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SUMMARY:In Conversation with Anuja Varghese
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DESCRIPTION:Author of the Governor General's Award Winner\, Chrysalis\n.\n
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Meet one of Canada's rising literary stars
 . Critically acclaimed novelist Anuja Varghese successfully centres on wom
 en of colour in her stories.&nbsp\;Varghese's genre-blending stories of tr
 ansformation and belonging in her poignant and chilling debut collection\,
  <em>Chrysalis</em>\, won the 2023 Governor General's Literary Award and t
 he 2023 Writers Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2+ Emerging Writers\, w
 as shortlisted for the 2024 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize\, and longl
 isted for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.</p>\n<p>Blurring the l
 ines between the real world and worlds beyond\, in&nbsp\;<em>Chrysalis</em
 >\, Varghese delves fearlessly into complex intersections of family\, comm
 unity\, sexuality\, and cultural expectation.</p>\n<p>A Different Drummer 
 Books will be on site with books for sale and signing after the talk.</p>\
 n<h5>About the Author</h5>\n<p>Anuja Varghese is an award-winning writer a
 nd editor based locally in Hamilton. Her work has appeared in several lite
 rary magazines and anthologies\, and she is the Fiction Editor at the <em>
 Ex-Puritan</em>. She writes literary fiction\, speculative fiction\, and e
 rotica/romance\, where women of colour get leading roles.</p>\n<p>Borrow <
 a href="https://burlington.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S194C320809">Chrysa
 lis</a> from our collection&nbsp\;</p>\n<h5>Accessibility</h5>\n<p>If you 
 need an <a href="https://www.bpl.on.ca/services/accessibility/support#atte
 nd">accessibility accommodation</a> during this program\, please register 
 early so we can confirm arrangements a few days before your visit.</p>\nht
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