Join authors George Makonese Matuvi and Ga ry Barwin as they delve into their diverse childhoods\, sharing poignant m emories and experiences.
\nIn \;Imagining Imagining\, B arwin thinks deeply about big ideas: story and identity\, art and death\, how we communicate\, and why we dream. From his childhood home in Ireland to his long-time home in Hamilton\, Barwin shares the thoughts that keep h im up at night (literally) and the ideas that keep him creating. Filled wi th witty asides\, wise stories and a generosity of spirit that is unmistak able\, these are essays that readers will turn to again and again.
\nIn The War as I Saw It\, George Makonese Matuvi invites us into the world of a child living through a war he doesn&rsquo\;t understand. Dr iven by violence from their home in the mountains to the streets of Zimbab we&rsquo\;s cities\, Matuvi shares his family&rsquo\;s tale of flight and hardship interspersed with stories of his youth\, adding depth and joy to his portrait of a family struggling with displacement. The War as I Sa w It is a story of love\, of strength in difficulty and of the ingenu ity of one family as they cope with forces beyond their control.
\nGary Barwin \;is a writer\, composer\, and multidisciplinary artist and the author of twenty-six books including Nothing the Same\, Everything Haunted: The Ballad of Motl the Cowboy\ , which won the Canadian Jewish Literary Award. His national bestselling n ovel Yiddish for Pirates won the Leacock Medal for Humour and the Canadian Jewish Literary Award\, was a finalist for the Governor General& rsquo\;s Award for Fiction and the Scotiabank Giller Prize\, and was long- listed for Canada Reads.
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\nGeorge Makonese Matuvi \;grew up in Chamini\, a rural area in the district o f Zvishavane\, in Zimbabwe\, where he was surrounded by mountains and deve loped a love of both soccer and books. He is currently an electrical engin eer and runs a small consulting company. \;The War as I Saw It: In Rhodesia\, Now Zimbabwe\, Through the Eyes of a Black Boy \;is h is first book.
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\nPresented in partnership with Wolsak and Wynn publishers who will be on site with books for sale.
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