About this Event
Another Story Bookshop, NeWest Press and Wolsak & Wynn present the Toronto launch of Christine Fischer Guy’s The Instrument Must Not Matter and Alice Zorn’s Mind the Gap with host Kelley Aitken and featuring special musical guest Mai Miyagaki
Please join us for a wonderful evening of readings and discussion, along with a piano performance highlighting the music within The Instrument Must Not Matter.
About the books:
Mind the Gap is a beautifully crafted second short story collection from award-winning writer Alice Zorn. In these seven short stories and one novella she travels through Mexico, Morocco, Texas, England, Austria, Tunisia, and northeastern Quebec. With an uncompromising and relatable voice, Zorn shines once again in this exploration of friendship, love, art, work, gender, and cultural identity in this spectacular collection of travel fiction.
The Instrument Must Not Matter is a sweeping coming-of-age novel where gifted young classical pianist Lila Rys finds herself in New York City studying under famed teacher George Vrubel. As Lila struggles with the weight of her family history and the expectations of the classical music world she learns to trust herself, and to set her love for her family, and her music, free.
About the authors:
Christine Fischer Guy is a Toronto writer and journalist. She’s a 2024 VCCA fellow and is the author of The Umbrella Mender. The Instrument Must Not Matter is a coming-of-age story about a classical pianist and is her second novel. Her short stories have appeared in journals across North America and in the UK. She’s a National Magazine Award winner and contributes criticism and interviews to literary journals.
Originally from Hamilton, Ontario, Alice Zorn has now lived for many years in Montréal. Her fiction has been shortlisted for the 2009 Quebec Writers’ Federation First Book Award, as well as the 2017 Ontario Library Association Evergreen Award. Her short stories have won prizes, including the Manitoba Magazine Award for Fiction. Mind the Gap is her fifth book.
Kelley Aitken is an artist, writer and instructor living in Toronto who teaches drawing at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Her stories have been nominated or shortlisted for national prizes.
Mai Miyagaki, DMus, is a performance pianist who teaches music and piano, and who has been a registered collaborative pianist at McGill University and Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
The venue is barrier-free – all main floor areas can be accessed without stairs and has an accessible washroom. A mobility ramp is located on the north side of the building.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Heliconian, 35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto, Canada
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