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An Evening with Cedar Bowers and Grant Hayter-Menzies

Fri. May 6th 2022 Shoal Centre Sidney BC $10

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An Evening with Cedar Bowers and Grant Hayter-Menzies

Novelist and historian will read from and discuss their latest books.
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Literary Author Readings / Public Readings / Book Signings
Fri. May 6th 2022 + Add to Calendar Shoal Centre (All Ages)
7:00pm - 8:00pm  Doors at: 6:30pm $10

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Cedar Bowers
Grant Hayter-Menzies
from Victoria BC

Presented by:

Sidney Literary Festival

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Physical tickets at: Tanner's Books

Event Description

Novelist Cedar Bowers will read from Astra, which was nominated for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The novel traces the life from childhood through middle age of Astra, a woman who grows up on an agricultural commune in British Columbia, through the third-person perspectives of various other figures in her life. Bowers has also published short stories in Joyland, Taddle Creek, and The Malahat Review.

Historian and biographer Grant Hayter-Menzies will read from his latest book, Muggins: The Life and Afterlife of a Canadian Canine War Hero, published in 2021. Grant's previous books have explored extraordinary lives. They include Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke; Charlotte Greenwood: The Life and Career of Comic Star of Vaudeville, Radio and Film; Woo: The Monkey Who Inspired Emily Carr, and From Stray Dog to World War I Hero.

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Shoal Centre

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