EAST/WEST IN CANADIAN FICTION

JUNE 16 eAsT/WesT in cAnAdiAn FicTion

LYnn coAdY | LoRnA cRoZieR | AnosH iRAni | MicHAeL WinTeR

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Four powerhouse Canadian authors discuss how their art is influenced by a sense of place.

How does living in Vancouver or St. John’s affect what you write? What does a Prairie writer have in common with a Cape Bretoner? And, in a country of immigrants, what does “East/West” really mean?

Edmonton’s Lynn Coady, Governor General’s Award nominee for Strange Heaven, is also renowned for Play the Monster Blind and Saints of Big Harbour. Saskatchewan-born Lorna Crozier’s poetry collections include Small Beneath the Sky, Whetstone, and the Governor General’s Award winner Inventing the Hawk. Novelist and playwright Anosh Irani evokes the India of his birth in such works as Bombay Black, The Song of Kahunsha, and, most recently, Dahanu Road. England-born and Newfoundland-raised, Michael Winter is author of The Architects Are Here, The Big Why, and the award-winning novel, This All Happened. Together, these diverse artists share their work and examine literary aspects of a major Festival theme. Reading by Anosh Irani Dahanu Road Thursday, June 17, 12:00 PM North York Central Library (5120 Yonge Street)

Reading by Lorna Crozier Small Beneath the Sky Thursday, June 17, 12:00 PM Pape Danforth Branch (701 Pape Avenue)

“Stumbling onto a Lorna Crozier poem is like running into a tropical rainforest on the Prairies.”

- Books in Canada

“Supreme originality, shattering insight… Michael Winter is well on his way to having one of the most distinctive voices in Canadian literature.”

- Winnipeg Free Press

Moderated by Noah Richler. Book sales by: Pages – Beyond Bricks and Mortar

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