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Join us for the launch of Alison Gadsby‘s Breathing is How Some People Stay Alive (Guernica Editions). The author will be joined in conversation with Hollay Ghadery, author of The UnRavelling of Ou. Books will be available for sale courtesy of Another Story Bookshop.

Doors open at 6:00 PM, event begins at 6:30 PM. Book signing and mingling to follow! Refreshments will be available.

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Toronto Lit Up is a multi-year initiative, started in 2016 by the Toronto International Festival of Authors and the Toronto Arts Council, to spotlight Toronto writers and empower local artists with career-building opportunities. Between April 2016 and March 2025, Toronto Lit Up has presented over 200 events featuring over 250 Toronto authors and illustrators. Toronto Lit Up book launches take place throughout the year at venues across the city. They are open to the public and free to attend. Click here for more information.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive

Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive blurs the lines between horror, catastrophic speculative fiction, and psychological realism in a collection that might best be described as weird fiction. These connected stories offer dark reconstructions of lives brimming with desperate loneliness. They allow us to bear witness to the life-altering ... Read more

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Alison Gadsby

Alison Gadsby is a first-generation Canadian, born and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario.

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