Sun, Nov 1  •  12:30pm

The Typing Lady: Ruth Ozeki

Ruth Ozeki

Hear from the best-selling author on her latest collection of short stories

Fiction
Conversation
Ticket or Pass Required
Passes available
The Typing Lady: Ruth Ozeki
The Typing Lady: Ruth Ozeki

Sun, Nov 1  •  12:30pm

The Typing Lady: Ruth Ozeki

Ruth Ozeki

Hear from the best-selling author on her latest collection of short stories

Conversation
Fiction
Ticket or Pass Required
Passes available

About

Award-winning novelist Ruth Ozeki takes her turn typing short stories in her latest work, The Typing Lady. The collection spans decades and countries, bringing together characters with the common thread: the written word. From letters to manuscripts to disappearing ink, each shows how much of ourselves we leave in stories and how much it connects us to others. Ozeki will reflect on the writing process, and how it differs from writing novels, as well as her inspirations for her debut collection of short stories.

A spellbinding story collection from Booker Prize finalist Ruth Ozeki, about the lives we almost lived, the people we can’t quite forget, and the stories that shape us long after the last page is turned In this spirited and emotionally resonant collection, award-winning novelist Ruth Ozeki turns her singular gaze to the short story, exploring childhood ambition, youthful desire, midlife reinvention, and the unsparing clarity of old age. With her distinctive blend of wit, warmth, and deep humanity, she brings us twelve richly imagined stories of characters standing at life’s thresholds—grappling with faded ideals, evolving identities, and the inevitable compromises that shape a life.

Published by Penguin Random House Canada

Ruth Ozeki is the author of The Typing Lady and Other Fictions, whose novels include The Book of Form and Emptiness and A Tale for the Time Being. She is a Buddhist priest affiliated with the Everyday Zen Foundation, and Professor Emerita of English Language and Literature at Smith College. 

Dates & Times

Sun, Nov 1
12:30pm
1:30pm
A book signing will follow this event

Tickets

Full Festival Pass
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Regular $159
Under 30 $79
5-Day Festival Pass
Includes 5-day festival events. Excludes Masterclasses.
Regular $159
Under 30 $79
2-Day Weekend
Includes all Victoria University events. Excludes Winter Garden Theatre events and Masterclasses.
Regular $69
Under 30 $39
1-Day Sunday
Includes all Sunday events.
Excludes Masterclasses.
Regular $39
Under 30 $29
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

Emmanuel College, Room 119
75 Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto, ON

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