At Last and Too Soon

Charlie Foran

11:30am

Sunday, September 24, 2023

60 mins

Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?
– The Summer Day, Mary Oliver

Earlier this year, Charles Foran published Just Once, No More, a memoir four years in the making. It covered his relationship with his father and his slow, final decline; it examined the intricacies of who we were, who we become, and who we are until we are no longer.

Then he had a triple bypass.

In the aftermath of a cataclysmic health event, the words of his freshly published book were cast in a new light. Now, he takes the stage in an unmissable discussion on mortality, the essence of self, and the ways in which art and life echo one another.

Please note, the time for this event has changed. It will now take place at 11:30am in Harbourfront Centre Theatre.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Conversation

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Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?
– The Summer Day, Mary Oliver

Then he had a triple bypass.

Please note, the time for this event has changed. It will now take place at 11:30am in Harbourfront Centre Theatre.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Conversation

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Charlie Foran

Charlie Foran was born and raised in Toronto. He holds degrees from the University of Toronto and the University College, Dublin, and has taught in China, Hong Kong and Canada. He has published 12 books, including five novels. His fiction, non-fiction and journalism have all won awards. Charlie has also made radio documentaries for the CBC program Ideas and co-wrote the TV documentary Mordecai Richler: The Last of the Wild Jews. A past president of PEN Canada, he is a senior fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto and a member of the Order of Canada. He is the current Executive Director of Writers Trust of Canada.