Book Launch: ReVisions: Speculating in Literature and Film in Canada
Dystopian and apocalyptic fiction and film is explored in a new book edited by Dr. Wendy Roy (PhD) of the Department of English
Date: Friday, Jan. 30
Time: 7 pm
Location: McNally Robinson Booksellers, 3130 8th St. E., Saskatoon and livestreamed on YouTube
Free and open to the public
About this event
Join Wendy Roy and contributors for the launch of ReVisions: Speculating in Literature and Film in Canada, published by University of Toronto Press.
ReVisions brings together critical and creative works by eighteen authors to explore dystopian and apocalyptic fiction and film in Canada. The collection examines Canada’s past and present through a futuristic lens, asking readers to revise their understandings of past events, including Canada’s history of colonization. The varied contributions demonstrate that speculative writing can help us to see what is happening in the world around us and at the same time to re-envision it, to reconsider the consequences of our actions, and to imagine revised and perhaps better futures.
Wendy Roy is Bateman Professor in the Department of English. She will be joined for a panel discussion by seven local contributors, including Mabiana Camargo, Iris Hauser, Jessica McDonald, Kai McKenzie, MacKenzie Read, Jasmine Redford, and Gwen Rose. The event will be livestreamed.
This event is supported by the University of Saskatchewan Department of English.
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