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SUMMARY:Voices of Resistance: Toronto Launch
DESCRIPTION:Toronto friends\, don’t miss the launch of Voices of Resistance: Diaries of Genocide by Batool Abu Akleen\, Sondos Sabra\, Nahil Mohana\, and Ala’a Obaid. The book will be co-launching with Leila Marshy’s Razing Palestine in this event hosted by Samira Mohyeddin. Books will be for sale and signing from Another Story. \nThe double launch is free to attend and will take place at It’s Ok* Studios on Monday\, November 17 at 6:30PM. \nMore details here. \nOrder a copy of Voices of Resistance here! \nABOUT VOICES OF RESISTANCE \nFor two years\, the world has witnessed image after devastating image of Israel’s genocide in Gaza: videos\, photos\, and Instagram reels showing blanket bombardment\, cities in ruin\, and entire families pulled from the rubble of their homes. Such enormity can be difficult to process\, but behind each image lie ordinary lives full of hope\, love\, and community. \nIn these diaries\, four Gazan women—Batool Abu Akleen\, Sondos Sabra\, Nahil Mohana\, and Ala’a Obaid—offer first-hand accounts of Israeli airstrikes\, forced displacement\, and engineered famine. These atrocities are documented alongside the everyday resilience of Palestinians: from the neighbour who fashions an ashtray from the shrapnel of an Israeli missile\, to the street vendor who donates his last egg for a child’s birthday cake\, to the community of displaced people who pool their resources to stage a traditional wedding. Even when homeless\, under fire\, forced to bury loved ones\, or thrown at the mercy of a devastated health system\, the writers of these diaries never abandon their humanity\, their individuality\, or their belief in the future of Gaza. \nAll proceeds from the sale of this book will go directly to the writers and their families.  \nABOUT THE AUTHORS \nBatool Abu Akleen is a twenty-year-old Palestinian poet and translator\, born and raised in Gaza City. She is a student of English Literature and Translation at the Islamic University of Gaza. At the age of fifteen\, Abu Akleen won the Parjeel Poetry Prize for her poem ‘I Did Not Steal the Cloud’\, which was also translated and published as part of the anthology Di acqua e di tempo. Her poem ‘I Want a Grave’ was published in Penguin’s Letters from Gaza (2025). She was the 2024 Poet-in-Residence with Modern Poetry in Translation\, for whom she collected and translated Sea Shells: An Anthology of Emerging Poets from Gaza (edited by Cristina Viti). Her poem ‘Gunpowder’ was among the winners of The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2025. Her debut bilingual poetry collection 48Kg was published by Tenement Press in June 2025. Extracts from her diaries have been performed by Leila Herandi at the Belgrade Theatre\, Coventry. \nNahil Mohana is the author of the novel No Men Allowed\, the short story collection Life in a Square Metre and six plays including High Pressure\, which received the 2008 Abdul Mohsin Al-Qattan Prize; Ghoson\, which received the 2008 Children’s Culture Award; and Lipstick\, which was produced by the Royal Court Theatre\, London. Her writing has appeared in AGNI Online\, Literary Hub\, and The Washington Post. Extracts from her diaries have been performed by Maxine Peake at the Barbican Theatre\, London\, and Julie-Yara Atz at the Belgrade Theatre\, Coventry. \nAla’a Obaid is a writer and a mother of three children. She has held a number of positions in various NGOs and cultural institutions in Gaza\, including Education Officer\, Creative Writing Teacher and Culture Centre Coordinator. Ala’a co-authored the books Writing Behind the Lines and Disturbing Flashbacks\, both of which document the experiences of Palestinians living through the current genocide. She has published several articles in The New Arab. Excerpts from her diaries have been performed by Hind Shoufani at the Barbican Theatre\, London\, and by Zarah Sultana MP at the Belgrade Theatre\, Coventry. \nSondos Sabra\, 25\, holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the Islamic University of Gaza and is a founding member of the Shaghaf Youth Initiative\, which organises discussions of literary works. She is a translator and writer. Her writing has appeared in Mondoweiss\, The New Statesman\, and ArabLit Quarterly. Extracts from her diaries have been performed by Yusra Warsama at the Barbican Theatre\, London\, and Sama Rantisi at the Belgrade Theatre\, Coventry. Her piece ‘We Kill Terrorism’ was read by Maxine Peake to a crowd of 15\,000 protesters outside the 2024 Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/voices-of-resistance-toronto-launch/
LOCATION:It’s Ok* Studios\, 468 Queen Street W\, Toronto\, ON\, M5V 2B2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Discussion
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SUMMARY:Dust: More Lives of the Poets (with Guitars): Hamilton Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Join us in Hamilton for the launch of Ray Robertson’s Dust: More Lives of the Poets (with Guitars)! Ray will be reading from his new book\, followed by a performance from Toronto-based musical duo Staig and Billings. The event will be hosted by bookstore owner Tim Hanna\, and books will be available for sale and signing courtesy of The City & The City Bookstore. \nThe event will take place at The Capitol on Thursday\, November 13 at 8PM. More details TK. \nPreorder Dust here! \nABOUT DUST: MORE LIVES OF THE POETS (WITH GUITARS) \n“Robertson offers the whole picture\, warts and all. In doing so\, he honors the music of artists who have enriched his life—and opens the door for his readers to experience the same magic.”—Blues Blast Magazine \nIn Dust: More Lives of the Poets (with Guitars)\, Ray Robertson digs deep\, offering up an eclectic gathering of a dozen biographical and critical portraits of some of the twentieth century’s most innovative\, influential\, and fascinating musicians. From rock to folk\, blues to gospel\, country to the unclassifiable; from the famous\, to the forgotten\, to the barely known\, Ray Robertson combines a novelist’s eye for dramatic detail with an unapologetic fanboy’s obsession with the lives and lasting artistic achievements of twelve of his musical heroes. \nABOUT RAY ROBERTSON \nRay Robertson is the author of nine novels\, six collections of non-fiction\, and a book of poetry. His work has been translated into several languages. He contributed liner notes to three Grateful Dead archival releases: Dave’s Picks #45\, the Here Comes Sunshine 1973 boxed set\, and the From the Mars Hotel 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. Born and raised in Chatham\, Ontario\, he lives in Toronto.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/dust-more-lives-of-the-poets-with-guitars-hamilton-launch/
LOCATION:The Capitol\, 973 King St E\, Hamilton\, ON\, L8M 1C3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251106T220000
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SUMMARY:Dust: More Lives of the Poets (with Guitars): Toronto Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Toronto friends\, join us for the launch of Ray Robertson’s Dust: More Lives of the Poets (with Guitars)! Ray will be reading from his new book\, followed by a performance from Toronto-based musical duo Staig and Billings. The event will be moderated by Alan Zweig. \nThe launch will take place at The Mezz on Thursday\, November 6 at 7PM. \nPreorder Dust here! \nABOUT DUST: MORE LIVES OF THE POETS (WITH GUITARS) \n“Robertson offers the whole picture\, warts and all. In doing so\, he honors the music of artists who have enriched his life—and opens the door for his readers to experience the same magic.”—Blues Blast Magazine \nIn Dust: More Lives of the Poets (with Guitars)\, Ray Robertson digs deep\, offering up an eclectic gathering of a dozen biographical and critical portraits of some of the twentieth century’s most innovative\, influential\, and fascinating musicians. From rock to folk\, blues to gospel\, country to the unclassifiable; from the famous\, to the forgotten\, to the barely known\, Ray Robertson combines a novelist’s eye for dramatic detail with an unapologetic fanboy’s obsession with the lives and lasting artistic achievements of twelve of his musical heroes. \nABOUT RAY ROBERTSON \nRay Robertson is the author of nine novels\, six collections of non-fiction\, and a book of poetry. His work has been translated into several languages. He contributed liner notes to three Grateful Dead archival releases: Dave’s Picks #45\, the Here Comes Sunshine 1973 boxed set\, and the From the Mars Hotel 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. Born and raised in Chatham\, Ontario\, he lives in Toronto.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/dust-more-lives-of-the-poets-with-guitars-toronto-launch/
LOCATION:The Mezz\, 1546 Queen St W\, Toronto\, ON\, M6R 1A6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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SUMMARY:Precarious: Toronto Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the Toronto launch of Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers by Marcello Di Cintio. Marcello will be in conversation with Zoë Newman and Vannina Sztainbok. The event is presented by Another Story Bookshop\, Talking Precarity Podcast\, and Biblioasis; and sponsored by the Workers Action Centre. \nThe launch will take place on Wednesday\, November 5 at 7PM. The event is free\, and you can RSVP on Eventbrite. \nMore details here. \nGrab a copy of Precarious here! \nABOUT PRECARIOUS \nA series of profiles of foreign workers illuminates the precarity of global systems of migrant labor and the vulnerability of their most disenfranchised agents. \nIn 2023\, after weeks of investigation\, United Nations Special Rapporteur Tomoyo Obokata came to a scathing conclusion: Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program is “a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.” Workers complained of excessive hours and unpaid overtime; of being forced to perform dangerous tasks or ones not specified in their contracts; of being physically abused\, intimidated\, and sexually harassed; and of overcrowded\, unsanitary living conditions that deprived them of their privacy and dignity. \nIn Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers\, Marcello Di Cintio ranges across the country speaking to those who have come from elsewhere to till our fields\, bathe our elderly\, and serve us our Double Doubles\, uncovering stories of tremendous perseverance\, resilience\, and humanity\, but also of precarity and vulnerability. He shows that vast swathes of our economy depend on the work of people we don’t see\, while expanding our awareness of what migrant work now entails\, and revealing that our mistreatment of the most vulnerable among us diminishes our own dignity. \nABOUT MARCELLO DI CINTIO \nMarcello Di Cintio is the author of six books\, including Walls: Travels Along the Barricades\, Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense\, and Driven: The Secret Lives of Taxi Drivers. He has also written for the Globe and Mail\, The Walrus\, The International New York Times\, and Canadian Geographic\, among others. He lives in Calgary.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/precarious-calgary-launch/
