An engaging author talk featuring two accl aimed Canadian literary voices: Loghan Paylor\, 2026 CBC Canada Reads cham pion and author of The Cure for Drowning\, and Anuja Varghese\, recipient of a Governor General&rsquo\;s Literary Award for Fiction and author of < a href="https://cambridgepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S207C1820534">A Ki ss of Crimson Ash.
\nThe authors discuss their award-winning boo
ks\, writing practices\, and the ideas and experiences that shape their st
ories\, followed by a conversation about contemporary Canadian literature
and audience questions.
Stop by the Woolf &\; Company \;table to purchas
e novels and get them signed by your favourite author as a memento of this
thrilling event.
Doors for this event will open at 6:00 pm.
\nRegistration is required to confirm attendance. Please register for eve ryone attending. Limited entry without registration may be available at th e door\, but is not guaranteed.
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\nAbout Logh an Paylor
\nLoghan Paylor is a queer\, trans writer who liv es in Chilliwack\, BC. They are the author of the #1 national bestseller&n bsp\;The Cure for Drowning \;(Random House Canada\, 2024)\, which won the 2026 \;CBC Canada Reads \;competition and was shortlisted for the 2026 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Speculative Fiction. It wa s also shortlisted for the 2025 BC and Yukon Book Prize: Jim Deva Prize fo r 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 mor e. Their nonfiction work was longlisted for the 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize. Loghan is a graduate of The Writer&rsquo\;s Studio at Simon Fraser Univer sity and they hold an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Briti sh Columbia. They divide their time between teaching\, writing\, and co-ow ning a game company.
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\nAbout Anuja Varghese< /strong>
\nAnuja Varghese (she/her) is an award-winning writer and e ditor. \;Her debut short story collection\, \;Chrysalis\, won the Writers' Trust of Canada's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Write rs and the Governor General&rsquo\;s Literary Award for Fiction\, was shor tlisted for the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize\, and was longlisted fo r the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. Her work has appeared in \;Hoba rt\, Corvid Queen\, Southern Humanities Review\, \;The Malahat Review\ , \;The Fiddlehead\, and \;Plenitude Magazine\, as well as the&nbs p\;Queer Little Nightmares \;anthology\, among others. Anuja lives in Hamilton\, Ontario\, with her partner\, two kids\, and two cats.
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COST: Free