Jack Hodgins’s novels and story collections include: Spit Delaney’s Island, The Invention of the World, Innocent Cities, Broken Ground, and Damage Done by the World, amongst others. A Passion for Narrative (a guide to writing fiction) is used in classrooms and writing groups across Canada and Australia. His fiction has won the Governor General’s Award, the Canada-Australia Prize, and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, amongst others. He has given readings, talks and workshops in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and several European countries. In 2006 he was awarded both the Terasen Lifetime Achievement Award and the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence in British Columbia. In 2010 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. He and his wife Dianne live in Victoria where, until recently, Hodgins taught the writing of fiction at the University of Victoria. His latest novel, The Master of Happy Endings was published in 2010.
Events featuring Jack Hodgins:
1. Writer-In Residence Program - Monday, July 11 to Friday, July 15, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm at the Arts Centre.
