s Best Ebooks of 2011, and a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. Worry was included on CBC Books’ Best Canadian Fiction of 2019 and the CBC Canada Reads Longlist. Jessica lives in Toronto with her family.