59 When Then Was Now

Randy Boyagoda Ontario	Esi Edugyan British Columbia	C.C. Humphreys British Columbia
Helen Humphreys Ontario

Randy Boyagoda, Ontario

Randy Boyagoda is a writer, critic and professor of American Studies at Ryerson University in Toronto. His writing has appeared in publications, including the New York Times, Harper’s, The Walrus, National Post and the Globe and Mail. His first novel, Governor of the Northern Province, was published to national acclaim and longlisted for the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize. His new book is Beggar’s Feast. Read more

Esi Edugyan, British Columbia

Esi Edugyan’s first novel, The Second Life of Samuel Tyne, was published internationally. It was nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, was a More Book Lust selection, and was chosen by the New York Public Library as one of 2004’s Books to Remember. Edugyan’s work has also appeared in several anthologies, including Best New American Voices 2003, edited by Joyce Carol Oates, and Revival: An Anthology of Black Canadian Writing. Her new novel is Half-Blood Blues. Read more

C.C. Humphreys, British Columbia

C. C. (Chris) Humphreys is an actor-turned-playwright-turned-novelist whose love of history and drama comes out in dashing adventure novels. His books for young adults include The Runestone Saga, and most recently, The Hunt of the Unicorn; for adults, his latest is A Place Called Armageddon. Read more

Helen Humphreys, Ontario

Helen Humphreys’ acclaimed, award-winning novels include Leaving Earth, Afterimage and The Lost Garden, all of which were named New York Times Notable Books; Wild Dogs, which has been optioned for film, and was produced as a stage play at CanStage in Toronto in the fall of 2008; and the number-one national bestseller, Coventry. She has also published four books of poetry and a bestselling work of creative non-fiction, The Frozen Thames. Her new novel is The Reinvention of Love. Read more

Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 8:00pm
Revue Stage
$19

Great fiction can immerse us in worlds that come alive on the page, and great historical fiction can immerse us in worlds that were once alive and now live again. The challenge is to make us feel like we were there—and these are four novelists who have mastered that feat. Spanning the continents of Europe and Asia, from the 15^th to 19^th centuries, these are stories set in 1939 pre-war Berlin, the tumultuous era of Napoleon III in nineteenth-century Paris, Sri Lanka in the late 1800s and Constantinople on the brink in 1453. Exotic places coupled with intriguing characters... What better way to spend a dark October night than armchair time-travelling in the hands of these thoughtful tour guides?

Tickets are still available and can be purchased at the door 45 minutes before the event begins.

59 When Then Was Now

2011 Festival