About this Event
Dinner at 6pm, with reservations via [email protected]
Event at 7pm. Hong Kong style snacks will be served.
ABOUT THE BOOK
An absorbing and heartfelt new novel about three people looking for a future when the world hangs by a thread, for readers of Moon on the Crusted Snow and The Future
Pauline has not spoken to her sister, Mei, in two decades, not since before the world changed. A rare letter arrives asking Pauline to return to their old neighbourhood to care for Mei’s young daughter while Mei goes to find work.
Twelve-year-old Jing is living in the Children’s House, where all the parentless children stay while their parents work at the Farms. She hasn’t heard from her mother in months and the food deliveries they were promised have dwindled. Her only friends in the neighbourhood are a crow named Iris, an older boy named Julian, and the ghosts of her ancestors in their abandoned apartment.
Julian, once a star athlete and student with a bright future, is one of the only young men left on Wonderland Road. He can’t leave his parents, and he knows there is nowhere left to go. But Julian dreams of a boy he met and a kiss shared in what feels like another lifetime.
These three people will cross paths on Wonderland Road, a community trying to survive in a world of massive disruption and uncertainty. When the future feels poised on a knife’s edge, they must find a way forward.
CARRIANNE LEUNG is a fiction writer and educator. Her book of linked stories, That Time I Loved You, won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for best first collection, was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award, and has been optioned for television. Her novel, The Wondrous Woo, was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award. She holds a PhD in sociology and equity studies from OISE/University of Toronto and teaches at the University of Guelph. She lives in Toronto.
CATHERINE HERNANDEZ (she/her) is an award-winning author and screenwriter. She is a proud queer woman who is part of the Filipinx diaspora and married into the Navajo Nation. Her first novel, Scarborough was a finalist for several awards including Canada Reads 2022. She wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Scarborough, which was nominated for 11 Canadian Screen Awards and won 8 including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Her other critically acclaimed novels include Crosshairs, The Story of Us, and Behind You, which was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award. Both Behind You and The Story of Us are being developed into feature films, with Catherine writing the screenplay. She is working on several TV and film projects, including showrunning CBC Gem/Apartment 11/Avenida Productions’ The Unstoppable Jenny Garcia.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
DROM Taberna, 458 Queen Street West, Toronto, Canada
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