Storytelling Shape-shifters

Jason Guriel and Miquel de Palol

7:30pm

Sunday, September 24, 2023

Brigantine Room

60 mins

Both set in the not-so-distant future, Jason Guriel’s and Miquel de Palol’s new novels imagine worlds shaped by natural and man-made disasters. Playful in form and deeply imaginative, these two stories explore the impact of pop culture, humanity’s impact on the planet, and the enduring power of story to get us through the darkest of times.

Guriel’s The Full-Moon Whaling Chronicles, written in rhyming couplets, follows an English lit student, in a world where AI novels dominate, on a fantastical quest to find the author of a cult classic YA novel of days past.

In Miquel de Palol’s The Garden of Seven Twilights, a group of strangers in refuge from an atomic alarm share stories to pass the time, gradually revealing a tangled web of secrets and intrigue.

Moderated by Steven Beattie.

Presented with support from the Institute Ramon Lull.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Conversation

Multilingual

How to attend

$39.99

Single Day Pass

$69.99

Weekend Pass

$249.99

Full Festival Pass

Students and youth save up to 50% on passes.

Both set in the not-so-distant future, Jason Guriel’s and Miquel de Palol’s new novels imagine worlds shaped by natural and man-made disasters. Playful in form and deeply imaginative, these two stories explore the impact of pop culture, humanity’s impact on the planet, and the enduring power of story to get us through the darkest of times.

Guriel’s The Full-Moon Whaling Chronicles, written in rhyming couplets, follows an English lit student, in a world where AI novels dominate, on a fantastical quest to find the author of a cult classic YA novel of days past.

In Miquel de Palol’s The Garden of Seven Twilights, a group of strangers in refuge from an atomic alarm share stories to pass the time, gradually revealing a tangled web of secrets and intrigue.

Moderated by Steven Beattie.

Presented with support from the Institute Ramon Lull.

Institut Ramon Llull logo

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Conversation

Multilingual

Featured Authors

Jason Guriel is the author of On Browsing, Forgotten Work, The Full-Moon Whaling Chronicles and other books. He lives in Toronto.

Read more about Jason Guriel

Miquel de Palol

Miquel de Palol (Barcelona, 1953) is one of the signal voices of contemporary Catalan letters. An architect by trade, he began to publish poetry at 19, and averaged a book of verse per year before bringing out El jardí dels set crepuscles, the novel many consider to be his masterpiece, in 1989. The author claims he considers this first work of narrative fiction a continuation of themes pursued in his earlier poetry. Remarkably prolific, Palol has published some 40 books, including works of short fiction, children’s stories and essays, and is a frequent contributor to the Spanish and Catalan press. Miquel de Palol’s Festival appearance is generously supported by the Institute Ramon Lull.

Read more about Miquel de Palol

7:30pm

Sunday, September 24

Brigantine Room

60 mins

How to attend

$39.99

Single Day Pass

$69.99

Weekend Pass

$249.99

Full Festival Pass

Students and youth save up to 50% on passes.

What to read

The Full-Moon Whaling Chronicles by ,

The Garden of Seven Twilights by ,

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