The Spectacular: A Conversation with Zoe Whittall

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Celebrate the stories that connect us at The Word On The Street Toronto’s 2021 virtual festival of storytelling, ideas and imagination.

The Word On The Street presents The Spectacular: A Conversation with Zoe WhittallA featured conversation with award-winning author Zoe Whittall about her new novel, The Spectacular.It’s taboo to regret motherhood. But what would happen if you did? Shifting perspectives and time periods, The Spectacular is a multi-generational story exploring sexuality, gender and the weight of reproductive freedoms. By turns sharp and provocative, Zoe Whittall captures three generations of very different women who struggle to build an authentic life in the absence of traditional familial and marital structures. Definitions of family, romance, gender and love will radically change as they seek out lives that are nothing less than spectacular.This panel will stream live Sunday, September 26 at 4pm ET. <a href="https://toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Visit our website to see the full programming schedule! </a>

<h3>Panelists</h3>Zoe Whittall is the author of The Spectacular and three previous novels: the Giller-shortlisted The Best Kind of People, Lambda-winning Holding Still for as Long as Possible, and debut Bottle Rocket Hearts. She has published three collections of poetry and is also a Canadian Screen Award-winning TV and film writer, with credits on the Baroness Von Sketch Show, Schitt’s Creek, Degrassi, and others. She lives in Toronto.Shop local! Purchase books by WOTS2021 featured authors through local independent bookstores on our <a href="https://toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">official bookseller page</a>.

<h3>About the Festival </h3>For 32 years, The Word On The Street has been a gathering place for authors, publishers, booksellers, and readers of all ages to celebrate the stories that connect us.We’re staying virtual for WOTS2021, so you can tune in from wherever you are to enjoy incredible programming with 100+ authors presented over 10 days from September 16th to 26th, featuring bestselling Canadian and Indigenous authors like Eden Robinson, Andre Alexis, Zoe Whittall, and Richard Van Camp.Get insight into the year’s top issues through a literary lens, with readings and panels on topics like climate change, decolonization, and how we care for one another. Poetry, memoir, mystery &amp; more, WOTS2021 has the books you’ve been looking for.<a href="https://toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Visit the 2021 Festival Homepage!</a>You can also <a href="https://youtube.com/c/TheWordOnTheStreetToronto" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">subscribe to our YouTube channel </a>for a preview of what to expect during the WOTS2021 festival, and watch (or re-watch) our year-round City Imagines and Book Talk series.

<h3>Become a Patron of The Word On The Street</h3>We are very grateful to our vibrant and generous community for your continued support throughout this challenging period for live events. If you’d like to contribute financially, you can add a donation to your registration or <a href="https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/celebrate-stories-ideas-and-imagination-with-the-w/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">visit our CanadaHelps fundraising page</a> to learn more about how you can help to sustain Toronto’s favourite book festival. We also appreciate your support in the form of kind messages for our small-but-mighty team and helping us spread the word on social media!<h3>On COVID-19 &amp; In-Person Events</h3>For the second time ever, WOTS2021 will be held virtually with programming hosted on our website and streamed live on YouTube. But that’s not all! We’re also collaborating with local authors and bookstore partners to offer a limited number of socially-distanced book signings. Check out the <a href="https://toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule/author-signings/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bookstore Signing Schedule</a> for more details on who might be coming to your neighbourhood.If you’re most familiar with our offline offerings: Hi! We miss you, and hope you are well!Our team is doing the best we can to ensure the health and safety of our community, especially for vulnerable and younger readers who don’t yet have access to a vaccine. Staying virtual has given our team the opportunity to re-think how we can best honour our mandate as champions of literacy, and we can’t wait to share our exciting news about the future of WOTS with you this September!

The Word On The Street is an annual celebration of storytelling, ideas and imagination, hosting Canada's largest FREE book and magazine festival annually since 1990 and promoting great books by Canadian and Indigenous authors year-round.

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