Listed as one of
NOW Magazine's "Best of the Fest," this event features poetry by Lorna Crozier; eagerly awaited new fiction from Joseph Boyden (
Three Day Road) and Damon Galgut (
The Good Doctor); and debut novels from celebrated poet Patrick Lane and impressive new voice Nathaniel Rich. Alison Pick hosts.
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Joseph Boyden’s bestselling debut novel, Three Day Road, was published in 10 languages and shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award.

Award-winning novelist and short story writer Damon Galgut’s most recent novel, The Good Doctor, was an international sensation, won a regional Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize.

One of Canada’s most highly acclaimed poets, Patrick Lane is also the award-winning author of the memoir There Is a Season.

Alison Pick is the author of the novel The Sweet Edge, a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book, optioned for film by Four Seasons Productions, and of two poetry collections, Question & Answer, and The Dream World.

Nathaniel Rich grew up in Manhattan and is currently an editor at The Paris Review. He is the author of San Francisco Noir, which Martin Scorsese called “a fascinating work of film criticism.”