LOCATION:Workers Action Centre\, 720 Spadina Avenue\, Toronto\, ON\, M5S 2T9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Discussion
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SUMMARY:Precarious: Windsor Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the Windsor launch of Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers by Marcello Di Cintio. Marcello will be reading from his latest book followed by an audience Q&A at Biblioasis Bookshop\, where books will be available for sale and signing. \nThe launch will take place on Tuesday\, November 4 at 7PM. \nGrab a copy of Precarious here! \nABOUT PRECARIOUS \nA series of profiles of foreign workers illuminates the precarity of global systems of migrant labor and the vulnerability of their most disenfranchised agents. \nIn 2023\, after weeks of investigation\, United Nations Special Rapporteur Tomoyo Obokata came to a scathing conclusion: Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program is “a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.” Workers complained of excessive hours and unpaid overtime; of being forced to perform dangerous tasks or ones not specified in their contracts; of being physically abused\, intimidated\, and sexually harassed; and of overcrowded\, unsanitary living conditions that deprived them of their privacy and dignity. \nIn Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers\, Marcello Di Cintio ranges across the country speaking to those who have come from elsewhere to till our fields\, bathe our elderly\, and serve us our Double Doubles\, uncovering stories of tremendous perseverance\, resilience\, and humanity\, but also of precarity and vulnerability. He shows that vast swathes of our economy depend on the work of people we don’t see\, while expanding our awareness of what migrant work now entails\, and revealing that our mistreatment of the most vulnerable among us diminishes our own dignity. \nABOUT MARCELLO DI CINTIO \nMarcello Di Cintio is the author of six books\, including Walls: Travels Along the Barricades\, Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense\, and Driven: The Secret Lives of Taxi Drivers. He has also written for the Globe and Mail\, The Walrus\, The International New York Times\, and Canadian Geographic\, among others. He lives in Calgary.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/precarious-windsor-launch/
LOCATION:Biblioasis Bookshop\, 1520 Wyandotte St E\, Windsor\, ON\, N9A 3L2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Discussion
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SUMMARY:Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way: New York Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Elaine Feeney will be launching her new novel Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way at the NYU Glucksman Ireland House in New York! Books will be available for sale and signing courtesy of NYU Bookstore. \nThe launch will take place on Thursday\, October 30 at 7PM. \nMore details here. \nOrder Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way here! \nABOUT LET ME GO MAD IN MY OWN WAY \nAn Observer\, Irish Times\, and Sunday Times Ireland Preview Selection \nClaire O’Connor is a promising writer who left the family’s struggling farmstead in western Ireland for London\, swearing never to return. But after the unexpected death of her mother\, she is racked with grief\, and when her father is diagnosed with cancer\, she decides to return home to care for him\, destroying everything she’d so carefully built up in the process. The pandemic follows\, and Claire falls into a comfortable routine\, one increasingly shaped by a growing obsession: the lives of the 20-something trad wives she discovers on social media. When Tom\, her lost London love\, unexpectedly shows up the next town over\, her anxieties and obsessions collide\, the resulting conflict forcing Claire and her brothers to finally deal with their family’s historic trauma—a trauma whose evidence is carved into the beams of the family home and the stone floors upon which their ancestors bled. \nRanging through recent Irish history\, Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way is Elaine Feeney’s most ambitious novel to date\, a work of literary and cultural exorcism and a profound exploration of family\, history\, violence\, and hope. \nABOUT ELAINE FEENEY \nElaine Feeney is a writer from the west of Ireland. Her 2020 debut novel\, As You Were\, was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Irish Novel of the Year Award and won the Kate O’Brien Award\, the McKitterick Prize\, and the Dalkey Festival Emerging Writer Award. Feeney has published three collections of poetry including The Radio Was Gospel and Rise\, and her short story “Sojourn” was included in The Art of The Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories\, edited by Sinéad Gleeson. Her work appears widely in The Moth\, The Paris Review\, The Stinging Fly\, Poetry Review\, and elsewhere. Feeney lectures at the University of Galway.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/let-me-go-mad-new-york/
LOCATION:Glucksman Ireland House\, 1 Washington Mews\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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SUMMARY:Precarious: Victoria Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the Victoria launch of Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers by Marcello Di Cintio. Marcello will be in conversation with host Seb Bonet. Books will be provided for sale and signing by the University of Victoria Bookstore. \nThe launch will take place on October 25 at 7PM. \nMore details TK. \nGrab a copy of Precarious here! \nABOUT PRECARIOUS \nA series of profiles of foreign workers illuminates the precarity of global systems of migrant labor and the vulnerability of their most disenfranchised agents. \nIn 2023\, after weeks of investigation\, United Nations Special Rapporteur Tomoyo Obokata came to a scathing conclusion: Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program is “a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.” Workers complained of excessive hours and unpaid overtime; of being forced to perform dangerous tasks or ones not specified in their contracts; of being physically abused\, intimidated\, and sexually harassed; and of overcrowded\, unsanitary living conditions that deprived them of their privacy and dignity. \nIn Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers\, Marcello Di Cintio ranges across the country speaking to those who have come from elsewhere to till our fields\, bathe our elderly\, and serve us our Double Doubles\, uncovering stories of tremendous perseverance\, resilience\, and humanity\, but also of precarity and vulnerability. He shows that vast swathes of our economy depend on the work of people we don’t see\, while expanding our awareness of what migrant work now entails\, and revealing that our mistreatment of the most vulnerable among us diminishes our own dignity. \nABOUT MARCELLO DI CINTIO \nMarcello Di Cintio is the author of six books\, including Walls: Travels Along the Barricades\, Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense\, and Driven: The Secret Lives of Taxi Drivers. He has also written for the Globe and Mail\, The Walrus\, The International New York Times\, and Canadian Geographic\, among others. He lives in Calgary.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/precarious-victoria-launch/
LOCATION:University of Victoria\, 3800 Finnerty Rd\, Victoria\, BC\, V8P 5C2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Discussion
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SUMMARY:We're Somewhere Else Now: Kingston Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the Kingston launch of Robyn Sarah’s new poetry collection We’re Somewhere Else Now! Robyn will be reading from her new collection at Novel Idea Bookstore\, where copies will also be for sale and signing. \nThe launch will take place on Thursday\, October 23 at 7PM. \nGet a copy of We’re Somewhere Else Now here! \nABOUT WE’RE SOMEWHERE ELSE NOW \nIn her first collection of new poems in a decade\, Robyn Sarah chronicles the pandemic years with quiet wisdom and her flair for meshing the familiar with the numinous.  \nWe’re Somewhere Else Now moves with ease from the particular to the abstract. These are poems of grief and unexpected change\, of quiet awe at the human experience. Each poem is a window for the reader to look into\, “lit room to lit room\,” tracking desultory days of isolation and uncertainty\, while also highlighting reasons to pay attention: playing with a grandchild\, the rarity of a leap year\, the calls of birds. \nThree poems from the collection\, originally published in The New Quarterly\, were nominated for a 2025 National Magazine Award in Poetry. \nABOUT ROBYN SARAH \nPoet\, writer\, literary editor\, and musician\, Robyn Sarah has lived in Montreal since early childhood. Her writing began to appear in Canadian literary magazines in the 1970s while she completed studies at McGill University and the Conservatoire de musique du Québec. Her tenth poetry collection\, My Shoes Are Killing Me\, won the Governor General’s Award in 2015. As well\, she has published two collections of short stories\, a book of essays on poetry\, and a memoir\, Music\, Late and Soon (2021)\, that interweaves her youth as a professional-track clarinetist with her return at fifty-nine (after a lapse of thirty-five years) to the piano teacher who was her life mentor. From 2010 until 2020 she served as poetry editor for Cormorant Books.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/were-somewhere-else-now-kingston-launch/
