Book Launch: Because by Andrew Steinmetz (Ottawa)

Schedule

Sat Jun 10 2023 at 05:00 pm

Location

The Manx | Ottawa, ON

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VĂ©hicule Press, in partnership with Plan 99 and Perfect Books, invites you to the Ottawa launch of Andrew Steinmetz's new novel BECAUSE. The event will feature readings by the author, as well as a conversation about the book with host Brian Busby. Books will be for sale.
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About BECAUSE:
Teenage brothers Hombre and Transformer spend their days locked up in their suburban Montreal bedroom, writing songs and dreaming of stardom. Hombre, the younger one, is quiet, contemplative, and talented, a poet in the making. His older brother Transformer is stubborn, domineering, and secretly struggling with mental health issues. Their sequestered world is broken open one summer when their mother hires Spit, a girl from the local guitar shop, to help the boys improve their modest skills. But these good intentions set off a chain reaction with tragic consequences.
Set in the early 80s, in a local music scene brimming with post-punk ethos and a disdain for classic rock, Because is a wry and charming depiction of a sibling relationship founded on feverish angst, unspoken admiration, jealousy, and the pursuit of the greatest song they can write from their own room.

Andrew Steinmetz is the author of five previous books. This Great Escape: The Case of Michael Paryla was a finalist for the 2013 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, and Eva's Threepenny Theatre won the City of Ottawa Book Award and was a finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. A life-long musician, Steinmetz formed the band Weather Permitting in 1985. In the 1990s, he was a member of the alt-country band Good Cookies. He lives in Ottawa.
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Brian Busby is a writer, editor, literary historian and bibliophile. His most recent book is The Dusty Bookcase (Biblioasis, 2017), a collection of revised and expanded reviews. He is series editor for Ricochet Books and a contributing editor for Canadian Notes & Queries.
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Where is it happening?

The Manx, 370 Elgin Street,Ottawa,ON,Canada

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