Friday, October 24 - Event

Wasserman & Company

Andrew Davidson
Amitav Ghosh
Linda Grant
Host: Jerry Wasserman
1 – 2:30 pm
Revue Theatre
$14 + $1.50 facility surcharge / $7 for student groups
This event is sold out.

Jerry Wasserman has delighted Festival audiences in past years with his interviews. This year, he engages three intensely imaginative writers in discussion about the world of words and the worlds they have created. Although you may not have heard of Winnipegger Andrew Davidson yet, you will this fall as his extraordinary debut novel, The Gargoyle, is published—in Canada, the USA and the UK, with translations set for 18 other jurisdictions next year. Well-known Indian author Amitav Ghosh joins Wasserman to talk about Sea of Poppies, a sweeping historical saga that spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the high seas and the backstreets of China. And Orange Prize winner Linda Grant introduces her new novel, The Clothes on Their Backs, which will have you thinking about the clothes we choose to wear and the personalities we dress ourselves in.

Amitav Ghosh's appearance at the Festival has been supported by a generous donation to the Alma Lee Legacy Fund by Jab Sidhoo.