Join award-winni ng novelist\, playwright\, and cultural commentator Jordan Tannahill for a n evening of conversation about his latest novel\, The Living Re alm. Known for his bold\, thought-provoking storytelling\, Tannah ill has become one of Canada's most celebrated contemporary writers.
\nIn this engaging author talk\, Tannahill will discuss the ideas\, inspi rations\, and creative process behind his newest work\, as well as his app roach to writing and storytelling more broadly. Whether you're already fam iliar with his work or discovering it for the first time\, this is a uniqu e opportunity to hear from one of Canada's most acclaimed literary voices.
\nBooks will be available for purchase\, and a signing will follow the event.
\nPresented in partnership with Words Worth Books.
\nWhile cruising one evening by Teufelssee\, a small glacial lake in the Grunewald forest on the edge of Berlin\, a man spots a handsome stranger who bears an uncanny resemblan ce to his former lover. Only\, Lukas died nearly thirty years ago. Yet the man cannot shake the feeling that it was really Lukas he saw.
\nAlo ng with his friends\, Gabor and Birgit\, the man spends the long\, hot sum mer by the lake\, observing the comings and goings of their fellow nudists \, as well as their beloved Elsa\, a boar who lives along its fringes. He also continues to encounter Lukas\, and then other lost lovers as well. As he attempts to make sense of the strange occurrences and learns more of T eufelssee\, he finds himself venturing deeper into the mystery of the fore st\, leading him to question not just his sanity but the nature of time it self.
\nWritten with the lyricism and erudition that have made Jorda n Tannahill an internationally celebrated playwright\, The Living Realm is a dreamlike novel of epic feeling\, and an elegy to the ways our lives be come entangled with history\, the natural world\, and those we love.
\nJordan Tannahill is a novelist and playwright. His debut novel\, \;Liminal\, received France&rsquo\;s 20 21 Prix des Jeunes Libraires. His second novel\, \;The Listeners\, was short-listed for the 2021 Giller Prize and adapted into a limited series for the BBC. His most recent play\, \;Prince Faggot\, ran off-Broadway for seven months in 2025. \;He has twice won the Governor General&rsq uo\;s Literary Award for Drama\, and his work has been presented at venues including the Young Vic Theatre and Sadler&rsquo\;s Wells in London\, the Kitchen and Lincoln Center in New York City\, and the Deutsches Theater i n Berlin. Born in Ottawa\, he lives in New York City with his husband.
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