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Vancouver-based writer Myriam Lacroix and UK-based poet Holly Pester are coming together on the TIFA stage to share the inspirations behind their debut novels. Lacroix’s How It Works Out is a genre-bending, uncanny exploration of queerness and love that offers an interesting look at how a love story can play out in many alternate realities. In The Lodgers, Pester weaves the precariousness of temporary housing with the anxieties of a woman trying to find stable ground as she attempts to reconnect with her mother. Join us for a conversation about love, connection and the complexities of relationships in the modern world.

Moderator: Natasha Ramoutar

How It Works Out

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Myriam Lacroix

Myriam Lacroix was born in Montreal to a Québécois mother and a Moroccan father, and currently lives in Vancouver. She has a BFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and an MFA from Syracuse University, where she was editor-in-chief of Salt Hill Journal and received the New York Public Humanities Fellowship for creating Out-Front, an LGBTQ+ writing group whose goal was to expand the possibilities of queer writing.

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Photo credit: Charles Anthony.

Holly Pester

Holly Pester is a poet and writer. She has worked in sound art and performance, with original dramatic work on BBC Radio 4 and collaborations with Serpentine Galleries, Women’s Art Library and Wellcome Collection.

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Photo credit: Eleanor Vonne Brown.