Join the Federation of BC Writers and their 2024 Ambassador, Frances Peck, for a panel on finding balance between writerly solitude and community. Frances Peck worked as an editor, ghostwriter, and instructor of editing and writing for three decades. Then she returned to her childhood preoccupation, creative writing. Her debut novel, The Broken Places, about a major earthquake rocking Vancouver, was a Globe and Mail best book of 2022 and a finalist for the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. Her second novel, Uncontrolled Flight, about the death of a BC firefighting pilot, made 2023 book-of-the-year lists at 49th Shelf and Consumed by Ink. Frances grew up in Cape Breton, lived in Ottawa, and in 2005 moved to North Vancouver. She is at work on a new novel.

Location: Sunroom/Gallery

Type: Interactive

Presented by: Word Vancouver · The Federation of BC Writers

Participant: Frances Peck, Uncontrolled Flight (Goose Lane Editions)

About The Participant

Frances Peck

Frances Peck worked as an editor, ghostwriter, and instructor before returning to her childhood preoccupation, creative writing. Her debut novel, The Broken Places, was a Globe and Mail best book of 2022 and a finalist for the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. Her second novel, Uncontrolled Flight, a tragedy/mystery about the death of a BC firefighting pilot, made 2023 book-of-the-year lists at 49th Shelf and Consumed by Ink. Frances grew up in Cape Breton, moved to Ottawa, and now lives and writes in North Vancouver. Visit her at francespeck.com