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"I knew I would be judged harshly if I were to reveal what I was thinking, what I was feeling, so I just dulled the edges of my existence so no one would know who I had living inside me. I became a secret to myself." Tom Wilson will be at #emwf18 to read from his captivating memoir that takes readers through his early years, his life as a musician, and most importantly, his search for the truth and his place in the world. bit.ly/2tHJmtR #canlit

"i am trying to figure out how to be in the world without wanting it. this, perhaps, is what it means to be native." Billy-Ray Belcourt will be at #emwf18 to read from his breathtaking poetry collection, This Wound is a World, which turns to love and sex to understand how Indigenous peoples shoulder sadness and pain without giving up on the future. bit.ly/2yJSQdJ #canlit #poetry #griffinpoetryprize #indigenous

Recently long-listed for the 2018 Man Booker Prize, Washington Black tells the story an eleven-year-old field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, who is chosen as a manservant for his master's brother. To his surprise, Washington is soon initiated into a world where even a boy born in chains may embrace a life of dignity and meaning. Esi Edugyan will be at #emwf18 to read from her dazzling new novel. bit.ly/2MkXmBm #canlit #manbooker

Less than 2 weeks to go until Festival Weekend! Tickets available online and at The Bookshelf in Guelph. Discover your next great read in Eden Mills! Details, tickets & full schedule of events available here: bit.ly/2l8uZuX #emwf18 #canlit #litfest

Happy publication day! Rawi Hage will be at #emwf18 to read from his new novel, Beirut Hellfire Society. The novel follows Pavlov, a twenty-something son of an undertaker, who, after his father's death, is approached by a member of the mysterious Hellfire Society - an anti-religious sect that arrange secret burials for those who have been denied them. bit.ly/2MrPVZ8 @PenguinRandomCa #canlit #publicationday #releaseday

After a successful career as an ER physician, Dr. Goldman began to question if he was the same caring doctor that he was at the beginning of his career. In The Power of Kindness, he leaves the familiar surroundings of the hospital to explore the world in search of the most empathetic people alive & his own lost compassion. He will be at #emwf18 to read from his memoir which investigates why kindness is so vital to our existence. bit.ly/2KnlPJa

“Smiling Miss Seabrooke should be here to meet me. But my teacher is missing and NOT here to greet me.” Lana Button will be at #emwf18 to read from her charming children's book about Kitty, a kindergartner dealing with her first substitute teacher. bit.ly/2IsuS6E #canlit #kidslit #picturebook

"People who forget the wrongs that were done to them perpetuate those same wrongs on others." Sharon Bala will be at #emwf18 to read from her timely novel that provides a deeply compassionate lens through which to view the current refugee crisis. bit.ly/2ItLkU4 @PenguinRandomCa #canlit #canadareads

"My mother came to this place as a stranger. Now I feared she was retracing her steps out. Returning to a world she had refused to describe to me." Happy publication day! Claudia Dey will be at #emwf18 to read from her captivating and luminous new novel, Heartbreaker. bit.ly/2N2ZD5l #canlit #publicationday #releaseday

Happy Poet's Day! Don't miss A.F. Moritz at #emwf18, where he will read from his collection The Sparrow, which surveys 45 years of his published poems. There are poems of mystery and imagination; of compassion and rage; of contemplation and analysis; of history and current events; and of fullness and emptiness. bit.ly/2Itp4K6 @HouseOfAnansi #canlit #poetry #poetsday