THE IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE, UBC
Born in Vancouver, Madeleine Thien is the youngest of three children of Malaysian-Chinese immigrants. Her first work of fiction, /Simple Recipes/, won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 2001 and was named a Kiriyama Prize notable book. That same year she published "The Chinese Violin", a children’s book based on the true story of a young girl who emigrated from China with her father. Thien's first novel, "Certainty", was named a Kiriyama Prize finalist in the spring of 2007, just before it was published in the United States. Thien has also received the Canadian Author's Association/Air Canada Award for the most promising writer under the age of 30. The event takes place on Thursday, July 17, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Lillooet Room (Room 301) in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall.
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