LOCATION:Novel Idea\, 156 Princess St.\, Kingston\, ON\, K7L 1B1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251022T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251022T190000
DTSTAMP:20260501T224553
CREATED:20250916T183638Z
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SUMMARY:We're Somewhere Else Now: Toronto Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the Toronto launch of Robyn Sarah’s new poetry collection We’re Somewhere Else Now! Robyn will be reading from her new collection at Ben McNally Books\, where copies will also be for sale and signing. \nThe launch will take place on Wednesday\, October 22 at 5PM. \nMore details here. \nGet a copy of We’re Somewhere Else Now here! \nABOUT WE’RE SOMEWHERE ELSE NOW \nIn her first collection of new poems in a decade\, Robyn Sarah chronicles the pandemic years with quiet wisdom and her flair for meshing the familiar with the numinous.  \nWe’re Somewhere Else Now moves with ease from the particular to the abstract. These are poems of grief and unexpected change\, of quiet awe at the human experience. Each poem is a window for the reader to look into\, “lit room to lit room\,” tracking desultory days of isolation and uncertainty\, while also highlighting reasons to pay attention: playing with a grandchild\, the rarity of a leap year\, the calls of birds. \nThree poems from the collection\, originally published in The New Quarterly\, were nominated for a 2025 National Magazine Award in Poetry. \nABOUT ROBYN SARAH \nPoet\, writer\, literary editor\, and musician\, Robyn Sarah has lived in Montreal since early childhood. Her writing began to appear in Canadian literary magazines in the 1970s while she completed studies at McGill University and the Conservatoire de musique du Québec. Her tenth poetry collection\, My Shoes Are Killing Me\, won the Governor General’s Award in 2015. As well\, she has published two collections of short stories\, a book of essays on poetry\, and a memoir\, Music\, Late and Soon (2021)\, that interweaves her youth as a professional-track clarinetist with her return at fifty-nine (after a lapse of thirty-five years) to the piano teacher who was her life mentor. From 2010 until 2020 she served as poetry editor for Cormorant Books.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/were-somewhere-else-now-toronto-launch/
LOCATION:Ben McNally Books\, 108 Queen St E\, Toronto\, ON\, M5C 1S4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T224553
CREATED:20250916T183255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T194158Z
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SUMMARY:Big of You: Washington DC Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Come out and celebrate the launch of Elise Levine’s latest short story collection\, Big of You! Elise will be joined in conversation by Jeannie Vanasco at Lost City Bookstore\, and will be reading from the collection. The event will be hosted by Philip Dean Walker. Books will be available for sale and signing. \nThe launch will take place on Tuesday\, October 21 at 7PM. \nMore details here. \nGrab a copy of Big of You here! \nABOUT BIG OF YOU \nIn these nine stories\, Elise Levine illuminates the aspirations of women and men (and one sassy millennia-old being) as they sift through the midden of their regrets\, friendships\, and marriages\, and seek fresher ways of inhabiting older selves. \nTwo young women hitchhike around Europe\, a lurid secret between them. A team in space is left reeling after a colleague’s unexpected death. Ambitious brothers take to the skies in an aerostat in 19th-century Paris. Big of You contains stories of real and fantastical life\, each with its own distinctive voice and wild vocabulary. \nAt turns playful\, blistering\, unabashed\, these stories examine the nuanced\, kaleidoscopic dimensions of character\, of people driven by ambition yet contending with the hauntings of the past. Spanning various settings and time periods\, Big of You captures the everyday and the extraordinary in collisions soaring and earthy\, exuberant and visceral. \nABOUT ELISE LEVINE \nElise Levine is the author\, most recently\, of Say This: Two Novellas\, the story collection This Wicked Tongue\, and the novel Blue Field. Her work has appeared in Ploughshares\, Copper Nickel\, Blackbird\, The Walrus\, and five times in Best Canadian Stories. She lives in Baltimore\, where she teaches in the MA in Writing program at Johns Hopkins University.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/big-of-you-dc-launch/
LOCATION:Lost City Books\, 2467 18th St NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20009\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T200000
DTSTAMP:20260501T224553
CREATED:20250916T180852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T191913Z
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SUMMARY:Big of You: Baltimore Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Come out and celebrate the launch of Elise Levine’s latest short story collection\, Big of You! Elise will be joined in conversation by Dora Malech at Bird in Hand\, and will be reading from the collection. The event will be hosted by Nate Brown. Books will be available for sale and signing from the Ivy Bookshop. \nThe launch will take place on Thursday\, October 16 at 6PM. \nGrab a copy of Big of You here! \nABOUT BIG OF YOU \nIn these nine stories\, Elise Levine illuminates the aspirations of women and men (and one sassy millennia-old being) as they sift through the midden of their regrets\, friendships\, and marriages\, and seek fresher ways of inhabiting older selves. \nTwo young women hitchhike around Europe\, a lurid secret between them. A team in space is left reeling after a colleague’s unexpected death. Ambitious brothers take to the skies in an aerostat in 19th-century Paris. Big of You contains stories of real and fantastical life\, each with its own distinctive voice and wild vocabulary. \nAt turns playful\, blistering\, unabashed\, these stories examine the nuanced\, kaleidoscopic dimensions of character\, of people driven by ambition yet contending with the hauntings of the past. Spanning various settings and time periods\, Big of You captures the everyday and the extraordinary in collisions soaring and earthy\, exuberant and visceral. \nABOUT ELISE LEVINE \nElise Levine is the author\, most recently\, of Say This: Two Novellas\, the story collection This Wicked Tongue\, and the novel Blue Field. Her work has appeared in Ploughshares\, Copper Nickel\, Blackbird\, The Walrus\, and five times in Best Canadian Stories. She lives in Baltimore\, where she teaches in the MA in Writing program at Johns Hopkins University.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/big-of-you-baltimore-launch/
LOCATION:Bird in Hand\, 11 E 33rd St\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21218\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20251008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20251008T200000
DTSTAMP:20260501T224553
CREATED:20250916T161843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T201618Z
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SUMMARY:Precarious: Calgary Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening celebrating the launch of Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers by Calgary-based author Marcello Di Cintio. Hosted by Paul Haavardsrud\, this event is presented by Shelf Life Books in partnership with the Calgary Public Library. \nThe launch will take place on Wednesday\, October 8 at 6PM. The event is free\, but RSVP is required on Eventbrite. \nMore details here. \nGrab a copy of Precarious here! \nABOUT PRECARIOUS \nA series of profiles of foreign workers illuminates the precarity of global systems of migrant labor and the vulnerability of their most disenfranchised agents. \nIn 2023\, after weeks of investigation\, United Nations Special Rapporteur Tomoyo Obokata came to a scathing conclusion: Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program is “a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.” Workers complained of excessive hours and unpaid overtime; of being forced to perform dangerous tasks or ones not specified in their contracts; of being physically abused\, intimidated\, and sexually harassed; and of overcrowded\, unsanitary living conditions that deprived them of their privacy and dignity. \nIn Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers\, Marcello Di Cintio ranges across the country speaking to those who have come from elsewhere to till our fields\, bathe our elderly\, and serve us our Double Doubles\, uncovering stories of tremendous perseverance\, resilience\, and humanity\, but also of precarity and vulnerability. He shows that vast swathes of our economy depend on the work of people we don’t see\, while expanding our awareness of what migrant work now entails\, and revealing that our mistreatment of the most vulnerable among us diminishes our own dignity. \nABOUT MARCELLO DI CINTIO \nMarcello Di Cintio is the author of six books\, including Walls: Travels Along the Barricades\, Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense\, and Driven: The Secret Lives of Taxi Drivers. He has also written for the Globe and Mail\, The Walrus\, The International New York Times\, and Canadian Geographic\, among others. He lives in Calgary.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/precarious-calgary-launch-2/
LOCATION:Patricia A Whelan Performance Hall\, Central Library 800 3 St. SE\, Calgary\, AB\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251002T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251002T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T224553
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SUMMARY:Booktoberfest: Biblioasis Bash in Windsor!
