Diaspora Dialogues TOK Symposium

Diaspora Dialogues: Re-Imagining Romance

Uzma Jalaluddin and Chantel Guertin

5:00pm

Saturday, September 23

60 mins

Looking for your happily ever after/second-chance romance? Or curious about the hottest segment in publishing these days? Join bestselling authors Uzma Jalaluddin and Chantel Guertin to discuss their latest novels: Much Ado About Nada, a modern-day romance inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion (“It is, in a word, brilliant.” – The New York Times) and Two For the Road, the story of a romance bookshop owner who embarks on the adventure, or misadventure, of a lifetime. (“A charming love story, and a whistle stop tour of England, too.” – Globe and Mail)

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Conversation

How to attend

$39.99

Single Day Pass

$69.99

Weekend Pass

$249.99

Full Festival Pass

Students and youth save up to 50% on passes.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Conversation

Featured Authors

Uzma Jalaluddin

Uzma Jalaluddin is the bestselling author of Ayesha at Last and Hana Khan Carries On, both of which have been optioned for film, the latter by Mindy Kaling. A high school English teacher, Jalaluddin is also a contributor to the Toronto Star and the Atlantic. She lives near Toronto with her family.