Author Reading by Annahid Dashtgard: Bones of Belonging

Sun Jun 09 2024 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm

Bayfield Community Centre & Arena | Bayfield

Alice Munro Festival of the Short Story
Publisher/HostAlice Munro Festival of the Short Story
Author Reading by Annahid Dashtgard:  Bones of Belonging
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This national bestseller shares experiences of searching for, and teaching about, belonging in our deeply divided world.
About this Event

In a series of deft interlocking stories, this national bestseller shares experiences of searching for, and teaching about, belonging in our deeply divided world. A critically acclaimed racialized immigrant writer and recognized diversity and inclusion leader, Annahid writes with wisdom, honesty and a wry humour as she considers what it means to belong—to a country, in a marriage, in our own skin — and what the impact is when belonging is absent. Like the bones of the human body, these stories and vignettes knit together a remarkable vision of what wholeness looks like as a racial outsider in a culture still dominated by whiteness.


The Reading is followed by a Q&A moderated by Mark Nonkes, Local immigration Partnership. The author will be available to sign books following the Reading.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Annahid is an author and CEO of international inclusion company Anima Leadership, devoted to using her voice towards a more just future. Alongside writing for various publications and serving on award juries (including the Hilary Weston non-fiction prize), she’s author of the national best-seller and memoir which Ms. Magazine prophesied “may change you”. A leading voice on race, trauma and immigration, she also hosts the podcast Soundwaves of Belonging, featuring intimate and irreverent conversations with fellow bridge-builders. Having grown up in three different countries—Iran, England and Canada—on three different continents, Annahid is a citizen of the world, a lover of stories and a truth speaker for a more just future (@Annahid).

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Bayfield Community Centre & Arena, 4 Jane Street, Bayfield, Canada

Tickets

CAD 35.00

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