In Conversation: Anna Porter

When: Wednesday December 11, 6 pm to 10 pm
Cost (with book): $35/person
Cost (without book): $20/person
Friends of the BSM (with book): $30/person
Friends of the BSM (without book): $10/person
Where: Bata Shoe Museum

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Join us for an engaging evening with acclaimed author Anna Porter as she delves into the captivating worlds of mystery and crime writing, inspired by Exhibit A: Investigating Crime and Footwear. With a career spanning multiple bestselling novels, Porter will share her insights Whether you’re a fan of the genre or an aspiring writer, this event promises to offer valuable perspectives on the elements that make mystery and crime fiction so irresistibly thrilling.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear from one of the most respected voices in contemporary literature. A Q&A session and a book signing will follow the talk. The museum’s galleries will also be open after the talk.

Please note, a limited number of copies of Anna Porter’s books, Gull Island and Deceptions, will be will be available for purchase on a first come, first serve basis. A book purchase will be required to take part in the book signing.

Agenda
6:00 pm – Doors Open
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm – Event
8:00 to 8:30 pm – Book Signing
9:30 pm – Doors Close

Please present your ticket at the Front Desk upon arrival. This talk will take place in-person on the B1 level at the Bata Shoe Museum. Limited spots available.

Refunds only permitted with 3 business days notice. With less than 3 business days notice, ticket sales are considered final and refunds will not be issued. Please refer to the refund and cancellation policy, and contact shan@batashoemuseum.ca with any questions.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Anna Porter is the author of 13 books, the two most recent are Gull Island, a psychological thriller, and In Other Words: How I Fell in Love with Canada One Book at a Time, a memoir of her wonderful and challenging life as a book publisher. Ghosts of Europe: Journeys Through Central Europe’s Troubled Past and Uncertain Future, won the Shaughnessey Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Kasztner’s Train, the True Story of Rezso Kasztner, Unknown Hero of the Holocaust was the winner of the 2007 Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Award and of the Jewish Book Award for Non-Fiction. She has written six novels , one of which, Bookfair Murders, was made into a television movie, and a strange childhood memoir, The Storyteller.

She has written numerous newspaper and magazine articles on a broad range of topics, including Solidarity in Poland, Hungarians, Slovaks and Czechs, Farley Mowat, Doris Anderson, the Roma, the book business, Dracula and the rise of fascism in Europe.

She is co-founder of Key Porter Books, a company with a wide-ranging list that included Farley Mowat, Allan Fotheringham, Howard Engel, Joan Barfoot, Fred Bruemmer, Norman Jewison, George Jonas, Margaret Atwood, The Right Honourable Jean Chretien, Sylvia Fraser, Modris Eksteins, John Keegan, Martin Gilbert, Irving Abella, Josef Skvorecky, Italo Calvino, William Trevor, Conrad Black and Janet Lunn.

She has served on numerous corporate and charitable boards, including Alliance Communications, the Empire Company, The Shaw Festival, and the Canada Council for the Arts.

She is an Officer of The Order of Canada and has been awarded the Order of Ontario.