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SUMMARY:The Power of Fiction Readings and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Rescheduled to: Monday\, October 21\, 2024\, 7:00 pm ETFree RSVP via Ticketsource\n\n\n\nPlease join Argo Books for an evening with Danila Botha\, Nora Gold\, Mireille Silcoff and Sivan Slapak\, where they will be performing readings of their work\, followed by a discussion about their craft\, common themes and personal inspiration. There will also be an open Q&A and time for book signing. This event is free\, but space is limited\, so please RSVP on TicketSource. \n\n\n\nAbout the Authors\n\n\n\nDanila Botha is the author of three short story collections\, Got No Secrets and For All the Men (and Some of the Women I’ve Known). Her new collection\, Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness was published in April by Guernica Editions. Her novels include Too Much on the Inside and A Place for People Like Us (2025). \n\n\n\nDr. Nora Gold\, born and raised in Montreal\, is the prize-winning author of five books and the editor-in-chief of the prestigious literary journal Jewish Fiction. Gold’s books have won a Canadian Jewish Literary Award\, a Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award\, and praise from Cynthia Ozick\, Dara Horn\, and Alice Munro. noragold.com \n\n\n\nMireille Silcoff is the editor of Best Canadian Essays 2023\, and is a regular essayist at The New York Times\, where she covers culture and society. Mireille is the author of four books\, including the multi-award-winning story collection Chez l’Arabe. Mireille began her career in the early 1990s as a nightclub reporter at the Montreal Mirror. She has written extensively about drugs and psychedelics. Mireille is currently writing a book with Vin Mon Lapin (Phaidon\, 2025)\, and is completing her latest collection of short fiction. She runs the raucous discussion salon Hot Chain. \n\n\n\nSivan Slapak is a Montreal-based writer. Her work has appeared in The New Quarterly\, Montreal Serai\, carte blanche\, and collections published by Véhicule Press and Guernica Editions. She was a finalist for the CBC Quebec Writing Competition\, won the TNQ Peter Hinchcliffe Fiction Award once\, and was shortlisted for it twice. Here Is Still Here is her first book. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP on Ticketsource
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-power-of-fiction-readings-and-discussion/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Panel,Reading
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