DESCRIPTION:Join us in Windsor as we celebrate with four of our authors and their 2025 releases! Mélikah Abdelmoumen (Baldwin\, Styron\, and Me)\, stephanie roberts (UNMET)\, Don Gillmor (On Oil)\, and Russell Smith (Self Care) will all be reading from their new books\, along with an audience Q&A and discussion. Books will be available for sale and signing. \nThe event will take place at Windsor Eats on Thursday\, October 2 at 7PM. More details here. \nGet Baldwin\, Styron\, and Me here! \nGet UNMET here! \nGet On Oil here! \nGet Self Care here!
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/biblioasis-bash-in-windsor/
LOCATION:WindsorEats\, 400 Erie St E Unit 3\, Windsor\, ON\, N9A 3X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251001T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251001T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T224553
CREATED:20250813T155022Z
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SUMMARY:Booktoberfest: Biblioasis Bash in Toronto!
DESCRIPTION:Join us in Toronto as we celebrate with six of our authors and their 2025 releases! Mélikah Abdelmoumen (Baldwin\, Styron\, and Me)\, stephanie roberts (UNMET)\, Don Gillmor (On Oil)\, Ira Wells (On Book Banning)\, Elise Levine (Big of You: Stories)\, and Russell Smith (Self Care) will all be reading from their new books\, along with an audience Q&A and discussion. Books will be available for sale and signing. \nThe event will take place at The Supermarket on Wednesday\, October 1 at 7PM. More details here! \nGet Baldwin\, Styron\, and Me here! \nGet UNMET here! \nGet On Oil here! \nGet On Book Banning here! \nGet Big of You here! \nGet Self Care here!
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/biblioasis-bash-in-toronto/
LOCATION:The Supermarket\, 268 Augusta Ave\, Toronto\, ON\, M5T 2L9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250918T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250918T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T224553
CREATED:20250801T183914Z
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SUMMARY:Self Care: Toronto Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the Toronto launch of Russell Smith’s new novel\, Self Care! Russell will be in conversation with Lydia Perovic and reading from the book\, and copies will be made available for sale and signing by Another Story bookshop. \nThe launch will take place at the Society Clubhouse on Thursday\, September 18 at 7PM. \nMore details here. \nOrder a copy of Self Care here! \nABOUT SELF CARE \nAn electric examination of women and men\, sex and love\, self-loathing and twenty-first century loneliness. \nBetween writing a weekly column for The Hype Report and managing her mood stabilizers\, Gloria navigates a series of quasi-relationships while commiserating with her best friend about dating apps and dick pics\, married men and questionable boundaries. But when she makes a glib pass at Daryn\, a stranger on a subway platform crowded with young anti-immigration protesters\, and finds him waiting for her outside her health club a couple of days later\, a surprising curiosity leads her not to consider a restraining order\, but to talk to him. \nClaiming she wants to interview him for an article on the incel movement\, Gloria meets Daryn for coffee and soon invites him back to her apartment—where his earnestness and painfully restrained desire inspire her to dominate him sexually. As their physical relationship intensifies\, so does their emotional connection\, and Gloria can’t shake the sense that she’s headed in a dangerous direction. \nAn electric examination of sex and love\, self-loathing\, and twenty-first century loneliness\, Self Care is a devastating novel about women and men\, what they want and what they say they want\, and the violent tension between the two. \nABOUT RUSSELL SMITH \nRussell Smith is the author of twelve previous books of fiction\, nonfiction\, and translation. His fiction has been nominated for every major Canadian award\, including the Giller Prize\, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize\, and the Amazon First Novel Award. A  journalist and cultural commentator\, his nonfiction has appeared in the New York Review of Books\, the Globe and Mail\, The Walrus\, and elsewhere. An acquiring editor at Dundurn Press\, Smith lives in Toronto.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/self-care-toronto-launch/
LOCATION:The Society Clubhouse\, 967 College Street\, Toronto\, ON\, M6H 1A6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T190000
DTSTAMP:20260501T224553
CREATED:20250911T171031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T171031Z
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SUMMARY:We're Somewhere Else Now: Montreal Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the publication of Robyn Sarah’s new poetry collection We’re Somewhere Else Now! Robyn will be reading from her new collection at Librairie Bertrand Bookstore\, where copies will also be for sale and signing. \nThe launch will take place on Thursday\, September 18 at 5PM. \nMore details here. \nGet a copy of We’re Somewhere Else Now here! \nABOUT WE’RE SOMEWHERE ELSE NOW \nIn her first collection of new poems in a decade\, Robyn Sarah chronicles the pandemic years with quiet wisdom and her flair for meshing the familiar with the numinous.  \nWe’re Somewhere Else Now moves with ease from the particular to the abstract. These are poems of grief and unexpected change\, of quiet awe at the human experience. Each poem is a window for the reader to look into\, “lit room to lit room\,” tracking desultory days of isolation and uncertainty\, while also highlighting reasons to pay attention: playing with a grandchild\, the rarity of a leap year\, the calls of birds. \nThree poems from the collection\, originally published in The New Quarterly\, were nominated for a 2025 National Magazine Award in Poetry. \nABOUT ROBYN SARAH \nPoet\, writer\, literary editor\, and musician\, Robyn Sarah has lived in Montreal since early childhood. Her writing began to appear in Canadian literary magazines in the 1970s while she completed studies at McGill University and the Conservatoire de musique du Québec. Her tenth poetry collection\, My Shoes Are Killing Me\, won the Governor General’s Award in 2015. As well\, she has published two collections of short stories\, a book of essays on poetry\, and a memoir\, Music\, Late and Soon (2021)\, that interweaves her youth as a professional-track clarinetist with her return at fifty-nine (after a lapse of thirty-five years) to the piano teacher who was her life mentor. From 2010 until 2020 she served as poetry editor for Cormorant Books.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/were-somewhere-else-now-montreal-launch/
LOCATION:Librairie Bertrand\, 430 Rue St. Pierre\, Montreal\, QC\, H2Y 2M5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250516T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250516T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T224553
CREATED:20250310T204042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T155845Z
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SUMMARY:Baldwin\, Styron\, and Me: Ottawa Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join author Mélikah Abdelmoumen and translator Catherine Khordoc for the Ottawa launch of Baldwin\, Styron\, and Me\, in partnership with the Ottawa Writers Fest. Host Peter Schneider will sit down with Mélikah and Catherine for a discussion on their acclaimed book. Copies will be available for sale and signing from Perfect Books. \nThe launch will take place at Library and Archives Canada on Friday\, May 16 at 8PM. \nFree tickets are required to attend in person. The event will live-stream from this page. No ticket required to watch online. \nGrab Baldwin\, Styron\, and Me here! \nABOUT BALDWIN\, STYRON\, AND ME \nAn unlikely literary friendship from the past sheds light on the radicalization of public debate around identity\, race\, and censorship. \nIn 1961\, James Baldwin spent several months in William Styron’s guest house. The two wrote during the day\, then spent evenings confiding in each other and talking about race in America. During one of those conversations\, Baldwin is said to have convinced his friend to write\, in first person\, the story of the 1831 slave rebellion led by Nat Turner. The Confessions of Nat Turner was published to critical acclaim\, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1968\, and also creating outrage in part of the African American community. \nDecades later\, the controversy around cultural appropriation\, identity\, and the rights and responsibilities of the writer still resonates. In Baldwin\, Styron\, and Me\, Mélikah Abdelmoumen considers the writers’ surprising yet vital friendship from her standpoint as a racialized woman torn by the often unidimensional versions of her identity put forth by today’s politics and media. Considering questions of identity\, race\, equity\, and the often contentious public debates about these topics\, Abdelmoumen works to create a space where the answers are found by first learning how to listen—even in disagreement. \nABOUT MÉLIKAH ABDELMOUMEN \nMélikah Abdelmoumen was born in Chicoutimi in 1972. She lived in Lyon\, France\, from 2005 to 2017. She holds a PhD in literary studies from the Université de Montréal and has published many articles\, short stories\, novels\, and essays\, including Les désastrées (2013)\, Douze ans en France (2018)\, and Petite-Ville (2024). She worked as an editor with the Groupe Ville-Marie Littérature in Montreal until 2021. She was the editor-in-chief of Lettres québécoises\, a Québec literary magazine\, from 2021 to 2024. Baldwin\, Styron\, and Me is her tenth book (and the first to be translated).
