Master storytellers Madeleine Thien and Shani Mootoo are at the pinnacle of their craft as they explore history, family legacy, and kinship in their latest books. Madeleine Thien’s latest novel The Book of Records is a dreamlike narrative that charts cycles of authoritarianism and loss while Shani Mootoo’s Starry Starry Night explores the fractured colonial history of 1960s Trinidad through the consciousness of a young, vulnerable child.
Join us as we kick off this year’s festival with two bright Canadian literary talents as they read from their latest works and discuss how storytelling has the power to resist, endure, and reshape our world.
The Opening Showcase will also feature short readings from The New Quarterly’s annual writing contest winners. Following the main event, attendees are then invited to join our Sangria Speakeasy! Enjoy a glass of sangria following the show and mingle with fellow readers, writers, and visiting authors. Each ticket to the Opening Showcase includes a free beverage at the Sangria Speakeasy.
