Books and Brunch: Obsessions
Books and Brunch: Obsessions
Sunday, October 19, 2014 • 11am-1pm
The Banff Centre – The Kinnear Centre, Room 305
Tickets: $35 (Brunch Included)*
Special Event / $25 with Gold or Banff Pass
Featuring: Jacqueline Baker, Emily St. John Mandel and Louise Welsh
Break your morning fast with brunch, delicious conversation, and breathtaking views at The Banff Centre, as writers from Canada and around the world discuss the obsessions (and crimes) of their most indelible characters — for those who are hungry for criminal minds and food for thought.
The Broken hours by jacqueline Baker is set in 1936, and follows a horror writer, h.P. lovecraft, and his new personal assistant, Arthor Crandle, who is soon drawn into the author’s distinctly unnerving world.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel is an audacious, darkly glittering novel about art, fame, and ambition set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse, from the author of three highly-acclaimed previous novels.
A Lovely Way to Burn by Louise Welsh is a frightening and fascinating account of a pandemic called “The Sweats” that is sweeping the globe. london is a city in crisis. But Stevie Flint suspects her boyfriend’s sudden death was not from natural causes, but a chilling murder.
Call Wordfest to purchase tickets and passes: 403 237 9068
Photo by Basheer Tome
*Unfortunately we are unable to accommodate specific dietary restrictions.
