Between them these authors have published more than 40 books. Hear stories of family strife, old-age mischief, and small-town murder and mayhem when they read from their new novels. James Grainger hosts.
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Joan Barfoot is the internationally acclaimed author of 10 previous novels including the Scotiabank Giller Prize-nominated Luck and Man Booker Prize-longlisted Critical Injuries.
Emma Donoghue (Canada/Ireland) is an award-winning author of the internationally acclaimed and bestselling historical drama Slammerkin, three books of short stories, two works of literary history, two anthologies, and two plays. Her latest novel, Room – recently longlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize – is about a mother and son who live in a locked room measuring 11 foot by 11 and what transpires when the child turns five and is told there is a world beyond.
James Grainger is a books columnist for the Toronto Star and the author of The Long Slide. He is also the Editor in Chief of Torontoist's new books site, Books@Torontoist.
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Amara Lakhous was born in Algiers in 1970. He has a degree in philosophy from the University of Algiers and another in cultural anthropology from the University la Sapienza, Rome.
Francine Prose is the author of fifteen books of fiction, including A Changed Man and Blue Angel, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the non-fiction New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer.
Anita Shreve is the author of 14 critically acclaimed and bestselling novels. She first began writing fiction while working as a high school teacher.
