Vine Awards Panel 2: Storytelling, Family & Loss

Koffler Arts

2021 Vine Awards shortlisted writers Sidura Ludwig, Nessa Rapoport, Rick Salutin & Gideon Salutin, in conversation with juror Nathan Adler

The Koffler is delighted to present three virtual panels featuring shortlisted Vine Awards authors on November 16, 17 and 18, 2021. The second panel features four authors who portray the complexities of family dynamics, storytelling, loss, and grief in their shortlisted titles.SIDURA LUDWIG is the author of the widely successful novel Holding My Breath. Her short fiction has been published in numerous literary journals and anthologies. She works as a communications specialist and creative writing teacher, and her creative nonfiction has appeared in several newspapers and on CBC Radio. She is currently working on her M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults through the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, she now lives in Thornhill, Ontario, with her husband and three children.Sidura Ludwig, You Are Not What We Expected (House of Anansi) is shortlisted in the 2021 Vine Awards Fiction category.NESSA RAPOPORT was born in Toronto, Canada. She is the author of a novel, Preparing for Sabbath, and a collection of prose poems, A Woman&#x27;s Book of Grieving. Her memoir, House on the River, was awarded a grant by the Canada Council for the Arts. Her essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, among others. She lives in New York with her husband, artist Tobi Kahn.Nessa Rapoport, Evening (Counterpoint Press) is shortlisted in the 2021 Vine Awards Fiction category.RICK SALUTIN is a playwright, novelist, and journalist who has received awards in all these areas. He wrote a weekly column for The Globe and Mail for 20 years and now provides weekly columns and videos for the Toronto Star.GIDEON SALUTIN grew up in downtown Toronto without a religious upbringing or bar mitzvah. Instead, he learned the Bible’s major stories through talks with his dad. In 2019, he founded the Contemporary Review of Genocides and interned with the United Nations. He currently attends the London School of Economics and carries a camera everywhere.Rick Salutin and Gideon Salutin, illustrated by Dušan Petričić, Gideon’s Bible: A Father and Son Discuss God, the Bible, and Life is shortlisted in the 2021 Vine Awards Non-Fiction category.NATHAN ADLER is author of Wrist and Ghost Lake (Kegedonce Press), and co-editor of Bawaajigan ~ Stories of Power, a dream-themed anthology of Indigenous writers (Exile Editions). Nathan is first-place winner of an Aboriginal Writing Challenge, and recipient of a Hnatyshyn Reveal award for literature. He has an MFA in Creative Writing (UBC), a BFA in Integrated Media (OCAD), and BA in English Literature &amp; Native Studies (Trent). He is two-spirit, Jewish, Anishinaabe, and a member of Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation.The Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature is a national awards program that honours both the best Canadian Jewish writers and non-Jewish Canadian authors who deal with Jewish subjects in Fiction, History, Non-Fiction and Young Adult/Children’s Literature, each with a prize of $10,000. Winners will be announced on November 23, 2021 at an online Awards Ceremony. In addition to the ceremony, the Koffler is presenting three virtual panels featuring shortlisted Vine Awards authors on November 16, 17 and 18, 2021. All events are free.Presented by the Koffler Centre of the Arts.The Koffler Centre of the Arts is dedicated to accessibility. CART live captioning will be provided at this event, and a transcript and video/audio recording will be available afterwards on the Koffler website. This Zoom event is in webinar format, meaning all event attendees will be off camera. We will do our best to accommodate additional access needs; if you have questions or concerns, please contact our access point person, Mary, at manderson@kofflerarts.org

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