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Join us for a grand celebration of Priya Ramsingh’s new fiction novel, The Elevator (Palimpsest Press). Listed on CBC Books Fall Books to Read list as well as 49th Shelf’s Fall Preview list, The Elevator is read you don’t want to miss!

The book launch will be hosted by MPP Chris Glover, and take place Wednesday, October 9, at Type Books Junction. Doors open at 6:30 – event starts at 7pm. Priya will read and sign books, and celebrate with food and drinks!

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.

The Elevator

Aria Ramdeen is learning to love herself — and her favourite foods — again. No guilt, no toxic boyfriend. Full of newfound confidence, she subscribes to LoveinTO, a Toronto-based dating website, where she’s matched with a crush she’s had for years: the attractive light-haired man who lives in her building. ... Read more

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Priya Ramsingh

Priya Ramsingh is a writer and photographer. Her debut novel, Brown Girl in the Room, was published by Tightrope Books (2017).

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