Author Event with Joanna Cockerline

Joanna Cockerline is a CBC Literary Awards prizewinner whose novel Still was longlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize. Since Still's publication in 2025, Joanna has been on a national tour, and we here at Found are so excited to be included as a stop! This evening will include an author Q&A, readings from Still, and a book signing, all in the cozy atmosphere for your favourite local bookstore! Learn more about Joanna and Still below.

When: Friday May 15th, 7:00-9:00pm (Doors Open 6:30pm)
Where: Found Books & Shop, 208 1st Street W, Cochrane, AB T4C 1B7
Cost:
Option 1) $9.99 (plus taxes and fees). Already have a copy of Still? This is the ticket for you! Bring your own copy in to be signed, and enjoy the whole evening.
Option 2) $29.99 (plus taxes and fees). Want to enjoy the whole evening with Joanna AND get a copy of Still? Pick this option! A copy of the book will be ready for you on the evening.

More About Joanna:
Joanna has published in national and international journals and magazines such as Room, The Fiddlehead, En Route, and International Human Rights Arts. She co-authored the short story collection Seeing Our Sisters in 2024.

Beyond being a prizewinner in the CBC Literary Awards, Joanna's writing has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Still was longlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize and was named a 2025 Fall Read by CBC and Chatelaine magazine.​​​​​ Joanna earned her BA and MA in Literature at the University of Guelph and completed the Graduate Program at the Humber School for Writers with Booker Prize winner Peter Carey.​​​​​

Joanna lives with her family in the ancestral, unceded Syilx Okanagan Territory of Kelowna, BC, where she has co-founded a street outreach. She teaches literature and creative writing at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan.

More About Still:
Longlisted for the Giller Prize, Still is the story of Kayla, who lives and works on the streets of Kelowna, Canada, and of Little Zoe, a woman working in the sex trade who is missing. Set in a vibrant and diverse community of people living unhoused, the novel explores sex work, street life, the opioid crisis, what it means to survive, and what it means to find a home-especially in one's self.

As Kayla-whose past is darker than she tells-searches for her missing friend, she also uncovers much about her own life. The novel delves into both the pain and resiliency of childhood, with flashbacks to Kayla's past with horses and how she came to be on the streets. Kayla also becomes friends with an outreach volunteer struggling with postpartum depression, alcohol abuse, and bipolar-yet who yearns to rekindle her passion for photography and share it with Kayla.

The book considers what home means, how picture-perfect lives are not always what they seem, how different forms of community are possible, and how we can tell the stories that are ourselves. It asks what it means to be missing and what we can-and cannot-go back to. Ultimately, Still is a story of community, friendship, resilience, and hope.

Event Venue

Found Books & Shop, 208 1st Street W, Cochrane, Canada

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