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SUMMARY:Jón Kalman Stefánsson: Winnipeg Free Press Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson (trans. Philip Roughton) is the Winnipeg Free Press Book Club’s November Pick! Jón will be appearing virtually for this online event to speak about the book. \nThe event will take place virtually on Tuesday\, November 25 at 12PM CT. More details TK. \nOrder Heaven and Hell here! \nCheck out the second book\, The Sorrow of Angels\, here! \nABOUT HEAVEN AND HELL \n“Stefánsson shares the elemental grandeur of Cormac McCarthy.”—Eileen Battersby\, TLS \nIn a remote fishing village\, a boy and his best friend spend the lonely hours on shore reading and talking about poetry. When the friend\, absorbed in a borrowed copy of Paradise Lost\, forgets his oilskin one morning and the crew is unexpectedly caught at sea in a savage winter storm\, tragedy strikes. Overwhelmed by grief—and his crewmates’ indifference to what has happened—the boy leaves the village\, determined to return the book to its owner. The hardship and danger of the journey is of little consequence: he’s already resolved to join his friend in death. But when he reaches the town where he intends to end his days\, he couldn’t have imagined the stories and lives he finds. \nNavigating the depths of despair to celebrate the redemptive power of friendship\, Heaven and Hell is an incandescent story of community\, resilience\, and love from one of Iceland’s most celebrated novelists. \nABOUT JON KALMAN STEFANSSON \nJón Kalman Stefánsson’s novels have been nominated three times for the Nordic Council Prize for Literature\, and his novel Summer Light\, and Then Comes the Night received the Icelandic Prize for Literature in 2005. In 2011 he was awarded the prestigious P. O. Enquist Award. He is perhaps best known for his trilogy: Heaven and Hell\, The Sorrow of Angels (longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize) and The Heart of Man (winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize). A subsequent novel\, Fish Have No Feet\, was longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2017.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/jon-kalman-stefansson-winnipeg-free-press-book-club/
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SUMMARY:Ira Wells: Controversy @ Noon 2025 - Banned Books: What's Next?
DESCRIPTION:Ira Wells\, author of On Book Banning\, will be joining this virtual event held by the Writers Guild of Alberta as a panelist\, to discuss book banning in the Canadian literary community\, particularly in Alberta where certain books are slated to be pulled from school shelves this Fall. What do these types of bans mean for writers and for readers\, now and in the coming months? Years? What calls to action might help prevent the banning of books in the future? \nIra will be joined by fellow panelists Gail de Vos and Malcolm Azania\, along with moderator Peter Midgley\, as they explore the ramifications of banned books and more this August. \nThe virtual event will take place on Tuesday\, August 26 at 12PM MT. The event is free to attend with registration here. \nMore details here. \nGrab a copy of 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/ira-wells-controversy-noon-2025-banned-books-whats-next/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Ira Wells: Defending the Right to Read
DESCRIPTION:Ira Wells\, author of On Book Banning\, will be joining the virtual panel “Defending the Right to Read” alongside Authors Against Book Bans members Fin Leary\, Padma Venkatraman\, and Josh Cook. With Wells’ new book as a launching point\, the panelists will discuss the current rise of book bans in schools and libraries\, the history of previous cases of book censorship\, and recent efforts of resistance against the oppression of literature. \nThe virtual event\, organized by Porter Square Books in Cambridge\, MA\,  will take place on Wednesday\, August 6 at 7PM. The event is free to attend with registration here. \nMore details here. \nGrab a copy of 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/ira-wells-defending-the-right-to-read/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:On Oil: Don Gillmor at Words Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join Don Gillmor as he speaks about his new book On Oil\, a searching reconsideration of our long\, complex\, tortured relationship with oil\, in this virtual event with the Words Festival. Don will be in conversation with host and Words Director Josh Lambier. \nThis free virtual event will take place on Tuesday\, April 29 at 7pm EST over Zoom. \nMore details and event link here. \nGrab On Oil here! \nABOUT ON OIL \nA journalist\, and former roughneck\, considers our long\, complex\, tortured relationship with oil. \nOil has dominated our lives for the last century. It has given us warmth\, progress\, and life-threatening pollution. It has been a gift and is now a threat. It has started wars\, ended wars\, and infiltrated governments—in some cases\, effectively become the government. And now oil’s enduring mythology is facing a messy\, complicated twilight. \nIn On Oil\, Don Gillmor\, who worked as a roughneck on oil rigs during the seventies oil boom in Alberta\, looks at how the industry has changed over the decades and illustrates the ways our dependence on oil has led to regulatory capture\, in Canada and elsewhere\, and contributed to armed conflict and war across the world. Gillmor documents the myriad ways that oil companies have misdirected environmental action and misinformed the public about climate concerns and illuminates where we went wrong—and how we might yet change course. \nABOUT DON GILLMOR \nDon Gillmor is the author of To the River\, which won the Governor General’s Award for nonfiction. He is the author of three novels\, Long Change\, Mount Pleasant\, and Kanata\, a two-volume history of Canada\, Canada: A People’s History\, and nine books for children\, two of which were nominated for the Governor General’s Award. He was a senior editor at The Walrus\, and his journalism has appeared in Rolling Stone\, GQ\, The Walrus\, Saturday Night\, Toronto Life\, the Globe and Mail\, and the Toronto Star. He has won twelve National Magazine Awards and numerous other honours. He lives in Toronto.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/on-oil-don-gillmor-wordsfest/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Reading,Virtual Event
