Font size options
Increase or decrease the font size for this website by clicking on the 'A's.
Contrast options
Choose a color combination to give the most comfortable
contrast.
This event is full
Author of Off the Tracks
Off the Tracks is a creative nonfiction exploration that weaves together Mulloy’s own cross-continental journeys—from the Maritimes to Europe—with vivid historical vignettes of famous travelers like Charles Dickens and Sarah Bernhardt. It includes historical anecdotes such as early travelers feared traveling at high speed might cause internal organs to be expelled. Thoughtful, observant, and fun, Off the Tracks is part social history of trains, travel memoir, and a broader meditation on the meaning, importance and symbolism of travel. A blend of research and personal experience that, like a good train ride, will whisk you into another world.
A Different Drummer Books will be on site with books for sale and signing after the talk.
Presented in collaboration with ECW Press
Kitchener-based author Pamela Mulloy holds an MA in Fiction from the University of East Anglia and serves as editor at The New Quarterly and creative director of the Wild Writers Literary Festival. Her 2018 debut novel, The Deserters, was shortlisted for the ReLit Award. Her second novel, As Little As Nothing, explores early feminism in pre-war Britain. She has lived in the UK, Poland, and the US.
Explore Pamela Mulloy in our collection
If you need an accessibility accommodation during this program, please register early so we can confirm arrangements a few days before your visit.
Central Library is the largest location and houses historical and special collections, a computer lab, meeting rooms for public rental, and departments responsible for system-wide library services support. Burlington Public Library is a tax-supported registered charitable organization.