Ottawa International Writer's Festival Virtual Fall Season - Week 1

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UPDATE: Additional Services at OPL Branches – Starting Mar. 8

02/03/2021

Starting Monday, March 8:

28 of our 31 open branches will offer returns and holds pick up inside the branches, as well as browsing, and use of public computers.
Rosemount, Orléans, and Metcalfe branches will offer contactless returns and holds pick up inside the branches.
The Bookmobile will offer browsing of a small collection at all stops.
Hours of operation will remain the same.
Mask wearing inside the branches, and outside in line, remain mandatory.

Author Visit: The first event of the season is a book launch of Ottawa’s own internationally renowned Francis Itani with her new novel The Company We Keep on Tuesday, August 18 at 7:30 pm, hosted by Hélène Giroux. If you cannot attend a live event, a recording will be made available on Facebook Live and on OPL’s Youtube page later each week.

Podcast: Listen to Podcast Episode 1 discussing why we love scary stories, available as of Friday, August 21: Fear itself with Andrew Pyper, Craig Davidson and Stephen Graham Jones. Has the pandemic changed the way we think about horror? Are we more or less willing to take a fictional walk into the darkness during these difficult times?

Pre-recorded Event(s): Available as of Sunday, August 23.

A History of My Brief Body with Billy-Ray Belcourt, hosted by Ellen Chang-Richardson. The youngest-ever winner of the Griffin Prize mines his own personal history to reconcile the world he was born into with the world that could be. Billy-Ray Belcourt's debut memoir opens with a tender letter to his kokum and memories of his early life in the hamlet of Joussard, Alberta, and on the Driftpile First Nation.
From Stone Tools to Smartphones with Gaia Vince, hosted by Sean Wilson. What enabled us to progress from simple stone tools to smartphones? How did bands of hunter-gatherers evolve into multinational empires? In Transcendence, Gaia Vince argues that modern humans are the product of a nuanced coevolution of our genes, environment, and culture that goes back into deep time.

Ottawa International Writer's Festival Virtual Season - Week 1by OttawaNewcomerServices

Titles featured during Week 1 of the Ottawa International Writer's Festival Virtual Fall Season - August 17-23, 2020. Please see https://writersfestival.org/events for more details.