Fri, Oct 30  •  5pm

Hidden Identities

Rune Christiansen and Tara Gereaux

Join the two authors as they discuss their latest novels

Fiction
Conversation
Ticket or Pass Required
Passes available
Hidden Identities
Hidden Identities

Fri, Oct 30  •  5pm

Hidden Identities

Rune Christiansen and Tara Gereaux

Join the two authors as they discuss their latest novels

Conversation
Fiction
Ticket or Pass Required
Passes available

About

Norwegian author Rune Christiansen comes together with Métis author Tara Gereaux for a fascinating conversation about hidden identities and the complicated search for belonging. In Christiansen’s novel, The Case of the Caprice of Lost Time, a woman returns to her estranged father after her mother’s death, only to uncover mysteries that force her to reconsider her family and herself. Gereaux’s Wild People Quiet follows a Métis woman who has spent years concealing her identity, until someone from her past threatens to unravel the life she has carefully constructed. Both ask what do we inherit from our families, what do we choose to hide, and what it takes to reconnect with the people?

Christiansen’s appearance is generously supported by NORLA Norwegian Literature Abroad.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A taut, exquisitely rendered story exploring the repercussions of a woman’s decision to hide her Métis identity while living in a small, predominantly white prairie town in the 1940s, for readers of The Berry Pickers, Tommy Orange, and The Vanishing Half. Torduvalle, Saskatchewan, 1946. Florence has created a beautiful life for herself. Her home is immaculate; she is a model employee at Pratt’s Insurance, where she works as a secretary.

Published by Simon & Schuster Canada

From award–winning Norwegian author Rune Christiansen comes an absorbing and exquisite story about one woman’s search for independence and a sense of belonging, and the unearthing of family secrets. Two months following her mother’s death, Norma travels alone to visit her father, Torsten, with whom she has had a strained relationship since her parents divorced. Recently separated herself, Norma is at a crossroads in life and desperate to get away for a while.

Published by Book*hug Press

Rune Christiansen is one of Norway’s most important literary writers and the author of over twenty books, including works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. He has won many prestigious awards, including the 2014 Brage Prize for his bestselling novel The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman’s Life. Fanny and the Mystery in the Grieving Forest was shortlisted for the Brage Prize, and The Case of the Caprice of Lost Time won the French Transfuge Prize in 2023.

Tara Gereaux is the author of Saltus, which was shortlisted for the 2022 ReLit Novel Award and three Saskatchewan Book Awards; and Size of a Fist, a teen novella, which was also shortlisted for two Saskatchewan Book Awards. Tara holds an MFA in creative writing from UBC and has worked as a writer and story editor for film and television.

Dates & Times

Fri, Oct 30
5:00pm
6:00pm
A book signing will follow this event

Tickets

Full Festival Pass
SOLD OUT
Regular $159
Under 30 $79
5-Day Festival Pass
Includes 5-day festival events. Excludes Masterclasses.
Regular $159
Under 30 $79
1-Day Friday
Includes all Friday events.
Excludes Masterclasses.
Regular $29
Under 30 $15
Pass Information
5-Day Festival Pass includes Barbara Kingsolver and East West Street: A Song of Good & Evil .
2-Day Weekend and 1-Day Passes do not include Winter Garden Theatre events.

Venue

Alumni Hall, Victoria College
91 Charles St W, Toronto, ON

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