Attend a live reading and conversation wit h author Ann Y. K. Choi\, who discusses their new book All Things Unde r the Moon. \;
\nThe 45-minute conversation is followed by a 15-minute question-and-answer period. Before the event\, check out the H PL catalogue to borrow the book.
\nAll Things Under the Moon (Sept 2\, 2025) is a rich and evocative historical novel set in 1920s Ko rea\, a time of Japanese occupation. The book follows a young woman who is content with her quiet\, rural life until everything changes and she flee s to Seoul to avoid an arranged marriage to a stranger. There\, she and he r best friend experience a rapid expansion of their worlds\, learning to r ead and write in multiple languages and becoming embroiled in the undergro und resistance against Japan. Ultimately\, the story is about the lengths women will go for each other and about carving out their identity and dest iny.
\nAnn Y. K. Choi\, originally from Chung-Ju\, South Korea\, is a Toronto-based author and educator. Her novel\, \;Kay&rsquo\;s Lucky Coin Variety\, was shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award. In 2017\, Choi was honoured by the Korean Canadian Heritage Awards committee and awarded with the Culture Award for promoting Korean heritage within Canada. Choi c urrently serves on the program advisory committee for gritLIT\, Hamilton&r squo\;s literary festival\, mentors emerging writers in a group she founde d called Writers in Trees and teaches creative writing at the University o f Toronto\, School of Continuing Studies.
\nSheila Murray&rsquo\;s i
s the author of Finding Edward. Her articles and short fiction have appear
ed in Canadian magazines and journals\, including Refuge Journal\, Descant
\, The Dalhousie Review\, Exile\, TOK\, Writing the New Toronto\, Room and
The New Quarterly. Sheila&rsquo\;s writing has been supported by the Toro
nto Arts Council\, Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council. \;Shei
la also received the Alvin A. Lee Award for Fiction\, awarded by the Hamil
ton Short Works Prize 2024 for her upcoming new novel-in-progress \;
Epic Bo oks will be selling copies of the book at the event.
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