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Shani Mootoo presents her latest novel Polar Vortex, in conversation with John Elizabeth Stintzi (Vanishing Monuments, Arsenal Pulp Press) in this virtual event hosted by the Bureau.
This is a free event, but the authors encourage attendees to make a donation of any amount to the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division.
Registration for this event is required.
On the day of the event, Tuesday, September 15, the Bureau will send an email to all who have registered with the link to the event on Zoom.
Akashic Books, 2020, paperback, $16.95
Purchase Vanishing Monuments from the Bureau!
Arsenal Pulp Press, 2020, paperback, $17.95
John Elizabeth Stintzi is a non-binary novelist and poet. They were the recipient of the 2019 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, and their work has appeared in Kenyon Review, The Malahat Review, and Ploughshares. They are the author of the novel Vanishing Monuments as well as the poetry collection Junebat.
Shani Mootoo is a novelist, poet, and visual artist. Her novels include Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab, long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and short-listed for a Lambda Literary Award; Valmiki’s Daughter, long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize; He Drown She in the Sea, long-listed for the Dublin Impac Award; and Cereus Blooms at Night, short-listed for several prizes including the Giller Prize, and long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. She is also a recipient of a Chalmers Arts Fellowship, and the Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize.