BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Demco Software//Event Management System//EN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20200818T125835Z DTSTAMP:20200818T125835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T150105Z DESCRIPTION:This free event will be hosted via Zoom Webinar . \;Please register here \; \;in conversation with Carrianne Leung The author of the acclaimed novel Scarborough weaves an unforgettable and timely dystopian account of a near-future when a queer Black performer and his allies join forces against an oppressive regime that is rounding up those deemed “Other” in concentration camps.In a terrifyingly familiar near-future\, with massive floods that lead to rampant homelessness and devastation\, a government-sanctioned regime called the Boots seizes the opportunity to force communities of colour\, the disabled and the LGBTQ2S into labour camps in the city of Toronto.In the shadows\, a new hero emerges. After his livelihood and the love of his life are taken away\, Kay joins the resistance alongside Bahadur\, a transmasculine refugee\, and Firuzeh\, a headstrong social worker. Guiding them in the use of weapons and close-quarters combat is Beck\, a rogue army officer who helps them plan an uprising at a major internationally televised event.With her signature prose\, described by Booklist as “raw yet beautiful\, disturbing yet hopeful\,” Catherine Hernandez creates a vision of the future that is all the more terrifying because it is very possible. A cautionary tale filled with fierce and vibrant characters\, Crosshairs explores the universal desire to thrive\, to love and to be loved as your true self.CATHERINE HERNANDEZ is a proud queer woman of colour\, a radical mother\, a theatre practitioner\, an award-winning author and the artistic director of b current performing arts. She is of Filipino\, Spanish\, Chinese and Indian heritage\, and she is married into the Navajo Nation. Her novel Scarborough\, which is soon to be a motion picture\, won the Jim Wong-Chu Award for the unpublished manuscript\; was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award\, the Evergreen Forest of Reading Award\, the Edmund White Award and the Trillium Book Award\; and was longlisted for Canada Reads. She has also written the plays Singkil and Kilt Pins\, as well as the children’s book M Is for Mustache: A Pride ABC Book. Crosshairs is her second novel. She lives in Toronto.***THIS EVENT WILL BE CLOSED CAPTIONED*** \;\nImage URL: https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.evanced.info/Customer/kplca/CATHERINE_H_IMAGINEIT_SIGNUP2_D610D01C.PNG X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: