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A virtual talk with Amanda Peters
VIRTUAL | After the event date, watch the talk any time through Library Speakers Consortium
Acclaimed writer Amanda Peters discusses her instant bestselling novel, The Berry Pickers, as well as her tender short fiction collection, Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories.
Influenced by Peters’ own Mi’kmaq heritage, The Berry Pickers is a riveting exploration of family, grief, the search for truth, the shadow of trauma, and the persistence of love across time.
Amanda Peters is a mixed-race woman of Mi’kmaq and European ancestry, born and raised in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. The Berry Pickers, was a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize in Canada, and won the Barnes and Noble Discover Prize, the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, the Dartmouth Book Award, and the Crime Writers of Canada First Crime Novel Award.
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This live, virtual event is presented by BPL's digital resource, Library Speakers Consortium, which curates virtual presentations with top authors from around the world.
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