How to Save a Life

Vincent Lam

How to Save a Life

Vincent Lam

7:00pm

Friday, September 22, 2023

Lakeside Terrace

60 mins

Rooted in his experience as a physician, Vincent Lam’s On the Ravine is a timely take on the devastating reality of addiction and the uphill battle against a rampant epidemic – the opioid crisis.

Picking up the lives of two characters whom we first met in Lam’s award-winning debut Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, we follow the story of violinist Claire and troubled physician Dr. Chen as Lam paints a profound portrait of the very real issues of duty of care, doctor-patient relationships, and the lengths to which one will go to save a life.

Vincent Lam brings deep insight to one of North America’s most pressing problems and highlights his position as one of Canada’s most important writers.

Moderated by Shelley Lepp.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Conversation

How to attend

$19.99

Single Day Pass

$249.99

Full Festival Pass

Students and youth save up to 50% on passes.

Rooted in his experience as a physician, Vincent Lam’s On the Ravine is a timely take on the devastating reality of addiction and the uphill battle against a rampant epidemic – the opioid crisis.

Picking up the lives of two characters whom we first met in Lam’s award-winning debut Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, we follow the story of violinist Claire and troubled physician Dr. Chen as Lam paints a profound portrait of the very real issues of duty of care, doctor-patient relationships, and the lengths to which one will go to save a life.

Vincent Lam brings deep insight to one of North America’s most pressing problems and highlights his position as one of Canada’s most important writers.

Moderated by Shelley Lepp.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Conversation

Featured Authors

Vincent Lam
Vincent Lam’s first book, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, won the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and was adapted for television and broadcast on HBO Canada. The Headmaster’s Wager, Dr. Lam’s first novel, was shortlisted for the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award and the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize. In 2011, he published a biography of Tommy Douglas, “father of medicare,” for Penguin Canada’s Extraordinary Canadians Series. Dr. Lam is an emergency physician and addictions physician who lives in Toronto. He is the medical director of the Coderix Medical Clinic.

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7:00pm

Friday, September 22

Lakeside Terrace

60 mins

How to attend

$19.99

Single Day Pass

$249.99

Full Festival Pass

Students and youth save up to 50% on passes.

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