The Canadian Authors Series is pleased to present a series of free virtual events. Our lineup is sure to keep you entertained until we are able to gather again.

 

In order to access the series, you need a computer, phone or tablet with internet and the Zoom app. Please email us to be added to our email list for future events.

 

I look forward to seeing you all in person. Enjoy!

 

Elizabeth "Putzy" Madronich, Series Host

 

Please join us for this series of free virtual events that brings together some of Canada’s most exciting writers.

 

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Next Event - Thursday, May 26, 2022

 

Shyam Selvadurai

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Funny Boy and The Hungry Ghosts comes a breathtaking reimagining of ancient India through the extraordinary life of Yasodhara, the woman who married the Buddha.

 

SHYAM SELVADURAI was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He came to Canada with his family at the age of nineteen. Funny Boy, his first novel, was published to immediate acclaim in 1994. It was shortlisted for the prestigious Giller Prize, was a national bestseller, won the W. H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Lambda Literary Award, and was named a Notable Book by the American Library Association. In 2020, it was made into a feature film by director Deepa Mehta. His second novel, Cinnamon Gardens, was shortlisted for the Trillium Award. His third, The Hungry Ghosts, was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Selvadurai is also the author of an acclaimed novel for young adults, Swimming in the Monsoon Sea.

 

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Zoom Audience join-in link: https://penguinrandomhouse.zoom.us/j/91878118984?pwd=ZTdkZFI0ak14TGNPdkVIQklmSVJpUT09

 

Passcode: 539507

 

Webinar ID: 918 7811 8984

 

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Nita Prose - The Maid

Nita Prose is a longtime editor, serving many bestselling authors and their books. She lives in Toronto, Canada, in a house that is only moderately clean. Follow Nita on Instagram @nitaprose or Twitter @NitaProse.

 

Nita Prose is the vice president and editorial director at Simon & Schuster. Her debut novel is The Maid. A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.

 

• Instant #1 Canadian Bestseller
• #1 New York Times Bestseller
• Good Morning America Book Club Pick
• CityLine Book Club Pick
• New York Times Editors' Choice
• Sunday Times bestseller, UK
• Irish Times bestseller, Ireland
• ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022

 

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For more information, please contact canadianauthorsseries@gmail.com

 

In past seasons we were fortunate to welcome some of Canada's finest writers including Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Mordecai Richler, Anne Marie MacDonald, Farley Mowat, Alistair MacLeod, David Adams RIchards, Conrad Black, Stevie Cameron, Lawrence Hill, humourists William Thomas and Stuart McLean. Olympians Silken Lauman and Clara Hughes and boxer George Chuvalo have taken our stage. Occasionally we've been lucky enough to present contemporary personalities such as Mike Bullard, Sandra Shamas, Peter Mansbridge, Margaret Trudeau, Mary Walsh, Rex Murphy, Lloyd Robertson, and Dr. David Suzuki.

 

The series has now placed over 11,000 Canadian books into the hands of readers. Over the years the series donated more than $30,000 to charities including the Niagara Peninsula Children's Centre, Port Cares, Easter Seals and the United Way.