Beneath the Veneer: André Forget & Naben Ruthnum

André Forget, Naben Ruthnum and Nathan Maharaj

Beneath the Veneer: André Forget & Naben Ruthnum

André Forget, Naben Ruthnum and Nathan Maharaj

6:30pm

Sunday, October 2, 2022

Toronto-based authors André Forget and Naben Ruthnum come together to examine the seemingly well-intentioned, but often insidious, narratives of so-called progress that permeate our modern times. In Forget’s latest novel, In the City of Pigs, failed musician Alexander is determined to prove himself as a journalist. When he stumbles across a story about an ambitious experimental music collective, he winds up chasing answers ever deeper into a shadowy world of amorphous real estate deals and finance capitalism. Ruthnum’s Hero of Our Time examines the veneer of racial conversations in the West, exposing the venomous self-congratulation and devouring lust for wealth and power lurking beneath.

Interviewer: Nathan Maharaj

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: October 2 at 6:30pm ET
Where: Brigantine Room in Harbourfront Centre
Duration: 60 minutes
Ticket prices: $17 – Regular; $12 – Youth; or Get a TIFA Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

Conversation

Toronto-based authors André Forget and Naben Ruthnum come together to examine the seemingly well-intentioned, but often insidious, narratives of so-called progress that permeate our modern times. In Forget’s latest novel, In the City of Pigs, failed musician Alexander is determined to prove himself as a journalist. When he stumbles across a story about an ambitious experimental music collective, he winds up chasing answers ever deeper into a shadowy world of amorphous real estate deals and finance capitalism. Ruthnum’s Hero of Our Time examines the veneer of racial conversations in the West, exposing the venomous self-congratulation and devouring lust for wealth and power lurking beneath.

Interviewer: Nathan Maharaj

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: October 2 at 6:30pm ET
Where: Brigantine Room in Harbourfront Centre
Duration: 60 minutes
Ticket prices: $17 – Regular; $12 – Youth; or Get a TIFA Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

Conversation

Featured Authors

André Forget
André Forget was born in Toronto and raised in Mount Forest, Ontario. He is the former editor-in-chief of the Puritan and a contributing editor at Canadian Notes & Queries. His writing has appeared in a variety of publications in Canada and the United States, including Maisonneuve, the Walrus, and the Outline. In the City of Pigs is his first novel. He splits his time between Toronto and the United Kingdom.

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Naben Ruthnum

Naben Ruthnum is a Toronto-based novelist, critic and screenwriter. He is the author of the 2017 book Curry: Eating, Reading, and Race about the ways in which South Asian identity in the West is often received. Ruthnum's fiction has been published in magazines ranging from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine to Granta, and he is a winner of Canada’s Journey Prize for short fiction. His first two thrillers, Find You In The Dark and Your Life Is Mine, were published in North America by Atria / Simon and Schuster. Ruthnum and his frequent screenwriting partner Kris Bertin currently have projects in development at Oddfellows Entertainment. Appearance supported by Humber College.

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Nathan Maharaj
Nathan Maharaj is a lifelong bookseller. He is presently the Director of Content Marketing for Rakuten Kobo, where he oversees book blogging in multiple languages and produces the Kobo in Conversation podcast.

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6:30pm

Sunday, October 2

What to read

In the City of Pigs by , A Hero of Our Time by ,
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