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1. Join us for the launch of Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai, Thursday November 10 @ 7pm
2. Spend an evening with Octavia Butler and Nalo Hopkinson as they converse about Octavia's new book and life, Tuesday November 15 @ 7pm
3. Win a copy of Audrey Niffenegger's The Three Incestuous Sisters, a beautiful novel in pictures.
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Book Launch/Reception for
Swimming in the Monsoon Sea
By Shyam Selvadurai

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10
7pm @ TWB

Set in Sri Lanka in 1980, we meet fourteen-year-old Amrith whose holiday plans seem unpromising until his cousin arrives from Canada and Amrith's ordered life is storm tossed. Amrith finds himself falling into a dangerous love…

Shyam Selvadurai's brilliant novels have garnered him international acclaim. In this, his first young adult novel, he explores tumultuous first love with clarity, humour, and compassion.

Come spend the evening with us and hear Shyam read from his new novel and have your copy autographed. Free Admission. Food and Drinks. Wheelchair Accessible.

Co-sponsored by Tundra Books.

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Book Launch for
Fledgling
By Octavia Butler

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 7pm
Innis Town Hall
2 Sussex Avenue
Admission: $5 - $12 sliding scale, available at TWB
Tickets available at the door.

Fledgling, Octavia Butler's first new novel in seven years, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: she is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Fledgling is a captivating novel that tests the limits of “otherness” and questions what it means to be truly human.

Join us for an evening with Octavia Butler and Nalo Hopkinson as they converse about Octavia's new book and life.
Octavia Butler is the author of fourteen books, including the novels Kindred, Dawn, and Parable of the Sower, and one collection of short fiction, Bloodchild and Other Stories. Recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant, the Hugo and Nebula Awards, a lifetime achievement award in writing from PEN, and numerous other literary awards, Ms. Butler is widely acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations that range from the distant past to the far future.

Nalo Hopkinson is an award-winning Canadian writer and editor. Her novels “Brown Girl in the Ring”, “Midnight Robber” and “Salt Roads” have received critical acclaim across North America . She resides in Toronto .

Wheelchair Accessible.
Co-sponsored by Seven Stories Press and Publishers Group Canada .

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Book Launch/Slide Presentation for
The Three Incestuous Sisters
by Audrey Niffenegger

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 7pm
Innis Town Hall
2 Sussex Avenue
Free Admission

This evocative, illustrated book tells the tale of three very different sisters: one who is beautiful, one who is smart, and one who is talented. The Three Incestuous Sisters showcases Audrey Niffenegger's incredible talent as a artist and a writer.

Join us for a slide presentation of this beautiful book as Audrey speaks about how this wonderful work of art and story came to be.

Audrey Niffenegger is the author of the international bestseller The Time Traveler's Wife. The Three Incestuous sisters is her first “novel in pictures”.

Wheelchair Accessible.

Co-sponsored by Abrams Books and Canadian Manda Group.

* * Win a copy of the The Three Incestuous Sisters! Be the third correct email response to the following query: Name the author of Code White and when she will be at TWB. Contest closes Friday November 11 at 3pm. One entry per email address, one entry per person. Winner will be contacted by email.