Emma Donoghue & Maaza Mengiste

Females on the Frontline: Emma Donoghue & Maaza Mengiste

Maaza Mengiste, Emma Donoghue and Marsha Lederman

Females on the Frontline: Emma Donoghue & Maaza Mengiste

Maaza Mengiste, Emma Donoghue and Marsha Lederman

6:30pm

Sunday, October 25, 2020

45 mins

The role of women and mothers in times of global crises will take centre stage in this conversation between two heavy-hitting authors: Irish-Canadian playwright and screenwriter Emma Donoghue (The Pull of the Stars), and American-Ethiopian essayist and 2020 Booker Prize shortlister Maaza Mengiste (The Shadow King). Their newest books both examine migration, war and exile in different, yet mesmerizing, ways. Discover their stories of female strength and “women holding together a world ripping itself apart” (Marlon James).

Interviewer: Marsha Lederman

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The role of women and mothers in times of global crises will take centre stage in this conversation between two heavy-hitting authors: Irish-Canadian playwright and screenwriter Emma Donoghue (The Pull of the Stars), and American-Ethiopian essayist and 2020 Booker Prize shortlister Maaza Mengiste (The Shadow King). Their newest books both examine migration, war and exile in different, yet mesmerizing, ways. Discover their stories of female strength and “women holding together a world ripping itself apart” (Marlon James).

Interviewer: Marsha Lederman

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Featured Authors

Maaza Mengiste
Maaza Mengiste was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A Fulbright Scholar and professor in the MFA in Creative Writing & Literary Translation programme at Queens College, she is the author of The Shadow King, a finalist for The Booker Prize. Her previous work, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, was named one of Ten Best Contemporary African Books by The Guardian. Her work can be found in the New Yorker, Granta, and the New York Times among other publications. She lives in New York City.

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Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue is a novelist, screenwriter and playwright. Her novel Room has sold almost three million, won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker and Orange Prizes. Donoghue scripted the film adaptation, which was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The Wonder was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and Donoghue co-wrote the screen adaptation. The Pull of the Stars was nominated for the Trillium Book Award and Scotiabank Giller Prize. Donoghue's fiction ranges from the contemporary to the historical and includes two books for young readers.

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Marsha Lederman
Marsha Lederman is the Western Arts Correspondent for the Globe and Mail. Before joining the Globe, Marsha worked for CBC Radio, mostly in Toronto, where she held a variety of positions, including National Arts Reporter. Marsha also worked in commercial radio as a reporter, newscaster and talk show host. Born in Toronto, she now lives in Vancouver.

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Emma Donoghue & Maaza Mengiste

6:30pm

Sunday, October 25

45 mins

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