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It’s our closing night event, and what a way to end our 2023 festival! We’re joined by musicians Tom and Kalissa Landa.
They’ll perform a selection of original material, sung in both English and Spanish to represent their respective Mexican and Chilean heritages. In addition, they will lean on folk musical idioms, such as Celtic, Roots and Americana. Joining Tom and Kalissa will be their longtime friend and musical collaborator Steve Mitchell.
7.30pm on Sunday, August 20. Tickets still available from our link in bio!
#ThePaperboys #LiteraryFestival #SteveMitchell
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Jen Currin, Conor Kerr and Cecily Nicholson are award-winning writers and truthtellers who use imagery, landscape and a sense of place to form unexpected poems that call for change and help forge connection and compassion. Don’t miss their discussion together on Saturday, August 19 at 2:30pm.
Tickets available at our link in bio.
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This year’s New Voices event shines a light on writers Jessica Johns and Sheila Murray, both of whom have created complex, captivating worlds with their debut novels. Moderated by Megan Cole.
Jessica Johns’ Bad Cree was called “a masterwork of creeping tension,” by Eden Robinson, while Sheila Murray’s Finding Edward was shortlisted for the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction and was named one of the best books of the year by the Globe and Mail.
Sunday, August 20 at 1pm. Tickets available at our link in bio.
#BadCree #FindingEdward #JessicaJohns #SheilaMurray #Fiction #HarperCollinsCa #CormorantBooks
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Danny Ramadan has spoken across Canada, and across the globe, since launching his career as an esteemed writer of both adult and children’s books. The Foghorn Echoes is his latest work: a Lambda Award-winning novel about a forbidden love between two boys in war-torn Syria and the fallout that ripples through their adult lives. He’s compelling and charming, and his stories are urgent and very much of our time. Join him at 10:30am on Saturday, August 19.
Tickets available at our link in bio.
#TheFoghornEchoes #DannyRamadan #PRHCanada #Fiction #CanLit #LiteraryFestival
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It’s impossible to read, or listen to, broadcaster and author Tara McGuire without being moved. Her lauded Holden Before and After is a moving meditation on grief, tracing the life path of her son Holden, a graffiti artist who died of an accidental opioid overdose at the age of 21. Beautiful, moving and ultimately a powerful rallying cry, this is a mother and artist’s story that one will always remember.
She speaks with journalist Andrea Woo, who has reported for The Globe & Mail and Vancouver Sun, amongst others, with a particular focus on mental health and drug policy.
Saturday, August 19 at 1pm. Tickets available at our link in bio.
@taramcguire @arsenalpulp #HoldenAfterandBefore #TaraMcGuire #ArsenalPulpPress #Memoir
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Janie Chang writes historical fiction, often with a personal connection, drawing from a family history with 36 generations of recorded genealogy. This festival, @janiechang33 will share more about her latest work, The Porcelain Moon (@harpercollinsca). Set against the little-known history of the 140,000 Chinese workers who were brought to Europe as non-combatant labour during WWI, it’s a tale of forbidden love, identity and belonging, and what we are willing to risk for freedom. This is a captivating work — and conversation — on Sunday, August 20 at 10.30am.
Tickets available at our link in bio.
#ThePorcelainMoon #JanieChang #Fiction #HarperCollinsCA #CanLit #HistoricalFiction
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The Sunshine Coast is known for its excellent writers. Case in point: J. Edward Chamberlin and Theresa Kishkan. Both will read from their new books and speak to the power of storytelling. This is bound to be a conversation that deepens our understanding of how stories shape our lives, how we can better listen to them, and their role in helping us create a healthy future we all envision.
Saturday, August 19 at 4pm. Tickets available at our link in bio.
#Storylines #Essays #TedChamberlin #DMPublishers @douglasmcintyre2013 @ualberta
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Mercy Gene, JD Derbyshire’s first novel from @goose_lane, has been described as “Maggie Nelson meets Hannah Gadsby.” This beautiful, humorous, and sometimes brutal look at queerness, gender confusion, institutionalization, addiction, and abuse offers a stunning insight into forgiveness and acceptance. JD, comedian, theatre maker and writer, will share more about the unique style of this must-read novel, and their passion for sharing conversation about mental health and treatment with audiences across the country.
Friday, August 18 at 2.30pm. Tickets available at our link in bio.
#MercyGene #JDDerbyshire #GooseLane #CanLit
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Delve into the deepest parts of the ocean — and those parts of our planet still beyond our scientific understanding — with a prescient discussion with journalist and author Laura Tretheway. Her new book, The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World’s Oceans, is a true tale of science, nature, technology, and extreme outdoor adventure. Laura illuminates why we love — and fear — the earth’s final frontier and contributes to increasingly urgent conversations about climate change. Join this discussion with us on Sunday, August 20 at 2.30pm.
Tickets available at our link in bio.
#TheDeepestMap #LauraTrethewey #Nonfiction #Gooselane #CanLit
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Hilarious and ever-so-relatable, Jack Knox has readers in stitches with his observations of island life. @jack_knox04 brings his humour and insight to our event about his latest work, Fortune Knox Twice (@heritagehousepublishing), on Saturday, August 19 at 9am. What better way to begin the weekend than with a belly laugh or two?
Tickets available at our link in bio.
#FortuneKnoxOnce #JackKnox #Heritage House #Essays #CanLit #LiteraryFestival
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Tom Rachman captivated us with The Imperfectionists. Now, he shares the story of a chameleonic writer, and the indelible characters in her orbit, in The Imposters: a novel about love, the power of art and what we leave behind. Called “deliciously ironic and deeply affectionate” by the Washington post, Tom is always a captivating speaker. Join him for an immersive evening on Saturday, August 19 at 7pm.
Tickets available at our link in bio.
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#TheImposters #HachetteCanada #CanLit #LiteraryFestival
