Andrew Pyper may be a best-selling Canadian writer…but he’s also very, very funny.

Last night was the inaugrual kick-off to a great new series at the Vancouver Public Library. This new twice-monthly series of readings and discussions with writers from all backgrounds is called Incite(at)VPL.  (That should be written Incite with the @ sign and then VPL, however my program immediately reads that as a website, freaks out and creates a strange link…)

The Vancouver International Writers Festival has partnered with the VPL to present these free events. If last night can be used as an indicator, it’s going to be very popular.

Andrew Pyper was in fine company. His co-presenters were Amber Dawn and Michael Christie. (As you can see, I’ve added Andrew and Amber’s photos. Unfortunately I couldn’t find one of Michael Christie that wasn’t copyrighted…but I’ll tell you that he’s cute 🙂

The readings were very diverse, and very fine, with both Michael and Amber taking us in to some very unexpected and edgy places.

But Andrew Pyper had me doing some very unladylike guffaws at some of his asides and commentary. Who knew Farrah Fawcett bubble gum cards could wreak such havoc in an eight-year old boy?

Last night was definitely worthy of a very large happy face sticker on my calendar. If you’re in the Vancouver area, check out the link above and mark these nights on your calendar. I’ll see you there…