American Whiskey Bar

Born in North Vancouver, Canada, 1962. Fiction and poetry: Company Town, Hard Core Logo, Kingsway, American Whiskey Bar,andThe Pornographer's Poem. His work has been adapted to radio, stage, television and feature-film, and translated in French, Russian, and Korean. Turner's work is included in numerous anthologies including The Notebooks, Story of a Nation,and Lost Classics. Awards include the 1999 BC Book Prize for Fiction and a 1996 Genie Award for Music/Original Song; as well, a finalist for the 1991 Dorothy Livesay BC Book Prize for Poetry. Has collaborated with artist Stan Douglas on two screenplays for DV installation/TV broadcast-- Journey Into Fear (Istanbul Biennial) and Suspiria (Documenta XI) -- and a screenplay collaboration with filmmaker Bruce LaBruce, entitled Untitled Von Gloeden Project, based on the life and work of photographer Wilhelm Von Gloeden. A libretto commissioned by the Modern Baroque Opera Company, based on Wilhelm Busch's Max & Mortiz. His essay on Vancouver's commercial galleries appears in the Arsenal Pulp Press/Artspeak anthology Vancouver Art & Economies. Michael Turner lives in Vancouver.Turner, Michael is the author of 'American Whiskey Bar', published 2004 under ISBN 9781551521596 and ISBN 1551521598.