Double Book Reading Event: Lorna Crozier and Brian Brett

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Tuesday, October 6th, 2015
7:00 PM

Bolen Books, in partnership with Greystone Publishing, in proud to present a fantastic double book reading event, featuring Lorna Crozier, talking about her new, collaborative project The Wild in You, and Brian Brett, author of Trauma Farm, introducing the semi-autobiographical Tuco: The Parrot, The Others, and a Scattershot World.

This will be an amazing evening featuring two fantastic local authors. Don't miss out on either of these books, or the chance to meet their authors in person.

This event, part of our epic 40th anniversary autumn author event series, will be held in-store and start at 7PM. Like all of our in-store events, there is no charge for admission, but to get a good seat, we recommend arriving early!

Here's a little more about Tuco and The Wild in You from the publisher...

A raucous biography of a remarkable parrot and an incisive exploration of how we relate to those who are different from us. Both a biography of an irreverent African Grey parrot—given to asking “Whaddya know?” and announcing “Party time!”—and an exploration of the history of birds/ dinosaurs, the relationships between humans and birds, our notions of language and intelligence, and our tendency to “other” anything that is different from us, Tuco also describes Brett’s own painful experience of being othered as an androgyne. Provocative, profound, hilarious, and moving, Tuco is most of all the extraordinary story of Brett’s decades-long relationship with this singular bird, what Brett calls “a story we made together.”

 A gorgeous and stirring collection of photos and poems from photographer Ian McAllister and Governor General’s Award-winning poet Lorna Crozier that reveals how the startling wildness of the natural world is mirrored in the human heart.A testament to the miraculous beings that share our planet and the places where they live, The Wild in You is a creative collaboration between one of our time’s best nature photographers and one of North America’s most talented and critically acclaimed poets. Inspired by the majestic and savage beauty of McAllister’s photographs, Crozier translates the wild emotion of land and sea into the language of the human heart. Featuring over thirty beautiful full-size photographs of wolves, bears, sea lions, jellyfish, and other wild creatures paired with thirty original poems, The Wild in You challenges the reader to a deeper understanding of the connection between humans, animals, and our earth.