All the books for this quarter are authors that will be featured in the Tri-Cities Writers Festival\, taking place f rom May 28-31.
\nOn April 28th\, we will be discussing Crooked Teeth : A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir by Danny Ramadan\, our keynote speaker at the Writers Festival. This memoir is Danny's story from Damascus to Vancou ver and all the places in between. Danny is a Syrian&ndash\;Canadian novel ist\, public speaker\, and LGBTQ-refugee activist whose work focuses on th emes of immigration\, identity\, diaspora and belonging. This book is avai lable as an ebook and eaudiobook on Libby as well as a physical book.
\ nOn May 26th\, our book club pick is The List of Last Chances by Christ ina Myers. It follows a pair of reluctant travel companions across the cou ntry\, into an unexpected friendship\, new adventures\, and the rare gift of second chances. Christina is a writer\, editor and former journalist li ving on the west coast of Canada. This book is available as an ebook on bo th Hoopla and Libby and as a physical book. \;
\nOn June 23rd\, our conversation will be about Only One Survives by Hannah Mary McKinnon. A mystery writer who also writes romance books under her pseudonym Holly C assidy has got to be interesting! An all-female pop band is travelling tog ether when their van loses control on an icy road\, leaving one member dea d and another severely injured. One by one\, the rest of the band end up d ying. Read the book and join the conversation to find out more. Available as an eaudiobook on Libby\, as a physical book and as an ebook on both Hoo pla and Libby. \;
\nTo register and get the Zoom link\, please a sk to join on the Facebook group of "CoqLibrary Virtual Book Club".
\n< p>Alternatively\, you may email Ann at ajohannes@coqlibrary.ca\nhttps: //coquitlam.libnet.info/event/13116086 URL;VALUE=URI:https://coquitlam.libnet.info/event/13116086 ATTACH:https://static.libnet.info/images/events/coquitlam/Virtual_Book_Clu b_2022.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR