Vancouver Public Library\u2019s 2023 writer in residence is Vancouver author Aren X. Tulchinsky, the writer formerly known as Karen X. Tulchinsky.<\/p>\n
Tulchinsky is a novelist, screenwriter, video editor and writing mentor, and an out and proud member of the LGBTQ2S+ community. He is the recipient of awards such as the One Book One Vancouver Prize and Vancity Book Prize for his written works, which include\u00a0The Five Books of Moses Lapinsky,<\/em>\u00a0In Her Nature,<\/em>\u00a0Love Ruins Everything <\/em>and\u00a0Love and Other Ruins<\/em>.<\/p>\n He has also written for and edited on numerous television series, including\u00a0The Nature of Things<\/em>\u00a0for CBC. His short film,\u00a0Ms. Thing<\/em>, has screened internationally in more than 50 film festivals and won the Audience Choice Award at the Queer Fruits Film Festival in Australia.<\/p>\n \u201cMy passion has always been to tell stories, especially stories set in communities that have been historically underrepresented in Canadian literature,\u201d said Tulchinsky. \u201cI am Jewish from a working-class background. I came out as a lesbian as a teenager, and now identify as a transgender man. As a member of several marginalized communities, I have always written from the heart and I welcome the opportunity to mentor emerging writers on their own journeys \u2013 especially those from underrepresented communities, such as BIPOC and LGBTQ2S+ writers.\u201d<\/p>\n This fall, Tulchinsky will work directly with aspiring writers through a series of writing workshops, individual consults and special events at the library. He\u2019ll also be working on a new novel,\u00a0Second Son<\/em>, which follows a transgender man who is grieving the premature death of his father, coming to terms with the loss of his only brother 10 years earlier, and learning to love himself in the process.<\/p>\n