We are thrilled to welcome back to Burling ton celebrated poet\, playwright\, and critically-acclaimed novelist Micha el Crummey.
\nThe bestselling author of The Innocents\, Sweetland\, and Galore (BPL's 2014 One Book\, One Burlingto n featured novel) presents his powerful new novel\, The Adversary\, in lively conversation with critic\, educator\, and editor-in-chief of Hamilton Review of Books\, Dana Hansen.
\nThe Adversary is an \;enthralling novel about love and its limitations\, the c orruption of power and the power of corruption. Taking place in an isolate d outport on Newfoundland's northern coastline\, it is the story of a ruth less act of sabotage by rival merchants that spirals into vendettas and vi olence\, ultimately forcing the community to take sides with devastating c onsequences. Through it all\, it is the human heart that reveals itself to be the most formidable and unpredictable adversary for each person helple ssly drawn into the endless feud.
\nSince winning his first poetry award in 1986 while attending Memorial Univ ersity\, Crummey has garnered an impressive list of awards and nominations for his poetry and prose while becoming a bestselling author along the wa y. Michael Crummey wrote the memoir \;Newfoundland: Journey into a Lost Nation\; seven books of poetry\, including \;Arguments with Gravity\, winner of the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and La brador Book Award for Poetry\; and the short fiction collection \; Flesh and Blood. His first novel\, \;River Thieves\, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize\, and his second novel\, \ ;The Wreckage\, was a finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fict ion Prize. His third novel\, \;Galore\, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Canada and the Caribbean) and was a finalist for the Gover nor General's Literary Award. His fourth novel\, \;Sweetland\ , was also a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award. His novel \, \;The Innocents\, was a finalist for the Scotiabank \; Giller Prize\, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Governor Ge neral's Literary Award. Michael Crummey lives in St. John's\, Newfoundland .
\nDana Hansen is a writer\, reader\, e ditor\, and reviewer living in Waterdown\, Ontario. She is a contributing writer at The Chicago Review of Books\, and her work has appeared in The G lobe and Mail\, Literary Review of Canada\, Quill &\; Quire\, The Toron to Review of Books\, The Winnipeg Review\, France&rsquo\;s Books magazine\ , Australia&rsquo\;s Westerly magazine\, and elsewhere. She teaches in the English department at Humber College in Toronto and is the editor-in-chie f of the online literary journal\, Hamilton Review of Books.
\ nA Different Drummer Books will be onsite selling the book for signing after the talk.
\nPresented in partnership with A Different Drummer Books and Knopf Canada
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