junctionreads.ca - Junction Reads – A Prose Reading Series.

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It is that time of year again, when we at Junction Reads both celebrate – and sadly wave goodbye to – another fantastic season of readings. Why do I celebrate? Because summer is about escaping life and falling into stories with thoughtless abandon and sometimes (honesty alert) when I read a book for Junction Reads, I worry the thoughts and ideas that pop into my head are not as smart and insightful as I hope. I want our writerly conversations to bring out the best of the books and I worry that my fawning ov

I am sad because I really love thinking deeply about a story, and its voice, characters or plotting, and digging into the how and why a book came to be. When I think about my summer reading list in the Fall, I always forget what I read because I dive into my summer reads heart first and head last.

Our final two events of the season will bring both my fears and hopes together. Firstly, because I get to speak with an author about her debut novel, which is always so damn exciting, and then I get to speak with an expert about writing and publishing in Canada.

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