Anti-Racist Reading Book Club and Reading Series with Katherena Vermette

Katherena Vermette

What: UBC Anti-Racist Reading Book Club and Reading Series
Who: UBCO’s Kevin Chong with guest author Katherena Vermette
When: Book club meeting March 9, 7:00 pm;  Public Reading with Katherena Vermette March 23, 7:00 pm.
Where: Live via Zoom

This book club and online reading series, organized by creative writing professor Kevin Chong, features high-profile writers of colour who have written recently about racism in society, and also in writing and publishing.

The second book that will be discussed is Katherena Vermette’s book The Strangers. Kevin Chong will lead the book club meeting on March 9 in advance of a public event with Katherena Vermette scheduled for March 23. Vermette is a celebrated author of poetry, novels, children’s fiction and film.

People must sign up be a part of the book club, limited to 25 members, and the first 20 people to sign up will get free copies of the books for the club. Please note that all 25 spaces in the book club have been taken, feel free to read the book on your own and join us for the public event on March 23rd.

Find out more about the author, and register for the pubic event on March 23rd below.

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This event is presented with support from UBC’s Anti-Racism Initiatives Fund.