Wed, Feb 26  •  6:30pm

Toronto Lit Up: The Forgotten Frontier

Tristan Jones

Presented as part of Toronto Lit Up 2024

Wed, Feb 26  •  6:30pm

Toronto Lit Up: The Forgotten Frontier

Tristan Jones

Presented as part of Toronto Lit Up 2024

About

Join us February 26 at 6:30pm at Queen Books for the launch of The Forgotten Frontier by Tristan Jones (At Bay Press).

Books will be available for purchase and light refreshments will be available.


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 Western Frontier is arguably one of the most widely misrepresented histories, rife with inaccuracies and stereotypes. Black Mi’kmaq and Anishinaabe author Tristan Jones powerfully and critically reimagines and reclaims a historical retelling of the Frontier. With a focus on the historically missing Indigenous narrative, Jones manages the enormous feat ... Read more
cover of The Forgotten Frontier

Image of Tristan Jones
Tristan Jones was born in Toronto, Canada, and is a multiracial Indigenous person of Black Mi’kmaq heritage and Anishinaabe ancestry. Having obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English Literature from Toronto Metropolitan University.

Dates & Times

Wed, Feb 26
6:30pm

This FREE event is open to the public

Venue

Queen Books
914 Queen St East

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