BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Coquitlam Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Coquitlam Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7707bb94-ce11-4a31-840f-3893b18259f9 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260815T112839Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261106T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261106T183000 SUMMARY:From Emerging to Famous: a Conversation with Loghan Paylor LOCATION:Branch - City Centre\nBranch - City Centre X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Branch - City Centre;X-APP LE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Branch - City Centre:geo:49.2812193,-122.7929484 GEO:49.2812193;-122.7929484 DESCRIPTION:Loghan Paylor’s debut novel\, A Cure for Drowning\, qui ckly gained acclaim before winning Canada Reads 2026. Join Loghan for a co nversation about the book and the journey behind its success..\nhttps://co quitlam.libnet.info/event/17091762 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

An accomplished teacher\, entrepreneur and writer\, Loghan Paylor is an author who knew who they were when they rele ased their first novel in 2024\, A Cure for Drowning. Rapidly gaining a fo llowing\, A Cure for Drowning (2024) has picked up numerous award nominati ons and widespread critical acclaim\, most recently winning Canada Reads 2 026. An impressive work combining Canadian history\, romance and queer ele ments\, this novel has sparked conversations across Canada. Join us as we hear from Loghan about what this book is about and the journey around it.< /p>\n

The author talk will be followed by a Q&\;A period.

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Registration required.

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For more information about th is \;Fraser River Literary Festival event\, email&nbs p\;ask@coqlibrary.ca. \;

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Special for this night! Afterhours at the Libra ry

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Time: 5:00-7:00 pm

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Here for one night only\, l ocal bookstore Western Sky books will be set up with festival authors for sale\, so get your books! In addition\, the local eatery Beanery Coffeehou se &\; Eatery will be on site selling delicious sandwiches and treats ( optional purchases\, not included with registration). \;

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Dinne r\, entertainment\, and books\, sorted!

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L oghan Paylor is a queer\, trans writer who lives in Chilliwack\, BC. They are the author of the #1 national bestseller The Cure for Drownin g (Random House Canada\, 2024)\, which won the 2026 CBC Canada Reads compe tition and was shortlisted for the 2026 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Speculative Fiction. It was also shortlisted for the 2025 BC and Yuko n Book Prize: Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes and longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize. It was a 2024 Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year pick. Loghan&rsquo\;s work has appeared in Room\, Prairie Fire\, CBC Arts and more. Their nonfiction work was longlisted for the 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize. Loghan is a graduate of The Writer&rsquo\;s Studio at Simon Fraser University and they hold an MFA in Creative Writing from the University o f British Columbia. They divide their time between teaching\, writing\, an d co-owning a game company.

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