One of Canada's most beloved poets, Lorna Crozier; Scotiabank Giller Prize-winner David Bergen; multiple award-winning poet and debut novelist Hélène Dorion; Eugene McCabe, author of one of the
Irish Examiner's ten best Irish novels ever written; and established writer and playwright Gillian Slovo. James Grainger hosts.
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David Bergen is the author of six novels. His work includes the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning The Time in Between, and the multiple award-winners The Retreat, The Case of Lena S. and A Year of Lesser, also a New York Times Notable Book. Bergen presents The Matter with Morris, an unforgettable story of a man down on his luck – his son has been killed in Afghanistan, his job has put him on indefinite leave and his wife seems headed for the door – as he searches for happiness.
Hélène Dorion has won numerous accolades for her poetry, including the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Prix international de poésie Wallonie-Bruxelles, and the Prix l’Académie Mallarmé, which was awarded for her body of work. With her debut novel, Days of Sand – translated from the French by Jonathan Kaplansky – Dorion presents a captivating, lyrical piece of sensory fiction chronicling stories of life as experienced from a child’s perspective and through that child’s growing awareness of the world.
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.
Eugene McCabe was born in Glasgow in 1930 of Irish descent, his family later returning to Ireland after the beginning of WWII. His works include Heritage and Other Stories, Heaven Lies About Us, and the award-winning short novel Victims.
Born in South Africa, Gillian Slovo (South Africa/U.K.)came with her family to Britain in 1964. She has written nine novels, one of which, Red Dust, has been filmed with Hilary Swank and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
