"Before I Wake is a stunning debut. Robert Wiersema's novel is original, thought-provoking and downright wonderful."
--Michael Connelly, author of The Closers and The Lincoln Lawyer

“We go along for this unusual ride – that takes us to purgatory and awakens images of the inquisition – because we trust Wiersema’s consummate skill: a talent that makes him one of our most promising and original voices.”

–The Gazette (Montreal)

Tour Schedule

Robert will be on tour during 2006 at the following locations:

Victoria - August 29 - launch at Bolen Books

Vancouver - August 30 - launch at Railspur Alley Cafe (Granville Island) with 32 Books

Galiano Island - September 9 - event with Galiano Island Books

Edmonton - September 19 - event with at Audreys Books

Toronto - September 21 - event with Pages Bookstore and Michael Redhill

Vancouver - September 24 - appearance at Word on the Street (Canada Writes tent)

Vancouver - October 11 - event with 32 Books, with Diane Setterfield

Victoria - October 20 - event with Bolen Books at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall. Appearing with Wayne Johnston & Kevin Patterson.

Victoria - October 28 - signing at Chapters, downtown

Hamilton - November 2-5 - GritLit Writers Festival

Burlington - November 6 - event with A Different Drummer

Grimsby - November 8 - event with the Writers Festival and Michael Redhill

Guelph - November 9 - event with the Book Shelf and Michael Redhill and Dennis Bock

Toronto - November 10 - event at Hart House, University of Toronto

Victoria - November 18 - author breakfast at Martin's Place in Cadboro Bay, with Cadboro Bay Book Company

Agassiz - November 25 - afternoon reading at Kent Elementary School

And now in 2007:

Portland, OR - March 17 - author breakfast and signing for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association

Victoria - March 24 - reading as part of the Pacific Festival of the Book

West Vancouver - March 28 - reading at the Silk Purse Gallery with Nick Bantock, with 32 Books