Attend a live reading and conversation wit h author Claire Cameron\, who discusses their new book How to Survive a Bear Attack. \;
\nThe 45-minute conversation is followed by a 15-minute question and answer period. Check out the HPL catalogue to borrow the book before the event.
\nHow to Survive a Bear Attack : A Memoir \;is at once an intimate portrait of an extraordinary animal\, a bracing chronicle of pain\, obsession and love and a profoundly moving exploration of how we can understand and survive the wildness that lives inside us. \;
\nClaire's most recent novel\, \;Th e Last Neanderthal\, was a national bestseller and a finalist for the 2017 Rogers Writers&rsquo\; Trust Fiction Prize. Her second novel\, \ ;The Bear\, was longlisted for the Women&rsquo\;s Prize for Ficti on and was a #1 national bestseller. Her writing has appeared in \;New Yorker\, \;The New York Times\, and \;The Guardian\, and she is a contributor to \;The Globe and Mail. Her new book\, How to Surviv e a Bear Attack: A Memoir \;will be published in late Ma rch 2025. She lives in Toronto. \; \;
\nDana Hansen (she/her ) is a professor of English literature\, language and communications at Hu mber Polytechnic in Toronto. She is also a writer and book reviewer with w ork in a number of publications\, a librarian-in-training\, and the foundi ng publisher and editor-in-chief of Hamilton Review of Books. She lives in Waterdown with her family.
\nEpic Books will be selling copies of the book at the event.
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