Feb 24
A TRAGI-COMIC SAGA
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2:00pm $18 Buy tickets
MARINA SONKINA / One Thousand and A Night: As Told by Larissa, Ukrainian Construction Shock Worker
With CIRCLE OF FRIENDS FOR WOMEN
The novel is both a comic and tragic saga of a Ukrainian-Russian -Jewish family, headed by the irreverent eighty-year-old Larissa, whose vitality and wit overcome all the hurdles thrown her way by the Soviet regime. Both lighthearted and dark, this tale of suffering and love takes us to Ukraine, Russia, Montenegro and Canada.
MARINA SONKINA is a scholar, a former CBC producer, and the author of six collections of short stories. She teaches at SFU in the Liberal Arts Program 55+.
SPONSORED BY THE WEINBERG RESIDENCE
YOUNG WOMEN AT CROSSROADS
Tuesday, Feb 24, 7:00pm $18 Buy tickets
Moderator: Abby Wener Herlin
CLAIRE SICHERMAN and NICOLE BREIT* / Bloom: Letters on Girlhood
Over the course of two and a half years, authors Claire Sicherman and Nicole Breit exchanged letters chronicling their coming-of-age in the suburbs of late 1980s Vancouver.
With unflinching honesty and insight, Bloom is a candid memoir-in-letters exploring the awkwardness and confusion of adolescence, how societal expectations shape identity, and how we can continue, at any age, to release the past.
CLAIRE SICHERMAN is a facilitator, speaker, and trauma-informed somatic writing coach, the author of Imprint: A Memoir of Trauma in the Third Generation.
NICOLE BREIT* (not appearing) is a queer award-winning essayist and writing coach in Gibsons.
DANILA BOTHA / A Place for People Like Us: A Novel
When Hannah meets Jillian, their connection is instant and addictive. They’re both unique and talented Jewish women in their 20’s, but equally adrift in trying to determine and pursue their goals.
A fast-paced but poignant and moving novel – at times thriller and romance – this is an insightful exploration of friendship and identity, Judaism and cults, and hypocrisy and family.
DANILA BOTHA is the critically acclaimed author of three short story collections and a previous novel, Too Much on the Inside. She teaches Creative Writing at the University of Toronto and at Humber School for Writers.