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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/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Discussion,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:On Book Banning: Ira Wells at Words Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join Ira Wells as he speaks about his new book On Book Banning\, a lively\, accessible survey of the pressing question of literary censorship in our times of crisis and change\, in this virtual event with the Words Festival. Ira will be speaking in conversation with host Josh Lambier. \nThis free virtual event will take place on Tuesday\, March 4 at 7pm EST over Zoom. \nMore details and event link 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-ira-wells-at-the-centre-for-free-expression-2/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Reading,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Freedom to Read Week with Ira Wells (On Book Banning)
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Freedom to Read Week in Canada\, join Ira Wells\, author of On Book Banning: Or\, How the New Censorship Consensus Trivializes Art and Undermines Democracy\, for thought-provoking online conversation Dr. Shannon Murray\, held by Bookmark Bookstores. \nThis virtual event will take place on Thursday\, February 27 at 7PM ADT. Reserve your free ticket today here\, and you will be emailed a Zoom link on the morning of the event to the email you include with your registration. \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-ira-wells-freedom-to-read/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:On Book Banning: Ira Wells at the Centre for Free Expression
DESCRIPTION:Join Ira Wells\, author of On Book Banning\, in a Freedom to Read Week conversation with Centre for Free Expression Director James L. Turk\, at this time when censorship is becoming popular and pervasive. The event is co-sponsored by Canadian School Libraries\, Edmonton Public Library\, PEN Canada\, Toronto Public Library\, Vancouver Public Library. \nThis free virtual event will take place on Wednesday\, February 26 at 7pm EST. Zoom link to event: torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 \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-ira-wells-at-the-centre-for-free-expression/
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Republic of Consciousness Prize (US/CAN) Virtual Longlist Party
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Republic of Consciousness Prize (US/CAN) longlisting of Your Absence Is Darkness by Jón Kalman Stefánsson\, translated by Philip Roughton\, at this virtual longlist party!  The celebration is free and open to the public\, and will feature the six judges as hosts\, representatives from the longlisted presses as well as authors and translators reading from their works. There will also be a Q&A period. \nThe virtual celebration will take place over Zoom on February 19\, at 6PM CT / 7PM EST. Zoom link here. \nGrab Your Absence Is Darkness here. \nABOUT YOUR ABSENCE IS DARKNESS \nLonglisted for the 2024 Republic of Consciousness US and Canada Prize • A World Literature Today Notable Translation of 2024 • A Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2024 \nA spellbinding saga about the inhabitants and inheritors of one rural community\, by one of Iceland’s most beloved novelists.  \nA man comes to awareness in a cold church in the Icelandic countryside\, not knowing who he is\, why he’s there or how he arrived\, with a stranger staring mockingly from a few pews back. Startled by the man’s cryptic questions\, he leaves—and plunges into a history spanning centuries\, a past pressed into his genes that sinks him closer to some knowledge of himself. A city girl is drawn to the fjords by the memory of a blue-eyed gaze\, and a generation earlier\, a farmer’s wife writes an essay about earthworms that changes the course of lives. A pastor who writes letters to dead poets falls in love with a faraway stranger\, and a rock musician\, plagued by cosmic loneliness\, discovers that his past has been a lie. Faced with the violence of fate and the effects of choices\, made and avoided\, that cascade between them\, each discovers the cost of following the magnetic needle of the heart. \nIncandescent and elemental\, hope-filled and humane\, Your Absence Is Darkness is a comedy about mortality\, music\, and the strange salve of time\, and a spellbinding saga of death\, desire\, and the perfect agony of star-crossed love. \nABOUT JON KALMAN STEFANSSON \nJón Kalman Stefánsson’s novels have been nominated three times for the Nordic Council Prize for Literature\, and his novel Summer Light\, and Then Comes the Night received the Icelandic Prize for Literature in 2005. In 2011 he was awarded the prestigious P. O. Enquist Award. He is perhaps best known for his trilogy: Heaven and Hell\, The Sorrow of Angels (longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize) and The Heart of Man (winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize). A subsequent novel\, Fish Have No Feet\, was longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2017. \nABOUT PHILIP ROUGHTON \nPhilip Roughton is a scholar of Old Norse and medieval literature and an award-winning translator of Icelandic literature\, having translated works by numerous writers including Halldór Laxness. He was the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize for his translation of Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s The Heart of Man\, and shortlisted for the same prize for About the Size of the Universe.
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CATEGORIES:Discussion,Reading,Virtual Event
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