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Author G.A. Grisenthwaite will read from his latest book, Tales for Late Night Bonfires - a collection of curious, uncanny tales blending Indigenous oral storytelling and meticulous style.
These are stories that are a little bit larger than life, or maybe they really happened. Tales that could be told ’round the campfire, each one-upping the next. Tales about a car that drives herself, ever loyal to her owner. Tales about an impossible moose hunt. Tales about the Real Santa(TM) mashed up with the book of Genesis, alongside SPAM stew and bedroom sets from IKEA.
G.A. Grisenthwaite’s writing is electric and inimitable, blending meticulous literary style with oral storytelling and coming away with a voice that is entirely his own. Tales for Late Night Bonfires is truly one of a kind, and not to be missed.
CBC has listed Tales for Late Night Bonfires on the best Canadian fiction of 2023.
Quill and Quire: "Tales for Late Night Bonfires is funny, dark, and rich all at once; each story is immense and alive. Grisenthwaite shows us what fiction can be when story leads the way."
G. A. Grisenthwaite is a Nłeʔkepmx member of the Lytton First Nation who currently lives in Kingsville, Ont. His work has appeared in The Antigonish Review, Our Stories Literary Journal and Prism International. His debut novel, Home Waltz, was shortlisted for a Governor General's Literary Award for fiction. In 2021, he was longlisted for the CBC Short Story Prize for the story Splash Patterns.
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The Sarnia Library houses a 306-seat accessible theatre. Up to nine seats can be removed to accommodate barrier free seats.
The theatre is equipped with LED lighting along aisles, wall sconces and ceiling, sound equipment, projection screen, stage, lobby area with servery and barrier free washrooms.