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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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