Join us for a taste of two stunning novels that examine love, creativity and how we make our way in the modern world, followed by a conversation between Peter Schneider and Governor General’s Literary Award Winners Jordan Tannahill and Dionne Brand.
Part ontological thriller, part millennial saga, Jordan Tannahill’s Liminal is a riotous and moving portrait of a young man in volatile times, a generation caught in suspended animation, and a son’s enduring love for his mother. From androids to cannibals to sex clubs, an unforgettable personal odyssey emerges, populated by a cast of sublime outsiders in search for the ever-elusive nature of self.
Dionne Brand’s new novel, Theory , begins as its narrator sets out, like many a graduate student, to write a wildly ambitious thesis on the past, present, and future of art, culture, race, gender, class, and politics—a revolutionary work that its author believes will synthesise and thereby transform the world. While our narrator tries to complete this magnum opus, three lovers enter the story, one after the other, each transforming the endeavour.
Books available for purchase at every event: Proceeds support our free children’s literacy programs.
Theory marks Dionne Brand’s latest accomplishment in exquisitely attuning both thought and language to the sublime of everyday life…. By turns wry, passionate, and sensuously intellectual, Theory is a book of singular power from one of our greatest living writers.
Join us for a taste of two stunning novels that examine love, creativity and how we make our way in the modern world, followed by a conversation between Peter Schneider and Governor General’s Literary Award Winners Jordan Tannahill and Dionne Brand.
Part ontological thriller, part millennial saga, Jordan Tannahill’s Liminal is a riotous and moving portrait of a young man in volatile times, a generation caught in suspended animation, and a son’s enduring love for his mother. From androids to cannibals to sex clubs, an unforgettable personal odyssey emerges, populated by a cast of sublime outsiders in search for the ever-elusive nature of self.
Dionne Brand’s new novel, Theory , begins as its narrator sets out, like many a graduate student, to write a wildly ambitious thesis on the past, present, and future of art, culture, race, gender, class, and politics—a revolutionary work that its author believes will synthesise and thereby transform the world. While our narrator tries to complete this magnum opus, three lovers enter the story, one after the other, each transforming the endeavour.
Books available for purchase at every event: Proceeds support our free children’s literacy programs.
