COCKTAILS & CONVERSATION BOOK CLUB

Nothing goes together quite like cocktails and conversation. The LCBO offers another series of Cocktails & Conversation book club events. We invite readers to share their thoughts while sampling themed LCBO selections and hors d’oeuvres. Each of these popular events includes a moderated discussion, a visit from the author, and a complimentary copy of the book. Intimate, informal and very insightful for all.

Join us at the following locations for a literary evening you won’t forget.
  

(Includes a complimentary copy of
After Tehran by Marina Nemat – Fiction)

Marina Nemat’s bestselling Prisoner of Tehran chronicled her arrest, torture, and two-year imprisonment in the notorious Evin prison as a teenager in 1980s revolutionary Iran. In her new book, Nemat provides a riveting account of her escape from Iran and her journey to Canada, with her husband and infant son in 1991.

Settling into a new life as immigrants, she and her husband find jobs, raise their two children, and seemingly adapt. But inwardly, Nemat is haunted by survivor’s guilt, and in speaking out through her writing, her account becomes a bestselling book. A story of courage and recovery, After Tehran chronicles Nemat’s confrontation with her past, how she re-engages with her distant father, and how ultimately she emerges from the emotional ravages of posttraumatic stress.

Tickets:
To register and purchase your tickets please visit the Customer Service Desk at this location. Please contact the participating store for details. Spaces are limited so book your place soon. Participants must be 19 years of age or older.

Location:
2901 Bayview Avenue,
North York, Ontario
M2K 1E6

Telephone:
416 222-7658
 

(Includes a complimentary copy of
Coppermine by Keith Ross Leckie – Fiction)

A never-before-told Canadian wilderness adventure, full of dramatic turns and stunning revelations.

Part epic adventure, part romance, and part true-crime thriller, Coppermine is a dramatic, compelling, character-driven story set in 1917 in the extremes of Canada’s far north and the boom town of Edmonton.

The story begins when two missionaries disappear in the remote Arctic region known as the Coppermine. North West Mounted Police officer Jack Creed and Angituk, a young Copper Inuit interpreter, are sent on a year-long odyssey to investigate the fate of the lost priests. On the shores of the Arctic Ocean near the mouth of the Coppermine River, they discover their dismembered remains. Two Inuit hunters are tracked and apprehended, and the four begin an arduous journey to Edmonton, to bring the accused to justice.

Tickets:
To register and purchase your tickets please visit the Customer Service Desk at this location. Please contact the participating store for details. Spaces are limited so book your place soon. Participants must be 19 years of age or older.

Location:
10 Scrivener Square,
Toronto, Ontario
M4W 3Y9

Telephone:
416 922-0403
 

(Includes a complimentary copy of
After Tehran by Marina Nemat – Fiction)

Marina Nemat’s bestselling Prisoner of Tehran chronicled her arrest, torture, and two-year imprisonment in the notorious Evin prison as a teenager in 1980s revolutionary Iran. In her new book, Nemat provides a riveting account of her escape from Iran and her journey to Canada, with her husband and infant son in 1991.

Settling into a new life as immigrants, she and her husband find jobs, raise their two children, and seemingly adapt. But inwardly, Nemat is haunted by survivor’s guilt, and in speaking out through her writing, her account becomes a bestselling book. A story of courage and recovery, After Tehran chronicles Nemat’s confrontation with her past, how she re-engages with her distant father, and how ultimately she emerges from the emotional ravages of posttraumatic stress.

Tickets:
To register and purchase your tickets please visit the Customer Service Desk at this location. Please contact the participating store for details. Spaces are limited so book your place soon. Participants must be 19 years of age or older.

Location:
2946 Bloor Street West,
Toronto, Ontario
M8X 1B7

Telephone:
416 239-3065