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/baldwin-styron-and-me-ottawa-launch/
LOCATION:Library and Archives Canada\, 395 Wellington Street\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1A 0N4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Discussion,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T190000
DTSTAMP:20260501T224553
CREATED:20250410T155100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T202115Z
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SUMMARY:UNMET: Montreal Launch
DESCRIPTION:Come out and celebrate the launch of stephanie roberts new poetry collection UNMET! stephanie will be reading from her collection at L’Euguelionne\, with additional readings by poets Sarah Burgoyne and Leslie Roach. Books will be available for sale and signing. \nThe launch will take place on Tuesday\, May 6 at 5:30PM. \nGet a copy of UNMET here! \nABOUT UNMET \nThis is what comes of taking dreams / off the horizon. It is the sun / or nothing else\, you would scream / if you weren’t caught up in the chorus. \nLeaning deliberately on the imagined while scrutinizing reality and hoping for the as-yet-unseen\, UNMET explores frustration\, justice\, and thwarted rescue from a perspective that is Black-Latinx\, Canadian\, immigrant\, and female. Drawing on a wide range of poetics\, from Wallace Stevens to Diane Seuss\, roberts’s musically-driven narrative surrealism confronts such timely issues as police brutality\, respectability politics\, intimate partner violence\, and ecological crisis\, and considers the might-have-been alongside the what-could-be\, negotiating with the past without losing hope for the future. \nABOUT STEPHANIE ROBERTS \nstephanie roberts is the author of rushes from the river disappointment\, a Quebec Writers’ Federation finalist for the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry\, the winner of The Sixty-Four: Best Poets of 2018\, a recipient of the Sage Hill Writing award for Black Excellence\, and a Canada Council of the Arts grantee. Her work has been critically praised and featured in well over one hundred periodicals and anthologies\, in print and online\, throughout Canada\, the US\, and Europe. She is a citizen of Canada\, Panama\, and the US\, and has lived most of her life in Quebec.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/unmet-montreal-launch/
LOCATION:L’Euguelionne\, 1426 Rue Beaudry\, Montreal\, QC\, H2L 3E5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250502T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250502T190000
DTSTAMP:20260501T224553
CREATED:20250410T154550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T154550Z
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SUMMARY:Baldwin\, Styron\, and Me: Montreal Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us in Montreal to celebrate the launch of Baldwin\, Styron\, and Me  by Mélikah Abdelmoumen\, translated by Catherine Khordoc! Mélikah will be reading from her new book at the event\, and copies will be available for sale and signing. \nThe launch will take place at Librairie Bertrand on Friday\, May 2 at 5PM. \nGrab Baldwin\, Styron\, and Me here! \nABOUT BALDWIN\, STYRON\, AND ME \nAn unlikely literary friendship from the past sheds light on the radicalization of public debate around identity\, race\, and censorship. \nIn 1961\, James Baldwin spent several months in William Styron’s guest house. The two wrote during the day\, then spent evenings confiding in each other and talking about race in America. During one of those conversations\, Baldwin is said to have convinced his friend to write\, in first person\, the story of the 1831 slave rebellion led by Nat Turner. The Confessions of Nat Turner was published to critical acclaim\, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1968\, and also creating outrage in part of the African American community. \nDecades later\, the controversy around cultural appropriation\, identity\, and the rights and responsibilities of the writer still resonates. In Baldwin\, Styron\, and Me\, Mélikah Abdelmoumen considers the writers’ surprising yet vital friendship from her standpoint as a racialized woman torn by the often unidimensional versions of her identity put forth by today’s politics and media. Considering questions of identity\, race\, equity\, and the often contentious public debates about these topics\, Abdelmoumen works to create a space where the answers are found by first learning how to listen—even in disagreement. \nABOUT MÉLIKAH ABDELMOUMEN \nMélikah Abdelmoumen was born in Chicoutimi in 1972. She lived in Lyon\, France\, from 2005 to 2017. She holds a PhD in literary studies from the Université de Montréal and has published many articles\, short stories\, novels\, and essays\, including Les désastrées (2013)\, Douze ans en France (2018)\, and Petite-Ville (2024). She worked as an editor with the Groupe Ville-Marie Littérature in Montreal until 2021. She was the editor-in-chief of Lettres québécoises\, a Québec literary magazine\, from 2021 to 2024. Baldwin\, Styron\, and Me is her tenth book (and the first to be translated).
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/baldwin-styron-and-me-montreal-launch/
LOCATION:Librairie Bertrand\, 430 Rue St. Pierre\, Montreal\, QC\, H2Y 2M5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250429T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250429T200000
DTSTAMP:20260501T224553
CREATED:20250410T150612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T150612Z
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SUMMARY:Best Canadian Poetry 2025: Toronto Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the end of National Poetry Month to celebrate Best Canadian Poetry 2025! This reading will feature a number of poets from the anthology\, including Cassidy McFadzean\, Molly Peacock\, Shannon Quinn\, Ronna Bloom\, Pauline Peters\, and Fareh Malik\, and will be hosted by longtime series editor Anita Lahey. Books will be available for sale and signing from Queen Books. \nThe event will take place on Tuesday\, April 29 at 6:30PM. \nGrab a copy of Best Canadian Poetry 2025 here! \nCheck out the full series\, with Essays and Stories\, here! \nABOUT BEST CANADIAN POETRY 2025 \nSelected by editor Aislinn Hunter\, the 2025 edition of Best Canadian Poetry showcases the best Canadian poetry writing published in 2023. \nFeaturing: \nHollie Adams • George Amabile • Erin Bedford • Billy-Ray Belcourt • Bertrand Bickersteth • Elisabeth Blair • Ronna Bloom • Alison Braid-Fernandez • Robert Bringhurst • Emily Cann • Anne Carson • Molly Cross-Blanchard • Lorna Crozier • Kayla Czaga • Evelyna Ekoko-Kay • Kate Genevieve • Susan Gillis • Sue Goyette • Catherine Graham • Henry Heavyshield • Gerald Hill • Alexander Hollenberg • Kim June Johnson • Eve Joseph • Evelyn Lau • Y. S. Lee • D. A. Lockhart • Fareh Malik • David Martin • Domenica Martinello • Cassidy McFadzean • Carmelita McGrath • Erín Moure • Tolu Oloruntoba • Catherine Owen • Molly Peacock • Miranda Pearson • Pauline Peters • Amanda Proctor • Shannon Quinn • Armand Garnet Ruffo • Anne Simpson • Carolyn Smart • Karen Solie • Catherine St. Denis • Owen Torrey • Michael Trussler • Sara Truuvert • Rob Winger • Jaeyun Yoo
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/best-canadian-poetry-2025-toronto-launch/
LOCATION:Queen Books\, 914 Queen St E\, Toronto\, ON\, M4M 1J5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250414T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250414T210000
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SUMMARY:On Book Banning: Flying Books Author Social
DESCRIPTION:Join us in Toronto for an author social at Flying Books\, featuring On Book Banning by Ira Wells! Ira will be in conversation with fellow author Russell Smith. Books will be available for sale and signing. \nThis event will take place on Monday\, April 14 at 7:30 PM. \nMore details here. \nGrab On Book Banning here! \nABOUT ON BOOK BANNING \nThe freedom to read is under attack. \nFrom the destruction of libraries in ancient Rome to today’s state-sponsored efforts to suppress LGBTQ+ literature\, book bans arise from the impulse toward social control. In a survey of legal cases\, literary controversies\, and philosophical arguments\, Ira Wells illustrates the historical opposition to the freedom to read and argues that today’s conservatives and progressives alike are warping our children’s relationship with literature and teaching them that the solution to opposing viewpoints is outright expurgation. At a moment in which our democratic institutions are buckling under the stress of polarization\, On Book Banning is both rallying cry and guide to resistance for those who will always insist upon reading for themselves. \nABOUT IRA WELLS \nIra Wells is a critic\, essayist\, and an associate professor at Victoria College in the University of Toronto\, where he teaches in the Northrop Frye stream in literature and the humanities in the Vic One program. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic\, Globe and Mail\, Guardian\, The New Republic\, and many other venues. His most recent book is Norman Jewison: A Director’s Life. He lives in Toronto with his wife and children.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/on-book-banning-flying-books/
LOCATION:Flying Books\, 371 Queen St W\, Toronto\, ON\, M5V 2A4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Discussion
