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Harlem Shuffle: A Novel

By Colson Whitehead

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Harlem Shuffle is driven by an ingeniously intricate plot that plays out in a beautifully recreated Harlem of the early 1960s. September 29 at 8 pm. Check out indieevents.ca!

The Strangers

By Katherena Vermette

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Katherena Vermette's The Strangers is a deeply moving story of how colonial institutions continue to bear down on and disrupt the lives of Indigenous women and girls. October 7@ 8 p.m. Check indieevents.ca!

Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance

By Jesse Wente

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Part memoir and part manifesto, Unreconciled is a stirring call to arms to put truth over the flawed concept of reconciliation, and to build a new, respectful relationship between the nation of Canada and Indigenous peoples. October 14 @ 8 p.m. Check indieevents.ca!

Bewilderment: A novel

By Richard Powers

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What can a father do, when the only solution offered to his rare and troubled boy is to put him on psychoactive drugs? October 4 @ 7p.m. Check out indieevents.ca!

The Apollo Murders

By Chris Hadfield

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The far side of the Moon, 1973. Three astronauts are trapped in a tiny Apollo module, and one of them has murder on the mind . . .
 October 26 @ 8 p.m. Check out indieevents.ca! Great New York Times review Oct 15!

Crossroads: A Novel

By Jonathan Franzen

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It's December 23, 1971, and the Hildebrandt family is at a crossroads. The patriarch, Russ, the associate pastor of a suburban Chicago church, is poised to break free of a marriage he finds. October 19 @ 7 p.m. Check indieevents.ca!

The Great Bear: The Misewa Saga, Book Two

By David A. Robertson

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Back at home after their first adventure in the Barren Grounds, Eli and Morgan each struggle with personal issues: Eli is being bullied at school, and tries to hide it from Morgan, while Morgan has to make an important decision about her birth mother. October 28 @ 8 p.m. Check out Indieevents.ca!
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The New York Trilogy

By Paul Auster

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Mindbending and wonderful, Paul Auster plays with our notions of identity and place. So strange, so delightful!

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel

By Haruki Murakami

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If you've been wondering how to get into Murakami's fantastical world, here is the place to start! A riveting read!

Perchance to Dream: Selected Stories

By Charles Beaumont, Ray Bradbury, William Shatner

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In his short life, Charles Beaumont succeeded in creating some genuinely inspired short fiction (as well as 22 episodes of the Twilight Zone). A rare talent not to be missed!

Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe

By Thomas Ligotti, Jeff VanderMeer

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The worlds of fringe horror author Thomas Ligotti can be brutal and strange and misanthropic, but he's never not a compelling read!

The Island of Dr Moreau

By Margaret Atwood, Steve Maclean, Patrick Parrinder, H.G. Wells

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The truly terrifying tale of a mad scientist and his island of ghastly hybrid creatures!
Literary

Emma Donoghue, shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize is our guest Nov 8...the night after the award ceremony!

Article By Barb Minett

Date: 30 Oct 2016
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The Wonder: A Novel

Set in mid 19th century Ireland The Wonder is an examination of morality. Lib Wright, a nurse trained by Florence Nightingale is sent to watch over a young girl, Anna O'Donnell. Anna has become something of a tourist attraction because she mysteriously, seems to be living on air. Donoghue was inspired by dozens of cases of fasting girls of mid 19th century. Described as deliciously gothic and even wondrous!

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