Wed, Oct 2  •  6:30pm

Toronto Lit Up: Monster

Jowita Bydlowska

Presented as part of Toronto Lit Up 2024

Wed, Oct 2  •  6:30pm

Toronto Lit Up: Monster

Jowita Bydlowska

Presented as part of Toronto Lit Up 2024

About

Come to Flying Books on October 2 at 6:30pm for the launch of Monster by Jowita Bydlowska (Anvil Press).

The author will be interviewed by Bunmi Adeoye and will be followed by a reading from the book.


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 2024, 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.

From the bestselling author of Drunk Mom and Possessed comes Monster, a mesmerizing, brave new work of autofiction. Monster is a shattering, feminist manifesto exploring sexual awakening, motherhood, immigrant trauma, and the power of female rage. Yoveeta is angry. But her rage is quiet, internal, festering inside and forming a mysterious creation that she refers to as “Monster”, ... Read more
cover of Monster

Image of Jowita Bydlowska
Jowita Bydlowska is the author of Possessed, the best-selling memoir Drunk Mom, and the best-selling novel GUY. She’s also a prolific short-story writer, journalist, and a professor at the Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Dates & Times

Wed, Oct 2
6:30pm

This FREE event is open to the public

Venue

Flying Books
784 College St

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