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Join us for an event with two powerful storytellers and stories that span generations. In her debut novel To the Moon and Back, Eliana Ramage explores family, belonging, and identity with luminous prose that reveals the ties binding us across generations. Brian Thomas Isaac presents Bones of a Giant, a haunting and resilient tale rooted in Indigenous history and spirit. Together, their works spark conversations about heritage, survival, and the ways fiction carries lived experience into new light. Don’t miss this chance to hear their readings and reflections.

Moderated by Heidi Reitmaier

Bones of a Giant

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To the Moon and Back

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Brian Thomas Isaac

Brian Thomas Isaac was born in 1950 on the Okanagan Indian Reserve, near Vernon, British Columbia. After completing grade eight, he found work in the Alberta oil fields and in construction, eventually retiring as a bricklayer.

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Eliana Ramage

Eliana Ramage holds an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She has received residencies and fellowships from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, Lambda Literary, Tin House, and Vermont Studio Center.

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