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Author of The Paris Express
Blockbuster novelist and playwright Emma Donoghue talks about poetry, musicals, and her latest book, The Paris Express, with culture writer Sarah Laing.
Based on an 1895 disaster that went down in history when it was captured in a series of surreal, extraordinary photographs, The Paris Express is a thrilling ride and a literary masterpiece that captures the politics, fears and chaos of the end of the nineteenth century.
A Different Drummer Books will be on site with books for sale and signing after the talk.
Presented in partnership with HarperCollins Canada
Explore Emma Donoghue in our collection
Award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and playwright Emma Donoghue began her illustrious career writing poetry at a young age. Her novel, Room, has sold almost three million copies. The film adaptation of the book was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, and Donoghue's stage adaptation was a finalist for the Carol Bolt Award for Best New Canadian Play. Her historical fiction novels, The Wonder and The Pull of the Stars, were nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Sarah Laing is a freelance contributor for The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, multiple national magazines, and local newspapers. She writes about celebrity, pop culture, the house of Windsor Royal family, and whatever else is popping up on her TikTok FYP page. She was formerly culture editor at ELLE Canada.
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