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Anne Michaels

Anne Michaels
Anne Michaels' book, Poems, published in 2000, includes three collections of poetry: The Weight of Oranges; Miner's Pond and Skin Divers. Her first novel, Fugitive Pieces was published by Bloomsbury in 1997 to worldwide critical acclaim. Fugitive Pieces won the Orange Prize and the Trillium Award among others, and was short listed for the Giller Prize and the Canadian Booksellers Association Author of the Year Award. Anne Michaels has also composed music for the theatre. Born in 1958, she lives in Toronto. Her latest novel is Winter Vault.

"Like Fugitive Pieces, The Winter Vault deserves to be savoured on the tongue, like the date trees on the banks of the Nile at summer’s end, the “sweetness reaching its deepest concentration.”
The Walrus, Alison Pick



Anne Michaels will be appearing in:

Commonwealth Prize-winning poet turned novelist Anne Michaels in conversation with The Book Show’s Peter Mares.
Commonwealth Prize-winning poet turned novelist Anne Michaels in conversation with The Book Show’s Peter Mares.
Commonwealth Prize-winning poet turned novelist Anne Michaels in conversation with The Book Show’s Peter Mares.
Commonwealth Prize-winning poet turned novelist Anne Michaels in conversation with The Book Show’s Peter Mares.
Commonwealth Prize-winning poet turned novelist Anne Michaels in conversation with The Book Show’s Peter Mares.
Commonwealth Prize-winning poet turned novelist Anne Michaels in conversation with The Book Show’s Peter Mares.
Commonwealth Prize-winning poet turned novelist Anne Michaels in conversation with The Book Show’s Peter Mares.
With modern classics The Lieutenant, The Secret River, Fugitive Pieces and The Winter Vault between them, sit back and watch as Kate Grenville and Anne Michaels – two Orange Prize-winning authors – peel back the layers on their novels
Join Anne Michaels, Ian Buruma, Christos Tsiolkas, Bernhard Schlink, Emily Ballou<Andrea Goldsmith in a poetry reading.
Join Anne Michaels, Ian Buruma, Christos Tsiolkas, Bernhard Schlink, Emily Ballou<Andrea Goldsmith in a poetry reading.
Join Anne Michaels, Ian Buruma, Christos Tsiolkas, Bernhard Schlink, Emily Ballou<Andrea Goldsmith in a poetry reading.