Vancouver Writer’s Festival – Louise Erdrich in Conversation with Carleigh Baker
A new novel by Louise Erdrich is a major literary event. World-renowned for her substantial body of work—including numerous award-winning and bestselling novels that centre modern-day Native American experiences—the Pulitzer Prize-winning author joins nêhiyaw âpihtawikosisân/Icelandic author Carleigh Baker in Vancouver to discuss The Mighty Red, a heartrending story about love and our tattered bond with the earth.
In Argus, North Dakota, a collection of people revolve around a fraught wedding. But human time is set against the speed of climate change. This is a novel about ordinary people living in a starkly beautiful prairie community, who must cope with devastating consequences as powerful forces upend them. Books will be available for purchase before and after the event, courtesy of Massy Books.
LOUISE ERDRICH, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, is the award-winning author of many novels as well as volumes of poetry, children’s books, and a memoir of early motherhood. Erdrich lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore. (TURTLE MOUNTAIN BAND OF CHIPPEWA/USA)