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SUMMARY:Ripper: Virtual Talk with Mark Bourrie & The Tyee
DESCRIPTION:Mark Bourrie\, author of Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre\, will be interviewed by David Beers\, founding editor of The Tyee\, for this special online author talk hosted by Upstart & Crow. \nThe launch will take place on Zoom on Thursday\, April 10 at 6:30PM PST / 9:30PM EST. \nTicket options and more details here. \nOrder a copy of Ripper here! \nABOUT RIPPER \nAs Canada heads towards a pivotal election\, bestselling author Mark Bourrie charts the rise of Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre and considers the history and potential cost of the politics of division. \nSix weeks into the Covid pandemic\, New York Times columnist David Brooks identified two types of Western politicians: rippers and weavers. Rippers\, whether on the right or the left\, see politics as war. They don’t care about the destruction that’s caused as they fight for power. Weavers are their opposite: people who try to fix things\, who want to bring people together and try to build consensus. At the beginning of the pandemic\, weavers seemed to be winning. Five years later\, as Canada heads towards a pivotal election\, that’s no longer the case. Across the border\, a ripper is remaking the American government. And for the first time in its history\, Canada has its own ripper poised to assume power. \nPierre Poilievre has enjoyed most of the advantages of the mainstream Canadian middle class. Yet he’s long been the angriest man on the political stage. In Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre\, bestselling author Mark Bourrie\, winner of the Charles Taylor Prize\, charts Poilievre’s rise through the political system\, from teenage volunteer to outspoken Opposition leader known for cutting soundbites and theatrics. Bourrie shows how we arrived at this divisive moment in our history\, one in which rippers are poised to capitalize on conflict. He shows how Poilievre and this new style of politics have gained so much ground—and warns of what it will cost us if they succeed. \nABOUT MARK BOURRIE \nMark Bourrie is an Ottawa-based author\, lawyer\, and journalist. He holds a master’s in journalism from Carleton University and a PhD in history from the University of Ottawa. In 2017\, he was awarded a Juris Doctor degree and was called to the bar in 2018. He has won numerous awards for his journalism\, including a National Magazine Award\, and received the RBC Charles Taylor Prize in 2020 for his book Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson. His most recent books include Big Men Fear Me: The Fast Life and Quick Death of Canada’s Most Powerful Media Mogul\, and the national bestseller Crosses in the Sky: Jean de Brébeuf and the Destruction of Huronia.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/ripper-virtual-launch/
LOCATION:ON
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Discussion,Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250405T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250405T210000
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SUMMARY:Ripper: Ottawa Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us in Ottawa for the launch of Mark Bourrie‘s Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre! Mark will be reading from his new book\, along with a discussion with host Sean Wilson. Books will be available for sale and signing\, courtesy of Perfect Books. \nThe launch will take place at St. John the Evangelist Church on Saturday\, April 5 at 7PM. \nOrder a copy of Ripper here! \nABOUT RIPPER \nAs Canada heads towards a pivotal election\, bestselling author Mark Bourrie charts the rise of Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre and considers the history and potential cost of the politics of division. \nSix weeks into the Covid pandemic\, New York Times columnist David Brooks identified two types of Western politicians: rippers and weavers. Rippers\, whether on the right or the left\, see politics as war. They don’t care about the destruction that’s caused as they fight for power. Weavers are their opposite: people who try to fix things\, who want to bring people together and try to build consensus. At the beginning of the pandemic\, weavers seemed to be winning. Five years later\, as Canada heads towards a pivotal election\, that’s no longer the case. Across the border\, a ripper is remaking the American government. And for the first time in its history\, Canada has its own ripper poised to assume power. \nPierre Poilievre has enjoyed most of the advantages of the mainstream Canadian middle class. Yet he’s long been the angriest man on the political stage. In Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre\, bestselling author Mark Bourrie\, winner of the Charles Taylor Prize\, charts Poilievre’s rise through the political system\, from teenage volunteer to outspoken Opposition leader known for cutting soundbites and theatrics. Bourrie shows how we arrived at this divisive moment in our history\, one in which rippers are poised to capitalize on conflict. He shows how Poilievre and this new style of politics have gained so much ground—and warns of what it will cost us if they succeed. \nABOUT MARK BOURRIE \nMark Bourrie is an Ottawa-based author\, lawyer\, and journalist. He holds a master’s in journalism from Carleton University and a PhD in history from the University of Ottawa. In 2017\, he was awarded a Juris Doctor degree and was called to the bar in 2018. He has won numerous awards for his journalism\, including a National Magazine Award\, and received the RBC Charles Taylor Prize in 2020 for his book Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson. His most recent books include Big Men Fear Me: The Fast Life and Quick Death of Canada’s Most Powerful Media Mogul\, and the national bestseller Crosses in the Sky: Jean de Brébeuf and the Destruction of Huronia.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/ripper-ottawa-launch/
LOCATION:St. John the Evangelist\, 154 Somerset Street West\, Ottawa\, ON\, K2P 0H8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250306T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250306T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T224553
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SUMMARY:On Book Banning: Windsor Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the Windsor launch of On Book Banning by Ira Wells! Ira will be interviewed about his new book\, followed by an audience Q&A. Books will be available for sale and signing\, and snacks and drinks will be provided for this evening of lively discussion. \nThis event will take place at Biblioasis Bookshop on Thursday\, March 6 at 7PM EST. \nGrab On Book Banning here! \nABOUT ON BOOK BANNING \nThe freedom to read is under attack. \nFrom the destruction of libraries in ancient Rome to today’s state-sponsored efforts to suppress LGBTQ+ literature\, book bans arise from the impulse toward social control. In a survey of legal cases\, literary controversies\, and philosophical arguments\, Ira Wells illustrates the historical opposition to the freedom to read and argues that today’s conservatives and progressives alike are warping our children’s relationship with literature and teaching them that the solution to opposing viewpoints is outright expurgation. At a moment in which our democratic institutions are buckling under the stress of polarization\, On Book Banning is both rallying cry and guide to resistance for those who will always insist upon reading for themselves. \nABOUT IRA WELLS \nIra Wells is a critic\, essayist\, and an associate professor at Victoria College in the University of Toronto\, where he teaches in the Northrop Frye stream in literature and the humanities in the Vic One program. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic\, Globe and Mail\, Guardian\, The New Republic\, and many other venues. His most recent book is Norman Jewison: A Director’s Life. He lives in Toronto with his wife and children.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/on-book-banning-windsor-launch/
LOCATION:Biblioasis Bookshop\, 1520 Wyandotte St E\, Windsor\, ON\, N9A 3L2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Discussion,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20241004T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20241004T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T224553
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SUMMARY:Burn Man: Lunenburg Launch
