André Alexis in conversation with JJ Lee
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The North Shore Writers Festival presents André Alexis in conversation with JJ Lee!
About this event
Join the North Shore Writers Festival for André Alexis in conversation with JJ Lee.
When award-winning author André Alexis published Ring in 2021, he completed his five-novel Quincunx, a group of five genre-bending, philosophically sophisticated, and utterly delightful novels.
Join writer JJ Lee as he sits down with Alexis to chat about writing Ring, how it relates to the other books in the series, and completing the Quincunx.
This is a virtual program that takes place online via Zoom. You'll need a computer with microphone or headphones, or your smartphone/tablet.
Registration is required. Register by April 28 at 12:00pm. The meeting link and instructions will be emailed to registrants on the day of the event.
For more information on this event or other 2022 North Shore Writers Festival events, visit www.northshorewritersfestival.com
The North Shore Writers Festival is presented in partnership by North Vancouver City Library, North Vancouver District Public Library, and West Vancouver Memorial Library.
The Festival would not be made possible without support from:
- Friends of the Library groups from all three North Shore Libraries
- North Shore Writers’ Association
- North Shore News
If you have any questions, please reach out to nswftrivia@gmail.com
About the Presenters
About André Alexis
André Alexis was born in Trinidad and grew up in Canada. His most recent novel, Days by Moonlight, won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Fifteen Dogs won the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize, CBC Canada Reads, and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
About JJ Lee
JJ Lee is the non-fiction mentor at Simon Fraser University’s The Writer’s Studio. He wrote The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit, published in hardcover by McClelland & Stewart and in paperback by Emblem Editions.
The Measure of a Man was shortlisted for the 2011 Governor-General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction, the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for Non-Fiction, the 2012 BC Book Prizes Hubert Evans Prize for Non-Fiction, and the 2012 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize.
His fashion and personal essays are published in ELLE Canada. His memoir piece, “ELLE First: You are beautiful,” tied for GOLD at the 2011 National Magazine Award for Best Short Feature. This allows JJ to shamelessly append “award-winning” to any mention of his name.
From 1997 to 2008, he worked as a contributor, producer, reporter, and host at CBC Radio.
He lives in New Westminster, British Columbia.
