About this Event
Caitlin Press and Elizabeth Ruth invite you to Shhhhhh! - the launch party celebrating Elizabeth Ruth's debut poetry collection, This Report is Strictly Confidential.
Joining us to celebrate will be poets Nancy Jo Cullen, Maureen Hynes, Kathleen Olsmtead, Jaclyn Piudik & Sheila Stewart.
Secrets will be revealed. Confessions will be made. Truths told. Guests will be offered rare glimpses into private worlds.
Books will be available for sale from Another Story Bookshop.
Free to attend & all are welcome!
About This Report is Strictly Confidential:
Part exposé, part memoir, all heart—critically-acclaimed novelist Elizabeth Ruth’s poetry debut is an act of love and commemoration, inspired by real-life events that have left a lasting imprint on generations of family. Presented in four linked sections, this debut poetry collection from award-winning writer Elizabeth Ruth offers readers rare glimpses into private worlds, revealing the life of the author’s aunt who lived for decades in a notorious government-run hospital (Cedar Springs Institution in Ontario). With fresh, inventive use of language, Ruth also explores the experience of critical illness and addresses the biological father she has never met. This Report Is Strictly Confidential is an act of literary alchemy that carries all kinds of secrets out of the shadows and into the light, thereby transforming ugliness into beauty.
About Elizabeth Ruth:
Elizabeth Ruth’s novels are: Semi-Detached, Matadora, Smoke, and Ten Good Seconds of Silence. Her debut poetry collection is, This Report Is Strictly Confidential. Elizabeth’s work has been recognized by the Writers’ Trust of Canada Fiction Prize, City of Toronto Book Award, Amazon.ca Best First Novel Award, and One Book One Community. CBC named her “One of the Ten Canadian Women Writers You Must Read.” Elizabeth is also the author of a novella for adult literacy learners, Love You To Death and the editor of Bent On Writing: contemporary queer tales. Find Elizabeth on Instagram at elizabethruthauthor and on her website: elizabethruth.com
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Society Clubhouse, 967 College Street, Toronto, Canada
CAD 0.00
