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Join us at Society Clubhouse on April 24 at 7pm for the launch of Skin by Catherine Bush (Goose Lane Editions). The event will be an in-conversation with host Martha Baillie, and includes a screening of a short film inspired by the title story by experimental filmmaker Mike Hoolboom. Books will be for sale courtesy of Another Story Bookshop. 

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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.

Skin

Now, for the first time, a blistering book of short fiction from one of Canada’s most loved novelists. In Skin, Catherine Bush plunges into the vortex of all that shapes us. Summoning relationships between the human and more-than-human, she explores a world where touch and intimacy are both desirable and fraught. Ranging from ... Read more

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Catherine Bush

Catherine Bush is the author of five novels, including the widely acclaimed Blaze Island, Accusation, and The Rules of Engagement. Her nonfiction has appeared in numerous publications including The Globe and Mail, The New York Times Magazine, Brick and Canadian Notes & Queries. She is a professor at the University of Guelph and was a 2024 Landhaus Fellow at the Rachel Carson Centre for Environment and Society.

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