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W. P. Kinsella has 2 past events. (show)  Fireside Chat with Author W.P. Kinsella Fireside Chat with Author W.P. Kinsella ||| Thursday, Feb 21st 10:30am-11:30am Hope Library Canadian author W.P. Kinsella will read from, and chat about, his latest book, Butterfly Winter. This is Kinsella’s first novel in 13 years and is the story of Julio and Esteban Pimental, twins whose baseball destiny begins with games of catch in the womb. (starfishian)… (more)COMMUNITY MOVIE NIGHT - FIELD OF DREAMS W. P. Kinsella , Shoeless Joe. COMMUNITY MOVIE NIGHT 6pm In the Oscar-nominated Field of Dreams, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) hears a voice in his corn field tell him, “If you build it, he will come.” He interprets this message as an instruction to build a baseball field on his farm, upon which appear the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven Chicago White Sox players banned from the game for throwing the 1919 World Series. With a hand stamp you’ll receive at the screening, you’re entitled to post-show discounts from several merchants here in the Tempe Square shopping center: Baskin Robbins, Wildflower Bread Company, Mac’s Broiler & Tap, Hoodlums, and Changing Hands. (booksense)… (more)
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| Canonical name | | | Legal name | | | Other names | | | Date of birth | | | Date of death | | | Burial location | | | Gender | | | Nationality | | | Country (for map) | | | Birthplace | | | Place of death | | | Places of residence | | | Education | | | Occupations | | | Relationships | | | Organizations | | | Awards and honors | | | Agents | | | Short biography | William Patrick (W.P.) Kinsella was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on May 25, 1935. His father, John, was a plastering contractor. His mother, Olive, home-schooled him on a remote Alberta homestead near Darwell. At 10 years of age, his family moved into Edmonton. He began writing at a young age, winning a YMCA prize at age 14 for a short story called Diamond Doom about a murder in a ballpark. After working at a variety of jobs, he began taking writing courses at the University of Victoria in 1970. He received a BA from Victoria in 1974 and began selling his stories in 1975. He earned an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa in 1978. In 1983, he began making his living as a writer on a fulltime basis.
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