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SUMMARY:Bramah's Quest Book Launch by CAA BC Branch Member Renee Sarojini Saklikar
DESCRIPTION:Join CAA BC branch member and award-winning author\, Renee Sarojini Saklikar\, for the launch of her new book\, Bramah’s Quest\, an epic fantasy in verse/verse novel about climate change and global inequality. This free event is at 7:00 pm on August 30\, at 518 E. Broadway in Vancouver. Please register in advance at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/launch-for-bramahs-quest-tickets-680921523607?aff=oddtdtcreator. \nn Bramah’s Quest\, the year is 2087 and Bramah is back on a planet Earth ravaged by climate change and global inequality. Bramah is on a quest to find her people\, including the little boy Raphael\, last seen at the end of Bramah and the Beggar Boy (2021). Hailed as “brilliant and masterful\, timely” (Kerry Gilbert)\, this long poem reclaims poetry forms such as blank verse\, the sonnet\, the ballad\, and the madrigal. Each page is a portal\, connecting readers to the resistance of seed savers\, craftspeople\, scientists and orphans\, all banded together to help save their world from eco-catastrophe and injustice. \nTen years in the making\, Bramah’s Quest weaves poetry with politics to create an epic family saga that is also a meditation on good and evil and a “real page turner” (Meredith Quartermain). Bramah\, “brown\, brave and beautiful\,” is determined to conquer the odds and deal with what fate and chance throw in her path. Each twist and turn tests her ability to live up to the motto “Let all evil die and the good endure.” \nCelebrate the launch of this ambitious project with Renée Sarojini Saklikar and friends. Readings\, refreshments and book sales by Iron Dog Books. 
URL:https://canadianauthors.org/national/event/bramahs-quest-book-launch/
LOCATION:518 East Broadway\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5T 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Book signing,Book signing and sales,Meet & Greet,Poetry,Reading,Social
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Webinar Series: Pushing the Boundaries of Urban Fantasy
DESCRIPTION:Join author Jes Battis as they discuss how urban fantasy blossoms within cities\, towns\, and communities\, and how we can build fantastic “otherwheres” that address inequalities within our own world. Jes will discuss the history of the genre\, developing queer and trans characters (and worlds)\, and intersecting experiences and how the magic of urban fantasy allows us to portray those complexities. \n \n  \nPresenter: Jes Battis\nDate: Wednesday\, August 30\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 – 8:30 pm (ET)\nLength: 90 minutes (including Q&A)\nLevel: Basic +\nType: Informational \n  \nAbout Jes Battis \nJes Battis is the author of the Occult Special Investigator series (shortlisted for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic)\, as well as the Parallel Parks series.  They’ve written nonfiction for The Los Angeles Review of Books and Strange Horizons\, and published poetry in The Malahat Review\, The Capilano Review\, and Poetry is Dead\, among other journals.  Their latest book\, The Winter Knight\, is a queer Arthurian murder mystery set in Vancouver (released by ECW Press in April of 2023). \n  \n\nTo attend this webinar\, please register here:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrcu2oqD4qE9Oe-rJ9DfA0xTMy6i1NZ84s \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
URL:https://canadianauthors.org/national/event/wednesday-webinar-series-pushing-the-boundaries-of-urban-fantasy/
LOCATION:Harbour front library--Nanaimo (Vancouver Island regional Library)\, Nanaimo\, BC\, 90 Commercial St\, Nanaimo BC V9R 5G4
CATEGORIES:Presentation,Virtual Event,Virtual meeting,Webinar
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