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SUMMARY:Book Club - Idman Nur Omar - The Private Apartments
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our February book club\, which will take place virtually\, and discuss Idman Nur Omar’s short story collection\, The Private Apartments. \nFor more information on how to get the link email: raheleh@queenbooks.ca \n \nMoving\, insightful\, linked stories about the determination of Somali immigrants – despite duty\, discrimination\, and an ever-dissolving link to a war-torn homeland. \nIn the insular rooms of The Private Apartments\, a cleaning lady marries her employer’s nephew and then abandons him\, a depressed young mother finds unlikely support in her community housing complex\, a new bride attends weddings to escape her abusive marriage\, and a failed nurse is sent to relatives in Dubai after a nervous breakdown. These captivating and compassionate stories eloquently showcase the intricate linkages of human experience and the ways in which Somalis\, even as a diaspora\, are indelibly connected.
URL:http://queenbooks.ca/event/book-club-idman-nur-omar-the-private-apartments/
LOCATION:Ontario
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SUMMARY:Story Time & Activities - with Cornelia Li - Gravity Is Bringing Me Down
DESCRIPTION:Join us for story time and activities with author Cornelia Li for the launch of her new book Gravity Is Bringing Me Down. \nCornelia is a Toronto based picture book illustrator with a love for STEM themed children’s books! Her new picture book\, GRAVITY IS BRING ME DOWN\, is released January 16\, 2024. She’s excited to share this funny\, rambunctious tale featuring Leda\, an overly enthusiastic science loving girl\, and her not-so-typical day with gravity\, filled with goofy escapades and a resilient spirit. \nAfter the reading Cornelia will lead us in a few science filled creative activities for kids.
URL:http://queenbooks.ca/event/story-time-activities-with-cornelia-li-gravity-is-bringing-me-down/
LOCATION:Queen Books\, 914 Queen St E\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M4M 1J5\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Signing -  Colleen Nelson - The Umbrella House
DESCRIPTION:Colleen Nelson joins us at Queen Books for a signing and conversation about her new book\, The Umbrella House. Colleen earned her Bachelor of Education from the University of Manitoba in her hometown of Winnipeg. Her previous works include the critically acclaimed middle-grade novels Harvey Comes Home\, Harvey Holds His Own (a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award)\, Harvey Takes the Lead\, and The Undercover Booklist. The titular building from Colleen’s 2023 novel The Umbrella House is a real place\, which inspired Colleen during her years in New York City. \n \nIndigo Top 50 kids’ book of 2023 \nIn this intimate and inspiring novel about the power of art and the value of community\, award-winning author and former New Yorker Colleen Nelson brings life and liveliness to an eccentric cast of New York City neighbors. \nMiddle-schooler and New Yorker Roxy Markowski wants to tell the truth fearlessly and powerfully\, just like her idols at Veracity News. She and her best friend Scout already make YouTube videos together about East Village life\, so when Veracity News announces a Young Voices video competition\, Roxy knows it’s the perfect opportunity to make a name for herself\, if only she can find a story worth telling. When a real-estate mogul threatens to buy her historic East Village apartment building\, Umbrella House\, Roxy sets out to create a video about the people who live in her building\, depicting their love for art\, community\, and family.  \nWith time—and her options for saving Umbrella House—running out\, Roxy finds herself caught up in the mystery of the Midnight Muralist\, a famous East Village artist whose murals once made buildings famous and valuable. Could finding this enigmatic artist be the key to saving her historic East Village apartment building?
URL:http://queenbooks.ca/event/signing-colleen-nelson-the-umbrella-house/
LOCATION:Ontario
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SUMMARY:In Conversation - Sarah Everett and Lawrence Hill - Panel Moderated by Ardo Omer
DESCRIPTION:Sarah Everett author of The Probability of Everything and Lawrence Hill author of Beatrice and Croc Harry will be in a panel discussion moderated by Ardo Omer Saturday January 27th. \n \nThe Probability of Everything  \nWon of the Governor General’s Literary Awards for Young People’s Literature \nA heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi\, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and facts\, as she navigates grief and loss at a moment when life as she knows it changes forever. \nEleven-year-old Kemi Carter loves scientific facts\, specifically probability. It’s how she understands the world and her place in it. Kemi knows her odds of being born were 1 in 5.5 trillion and that the odds of her having the best family ever were even lower. Yet somehow\, Kemi lucked out. \nBut everything Kemi thought she knew changes when she sees an asteroid hover in the sky\, casting a purple haze over her world. Amplus-68 has an 84.7% chance of colliding with earth in four days\, and with that collision\, Kemi’s life as she knows it will end. \nBut over the course of the four days\, even facts don’t feel true to Kemi anymore. The new town she moved to that was supposed to be “better for her family” isn’t very welcoming. And Amplus-68 is taking over her life\, but others are still going to school and eating at their favorite diner like nothing has changed. Is Kemi the only one who feels like the world is ending? \nWith the days numbered\, Kemi decides to put together a time capsule that will capture her family’s truth: how creative her mother is\, how inquisitive her little sister can be\, and how much Kemi’s whole world revolves around her father. But no time capsule can change the truth behind all of it\, that Kemi must face the most inevitable and hardest part of life: saying goodbye. \n  \nBeatrice and Croc Harry  \n“A book to treasure and share across generations.” —David Chariandy\, author of Brother \nBeatrice\, a young girl of uncertain age\, wakes up all alone in a tree house in the forest \nHow did she arrive in this cozy dwelling\, stocked carefully with bookshelves and oatmeal accoutrements? And who has been leaving a trail of clues composed in delicate purple handwriting? So begins the adventure of a brave girl’s search for identity and healing in celebrated author Lawrence Hill’s magical debut for young readers. \nThough Beatrice cannot recall how or why she ended up in the magical forest of Argilia—where every conceivable fish\, bird\, mammal and reptile coexist\, and any creature with a beating heart can communicate with any other—something within tells her that beyond this forest is a family that is waiting anxiously for her return. \nJust outside her tree house door lives Beatrice’s most unlikely ally\, the enormous and mercurial King Crocodile Croc Harry\, who just may have a secret of his own. As they form an unusual truce and work toward their common goal\, Beatrice and Croc Harry will learn more about their forest home than they could have ever imagined. And what they learn about themselves may destroy Beatrice’s chances of returning home forever.
URL:http://queenbooks.ca/event/in-conversation-sarah-everett-and-lawrence-hill-panel-moderated-by-ardo-omer/
LOCATION:Ontario
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SUMMARY:Book Club - Monica Heisey - Really Good Actually
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be discussing “Really Good\, Actually!\,” a debut novel by Monica Heisey\, a Canadian writer\, comedian\, and screenwriter (ex: Schitt’s Creek). \n \n“Really Good\, Actually” tells the story of Maggie\, a 29-year-old Ph.D. student living in Toronto\, who is going through an unexpected and heartbreaking divorce. \nMaggie embarks on a journey of self-discovery and healing as she turns to online dating and therapy while trying out new hobbies like spinning classes and axe throwing.  \nThrough humorous storytelling\, we follow her as she navigates the challenges of moving on and finding happiness once again. \nWe have multiple copies of the book available at the store. Our online store is closed until the new year\, but you can reserve your copy by emailing us or calling us (As a member of our book club\, you can enjoy a 10% discount on the book. Let the staff know while shopping): https://bookmanager.com/queenbk/?q=h.tviewer&using_sb=status&qsb=keyword&qse=ihViYpG-txXO_RIBZ5xBcQ
URL:http://queenbooks.ca/event/book-club-monica-heisey-really-good-actually/
LOCATION:Ontario
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SUMMARY:Reading + Signing - Shelley Thompson in Conversation - Roar
DESCRIPTION:Shelley Thompson in conversation with Ronnie Ali for her new book Roar published by Nimbus/Vagrant \n…you may recognize Shelley from her role as Barb Lahey on Trailer Park Boys\, and lately from Sullivan’s Crossing…. \n \nRoar tells the story of a young trans woman returning home after a family member’s death. When she shows up\, she shows herself to her family for the first time.  \nThe MacInnes family is grieving. The loss of Miranda has devastated her husband\, John Andrew\, her eldest daughter\, Tammy\, and her youngest child\, Dawn. Not Donnie anymore but Dawn\, like sunrise\, who transitioned while her mother received cancer treatment — without the rest of the family knowing. Now\, when Dawn leaves Halifax for rural Nova Scotia to attend her mother’s funeral\, she knows she’ll be meeting her sister and father for the first time as herself. \n  \nWith Dawn’s revelation\, John Andrew and Tammy find themselves grieving for the son and brother they once knew\, while Tammy’s fiancé\, Byron\, becomes an unexpected ally. Between the complicated reaction from her family\, unwanted attention from local bigots\, and whispers from curious neighbours\, Dawn wonders if she can ever really come home. \n  \nA work of fierce allyship\, of enduring love\, and of gentle hope\, ROAR follows a family through grief and estrangement as they become catalysts for change in their rural community. Told from multiple points of view\, with confidence and tenderness\, actor and screenwriter Shelley Thompson’s debut novel is profoundly authentic\, drawing on her own experience as the mother of a trans child and a fierce activist for the trans community.
URL:http://queenbooks.ca/event/reading-signing-shelley-thompson-in-conversation-roar/
LOCATION:Ontario
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SUMMARY:Readings/ Q&A - Gary Barwin and Steven Mayoff - In Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Readings\, Conversation and a Q&A with authors Gary Barwin and Steve Mayoff. \n  \n \nImagining Imagining  \nAward-winning author Gary Barwin has written poems\, novels and books for children. He’s composed music\, created multimedia art and performed around the world. Now he has turned his talented pen to essays. In Imagining Imagining: Essays on Language\, Identity and Infinity Barwin thinks deeply about big ideas: story and identity; art and death; how we communicate and why we dream. From his childhood home in Ireland to his long-time home in Hamilton\, Barwin shares the thoughts that keep him up at night (literally) and the ideas that keep him creating. Filled with witty asides\, wise stories and a generosity of spirit that is unmistakable\, these are essays that readers will turn to again and again. \nThe Island Gospel According to Samson Grief \nSamson Grief\, a reclusive painter in PEI struggling with a creative block\, is confronted by three red-haired figments of his imagination in the form of Judas Iscariot\, Fagin and Shylock. They claim to be messengers of “The Supreme One”\, a genderless deity who has decreed PEI to be the new Promised Land and also wants Samson to build the Island’s first synagogue. Scared\, confused\, and seriously doubting his sanity\, Samson eventually\, though grudgingly\, accepts the challenge amidst increasingly bizarre obstacles.
URL:http://queenbooks.ca/event/readings-qa-gary-barwin-and-steven-mayoff-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Ontario
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