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Windsor publishing house Biblioasis is gearing up for the local launch of three new works, including a Giller Prize long-listed short story collection and a one-of-a-kind history book.
The books have already been released, but the authors are coming to Windsor to promote them with events at Biblioasis Bookshop.
First up will be Roland Allen’s The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper. Allen will launch the book on Monday at 7 p.m.
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“This is the first history of its kind, spanning 800 years of the human affinity for notebooking,” according to Biblioasis.
The work examines the notebook’s versatility for creative thinking, and tells the “notebook stories” of Leonardo and Frida Kahlo, Isaac Newton, Marie Curie, Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry James, Agatha Christie, and Charles Darwin.
On Oct. 2, Caroline Adderson will read from her Giller-longlisted A Way to Be Happy, and Richard Kelly Kemick will launch his debut story collection, Hello, Horse.
A Way to Be Happy is a collection of short stories about different characters m— including a pair of addicts, a Russian hitman, and a young girl trying to escape from a hospital for the insane — considering what it means to find happiness.
Hello, Horse is a series of stories that take on big moral questions from surprising perspectives, according to a media release.
“Spanning states and provinces, and featuring an apocalypse, a coterie of ghosts, nuns on ice, and an above-average number of dogs, the stories in Hello, Horse consider the mirage of authenticity and the impact of decisions we make — for better and for worse.”
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Each event will include an author reading, discussion, and audience Q&A. Books will also be available for purchase and signing.
For more information about the events, or to buy the books, go to biblioasis.com.
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