Loss, Heartbreak & Hurricanes with Asha Bromfield

Asha Bromfield and Amanda Halfpenny

Loss, Heartbreak & Hurricanes with Asha Bromfield

Asha Bromfield and Amanda Halfpenny

2:30pm

Sunday, October 24, 2021

Join Asha Bromfield for an exciting interview and Q&A about her latest book, Hurricane Summer, creative process and writing inspiration.

You may know actor and musician Asha Bromfield from the television series Riverdale and Locke and Key. Her sweeping literary debut, Hurricane Summer, tells the heartfelt, coming-of-age story of Tilla as she deals with colorism, classism and managing both romantic and family relationships.

Recommended for ages 12 and up.

English captioning is available for this video. Please click the ‘CC’ button in the video toolbar to turn it on.

TIFA Kids is generously supported by Gail and Mark Appel.

This event has undergone a participant change. Please be advised that Courtney Summers, originally scheduled for this event, can no longer appear. The event will proceed, with apologies for any inconvenience caused by this change.

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Join Asha Bromfield for an exciting interview and Q&A about her latest book, Hurricane Summer, creative process and writing inspiration.

You may know actor and musician Asha Bromfield from the television series Riverdale and Locke and Key. Her sweeping literary debut, Hurricane Summer, tells the heartfelt, coming-of-age story of Tilla as she deals with colorism, classism and managing both romantic and family relationships.

Recommended for ages 12 and up.

English captioning is available for this video. Please click the ‘CC’ button in the video toolbar to turn it on.

TIFA Kids is generously supported by Gail and Mark Appel.

This event has undergone a participant change. Please be advised that Courtney Summers, originally scheduled for this event, can no longer appear. The event will proceed, with apologies for any inconvenience caused by this change.

Conversation
Reading

Featured Authors

Asha Bromfield

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Amanda Halfpenny
Amanda Halfpenny is the Events and Program Coordinator for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre. She graduated with a BA in Literature from Université Laval and then launched her career at La Maison Anglaise et Internationale, a small but mighty independent bookstore in Quebec City. She then completed her Masters in Library and Information Studies at McGill University and has worked in both official languages in public and school libraries and as a professor at the School of English and Liberal Studies at Seneca College. She is also married to a librarian and is a parent to two adorable book-loving children.

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2:30pm

Sunday, October 24

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