DESCRIPTION:Come out to Lunenburg for the double launch of Mark Anthony Jarman‘s Burn Man: Selected Stories and David Huebert‘s Oil People! The two authors will each read from their new releases along with a conversation\, with books available for sale and signing. \nThe double launch will take place at Block Shop Books on Friday\, October 4 at 7PM. \nGrab your copy of Burn Man here! \nABOUT BURN MAN \n“Literature at the highest level: heartrending\, disquieting\, fascinating.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) \nDrawing together the best of his short fiction published over the last four decades\, Burn Man: Selected Stories showcases Mark Anthony Jarman’s sharply observed characters and acrobatic\, voice-driven prose in stories that walk the tightrope between the commonplace and the mystical. With an insightful introduction from John Metcalf\, this revelatory selection highlights one of the most spirited and singular masters of the short story form. \nABOUT MARK ANTHONY JARMAN \nMark Anthony Jarman is the author of Touch Anywhere to Begin\, Czech Techno\, Knife Party at the Hotel Europa\, My White Planet\, 19 Knives\, New Orleans Is Sinking\, Dancing Nightly in the Tavern\, and the travel book Ireland’s Eye. He was an acquisitions editor for Oberon Press\, and introduced many new writers through the Coming Attractions series. He is also the editor of Best Canadian Stories 2023. His novel Salvage King Ya!\, is on Amazon.ca’s list of 50 Essential Canadian Books and is the number one book on Amazon’s list of best hockey fiction. Widely published in Canada\, the US\, Europe\, and Asia\, Jarman is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, a Yaddo fellow\, has taught at the University of Victoria\, the Banff Centre for the Arts\, and the University of New Brunswick\, where he has been fiction editor of The Fiddlehead literary journal since 1999. He is also co-editor of literary journal CAMEL.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/burn-man-lunenburg-launch/
LOCATION:Block Shop Books\, 125 Montague St\, Lunenburg\, NS\, B0J 2C0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241003T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241003T210000
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SUMMARY:The Pages of the Sea: Vancouver Launch
DESCRIPTION:Come out to Upstart & Crow for the Vancouver launch of Anne Hawk‘s The Pages of the Sea (Sep 17\, 2024)! Anne will be reading from her debut novel\, along with a discussion hosted by Jasmine Sealy. Books will be available for sale and signing. \nThe launch will take place on Thursday\, October 3 at 7PM. \nGrab The Pages of the Sea here! \nABOUT THE PAGES OF THE SEA \nOn a Caribbean island in the mid-1960s\, a young girl copes with the heavy cost of migration. \nWhen her mother emigrates to England to find work\, Wheeler and her older sisters are left to live with their aunts and cousins. She spends most days with her cousin Donelle\, knocking about their island community. They know they must address their elders properly and change their shoes after church. And during the long\, quiet weeks of Lent\, when the absent sound of the radio seems to follow them down the road\, they look forward to kite season. But Donelle is just a child\, too\, and though her sisters look after her with varying levels of patience\, Wheeler couldn’t feel more alone. Everyone tells her that soon her mother will send for her\, but how much longer will it be? And as she does her best to navigate the tensions between her aunts\, why does it feel like there’s no one looking out for her at all? \nA story of sisterhood\, secrets\, and the sacrifices of love\, The Pages of the Sea is a tenderly lyrical portrait of innocence and an intensely moving evocation of what it’s like to be a child left behind. \nABOUT ANNE HAWK \nAnne Hawk grew up in the Caribbean\, the UK and Canada. She has worked as a journalist\, a paralegal and was for many years a secondary school teacher. She is married and lives in London. The Pages of the Sea is her first novel.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/the-pages-of-the-sea-vancouver-launch/
LOCATION:Upstart & Crow\, 1387 Railspur Alley\, Granville Island
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241003T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241003T190000
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SUMMARY:Toronto Double Launch: A Way to Be Happy & Hello\, Horse
DESCRIPTION:Come out to Toronto for the double launch of Caroline Adderson‘s Giller-longlisted A Way to Be Happy (Sep 10\, 2024) and Richard Kelly Kemick‘s Hello\, Horse (Aug 6\, 2024)! Both authors will be appearing and reading from their new short story collections\, along with a discussion and audience Q&A. Books will be available for sale and signing from Ben McNally Books. \nThe launch will take place on Thursday\, October 3 at 5PM. \nGet A Way to Be Happy here! \nGet Hello\, Horse here! \nABOUT A WAY TO BE HAPPY \nLonglisted for the 2024 Giller Prize \nShort stories about disparate characters consider what it means to find happiness. \nOn New Year’s Eve\, a pair of addicts robs a string of high-end parties in order to fund their own recovery. A recently separated woman relocates to a small northern town\, where she receives a life-changing visitation\, and a Russian hitman\, suffering from a mysterious lung ailment\, retrieves long-buried memories of his past. In the nineteenth century\, a disparate group of women coalesce in the attempt to aid a young girl in her escape from a hospital for the insane. These are but some of the remarkable characters who populate these stories\, all of them grappling with conflicts ranging from mundane to extraordinary. Caroline Adderson’s A Way to Be Happy considers what it means to find happiness—and how often it comes through the grace of others. \nABOUT CAROLINE ADDERSON \nCaroline Adderson is the author of five novels (A Russian Sister\, Ellen in Pieces\, The Sky Is Falling\, Sitting Practice\, and A History of Forgetting)\, two previous collections of short stories (Pleased to Meet You and Bad Imaginings)\, as well as many books for young readers. Her award nominations include the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award\, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award\, two Commonwealth Writers’ Prizes\, the Governor General’s Literary Award\, the Rogers’ Trust Fiction Prize\, and the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist. The recipient of three BC Book Prizes\, three CBC Literary Awards\, and the Marian Engel Award for mid-career achievement\, Caroline lives and writes in Vancouver. \nABOUT HELLO\, HORSE \nTaut\, stylish stories take on big moral questions from surprising perspectives. \nA teenager’s job mucking stalls at a dog track takes a strange turn when his co-worker finds a new religion at odds with winning streaks. Two brothers set out in search of fame upon the frozen waters of a subarctic lake. After her mother’s death\, a high school student tries to make rent by winning the Unitarian Church’s Annual Young Writer’s Short Story Competition. An incarcerated man considers the nature of justice between shifts with his fellow inmates at Nations at War\, the ultimate live-action experience for tourists eager to learn about the Canadian Civil War. \nSpanning states and provinces\, and featuring an apocalypse\, a coterie of ghosts\, nuns on ice\, and an above-average number of dogs\, the stories in Hello\, Horse consider the mirage of authenticity and the impact of decisions we make—for better and for worse. \nABOUT RICHARD KELLY KEMICK \nRichard Kelly Kemick is an award-winning poet\, journalist\, and fiction writer. His limited series podcast\, Natural Life\, is an intimate and unexpectedly honest documentary on his cousin\, who is serving a life sentence without parole in Michigan. Richard is also the author of I Am Herod (also on audiobook)\, which takes readers undercover at one of the world’s largest religious events\, and Caribou Run\, a collection of poetry. He is the recipient of multiple awards including two National Magazine Awards and the Writers’ Guild of Alberta’s 2019 Award for Best Short Story. He lives in Rossland\, British Columbia.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/windsor-double-launch-a-way-to-be-happy-hello-horse-2/
LOCATION:Ben McNally Books\, 108 Queen St E\, Toronto\, ON\, M5C 1S4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241002T210000
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SUMMARY:Windsor Double Launch: A Way to Be Happy & Hello\, Horse
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Biblioasis Bookshop for the double launch of Caroline Adderson‘s Giller-longlisted A Way to Be Happy (Sep 10\, 2024) and Richard Kelly Kemick‘s Hello\, Horse (Aug 6\, 2024)! Both authors will be appearing and reading from their new short story collections\, along with a discussion and audience Q&A. Books will be available for sale and signing\, and refreshments will be provided. \nThe launch will take place on Wednesday\, October 2 at 7PM. \nMore details here. \nGet A Way to Be Happy here! \nGet Hello\, Horse here! \nABOUT A WAY TO BE HAPPY \nLonglisted for the 2024 Giller Prize \nShort stories about disparate characters consider what it means to find happiness. \nOn New Year’s Eve\, a pair of addicts robs a string of high-end parties in order to fund their own recovery. A recently separated woman relocates to a small northern town\, where she receives a life-changing visitation\, and a Russian hitman\, suffering from a mysterious lung ailment\, retrieves long-buried memories of his past. In the nineteenth century\, a disparate group of women coalesce in the attempt to aid a young girl in her escape from a hospital for the insane. These are but some of the remarkable characters who populate these stories\, all of them grappling with conflicts ranging from mundane to extraordinary. Caroline Adderson’s A Way to Be Happy considers what it means to find happiness—and how often it comes through the grace of others. \nABOUT