Erin Shields is OBT's October 2012 WIR (+ Book Giveaway)

We are delighted to announce that Erin Shields is Open Book: Toronto's October 2012 Writer in Residence! Erin is a playwright and actor who most recently won the Governor General's Award for her remarkable play, If We Were Birds (Playwrights Canada Press).

Visit Erin's WIR page to read her blog and her Playwrights in Profile interview and to check out her reading and website recommendations.

Erin is here to answer your writerly questions! You can send them to writer@openbooktoronto.com or post them directly to her blog.

October Book Giveaway: Open Book and Playwrights Canada Press are giving away a copy of If We Were Birds. To enter your name in the draw, send an email to enter@openbooktoronto.com with the title of one of the reading recommendations that Erin lists on her WIR page. The contest closes on October 31, 2012, and is subject to the following Rules.