CAROLINE ADDERSON \nCaroline Adderson is the author of five novels (A Russian Sister\, Ellen in Pieces\, The Sky Is Falling\, Sitting Practice\, and A History of Forgetting)\, two previous collections of short stories (Pleased to Meet You and Bad Imaginings)\, as well as many books for young readers. Her award nominations include the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award\, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award\, two Commonwealth Writers’ Prizes\, the Governor General’s Literary Award\, the Rogers’ Trust Fiction Prize\, and the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist. The recipient of three BC Book Prizes\, three CBC Literary Awards\, and the Marian Engel Award for mid-career achievement\, Caroline lives and writes in Vancouver. \nABOUT HELLO\, HORSE \nTaut\, stylish stories take on big moral questions from surprising perspectives. \nA teenager’s job mucking stalls at a dog track takes a strange turn when his co-worker finds a new religion at odds with winning streaks. Two brothers set out in search of fame upon the frozen waters of a subarctic lake. After her mother’s death\, a high school student tries to make rent by winning the Unitarian Church’s Annual Young Writer’s Short Story Competition. An incarcerated man considers the nature of justice between shifts with his fellow inmates at Nations at War\, the ultimate live-action experience for tourists eager to learn about the Canadian Civil War. \nSpanning states and provinces\, and featuring an apocalypse\, a coterie of ghosts\, nuns on ice\, and an above-average number of dogs\, the stories in Hello\, Horse consider the mirage of authenticity and the impact of decisions we make—for better and for worse. \nABOUT RICHARD KELLY KEMICK \nRichard Kelly Kemick is an award-winning poet\, journalist\, and fiction writer. His limited series podcast\, Natural Life\, is an intimate and unexpectedly honest documentary on his cousin\, who is serving a life sentence without parole in Michigan. Richard is also the author of I Am Herod (also on audiobook)\, which takes readers undercover at one of the world’s largest religious events\, and Caribou Run\, a collection of poetry. He is the recipient of multiple awards including two National Magazine Awards and the Writers’ Guild of Alberta’s 2019 Award for Best Short Story. He lives in Rossland\, British Columbia.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/windsor-double-launch-a-way-to-be-happy-hello-horse/
LOCATION:Biblioasis Bookshop\, 1520 Wyandotte St E\, Windsor\, ON\, N9A 3L2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240930T210000
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SUMMARY:The Notebook: Windsor Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Biblioasis Bookshop for the North American launch of Roland Allen‘s The Notebook (Sep 3\, 2024)! Roland Allen will be appearing and reading from his new book on the history of the notebook\, followed by a discussion and audience Q&A. Books will be available for sale and signing\, and refreshments will be provided. \nThe launch will take place on Monday\, September 30 at 7PM. \nMore details here. \nGrab your copy of The Notebook here! \nABOUT THE NOTEBOOK \nA Kirkus Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2024 \nThe first history of the notebook\, a simple invention that changed the way the world thinks. \nWe see notebooks everywhere we go. But where did these indispensable implements come from? How did they revolutionize our lives? And how can using a notebook help change the way you think? In this wide-ranging history\, Roland Allen reveals how the notebook became our most dependable and versatile tool for creative thinking. He tells the notebook stories of Leonardo and Frida Kahlo\, Isaac Newton and Marie Curie\, and writers from Chaucer to Henry James; shows how Darwin developed his theory of evolution in tiny pocket books and Agatha Christie plotted a hundred murders in scrappy exercise books; and introduces a host of cooks\, kings\, sailors\, fishermen\, musicians\, engineers\, politicians\, adventurers\, and mathematicians\, all of whom used their notebooks as a space to think—and in doing so\, shaped the modern world. \nIn an age of AI and digital overload\, the humble notebook is more relevant than ever. Allen shows how bullet points can combat ADHD\, journals can ease PTSD\, and patient diaries soften the trauma of reawakening from coma. The everyday act of moving a pen across paper\, he finds\, can have profound consequences\, changing the way we think and feel: making us more creative\, more productive—and maybe even happier. \nABOUT ROLAND ALLEN \nRoland Allen lives in Brighton. He studied at Manchester University and works in book (and notebook) publishing. He has written books on bicycles and bread\, has kept a diary for decades\, and enjoys stationery a little too much.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/the-notebook-windsor-launch/
LOCATION:Biblioasis Bookshop\, 1520 Wyandotte St E\, Windsor\, ON\, N9A 3L2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240908T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240908T210000
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SUMMARY:Hello\, Horse & A Way to Be Happy: Vancouver Double Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us in Vancouver to celebrate the double launch of our two fall short story collections: A Way to Be Happy by Caroline Adderson (Sep 10\, 2024) and Hello\, Horse by Richard Kelly Kemick (Aug 6\, 2024). Caroline and Richard will each read from their collections\, followed by a discussion and audience Q&A. Books will be available for sale and signing. \nThe launch will take place at the Tightrope Theatre on Sunday\, September 8 at 7:30PM. \nGrab A Way to Be Happy here! \nGet Hello\, Horse here! \nABOUT A WAY TO BE HAPPY \nLonglisted for the 2024 Giller Prize \nShort stories about disparate characters consider what it means to find happiness. \nOn New Year’s Eve\, a pair of addicts robs a string of high-end parties in order to fund their own recovery. A recently separated woman relocates to a small northern town\, where she receives a life-changing visitation\, and a Russian hitman\, suffering from a mysterious lung ailment\, retrieves long-buried memories of his past. In the nineteenth century\, a disparate group of women coalesce in the attempt to aid a young girl in her escape from a hospital for the insane. These are but some of the remarkable characters who populate these stories\, all of them grappling with conflicts ranging from mundane to extraordinary. Caroline Adderson’s A Way to Be Happy considers what it means to find happiness—and how often it comes through the grace of others. \nABOUT CAROLINE ADDERSON \nCaroline Adderson is the author of five novels (A Russian Sister\, Ellen in Pieces\, The Sky Is Falling\, Sitting Practice\, and A History of Forgetting)\, two previous collections of short stories (Pleased to Meet You and Bad Imaginings)\, as well as many books for young readers. Her award nominations include the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award\, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award\, two Commonwealth Writers’ Prizes\, the Governor General’s Literary Award\, the Rogers’ Trust Fiction Prize\, and the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist. The recipient of three BC Book Prizes\, three CBC Literary Awards\, and the Marian Engel Award for mid-career achievement\, Caroline lives and writes in Vancouver. \nABOUT HELLO\, HORSE \nTaut\, stylish stories take on big moral questions from surprising perspectives. \nA teenager’s job mucking stalls at a dog track takes a strange turn when his co-worker finds a new religion at odds with winning streaks. Two brothers set out in search of fame upon the frozen waters of a subarctic lake. After her mother’s death\, a high school student tries to make rent by winning the Unitarian Church’s Annual Young Writer’s Short Story Competition. An incarcerated man considers the nature of justice between shifts with his fellow inmates at Nations at War\, the ultimate live-action experience for tourists eager to learn about the Canadian Civil War. \nSpanning states and provinces\, and featuring an apocalypse\, a coterie of ghosts\, nuns on ice\, and an above-average number of dogs\, the stories in Hello\, Horse consider the mirage of authenticity and the impact of decisions we make—for better and for worse. \nABOUT RICHARD KELLY KEMICK \nRichard Kelly Kemick is an award-winning poet\, journalist\, and fiction writer. His limited series podcast\, Natural Life\, is an intimate and unexpectedly honest documentary on his cousin\, who is serving a life sentence without parole in Michigan. Richard is also the author of I Am Herod (also on audiobook)\, which takes readers undercover at one of the world’s largest religious events\, and Caribou Run\, a collection of poetry. He is the recipient of multiple awards including two National Magazine Awards and the Writers’ Guild of Alberta’s 2019 Award for Best Short Story. He lives in Vancouver\, British Columbia.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/hello-horse-a-way-to-be-happy-vancouver-double-launch/
LOCATION:Tightrope Theatre\, 2343 Main St\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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