BookPeople Presents: Yvie Oddly - All About Yvie: Into the Oddity

Please welcome Yvie Oddly and Michael Bach to celebrate All About Yvie: Into the Oddity!

This event is free and open to the public.

• Start time: 7:00 P.M.
• Run time: 45-60 minutes, followed by a signing line.
• Location: The second floor of BookPeople.

The author will be signing copies of the book after the speaking portion of the event.

• To get a book signed, a copy of the event book or an item of equal value must be purchased from BookPeople.

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About the book:

The world’s oddest drag artist

This book is an intimate and in-depth look into the life of Yvie Oddly, winner of season eleven of RuPaul's Drag Race. It begins with their childhood and then tells of their coming out and coming to terms with their sexuality, gender and how those things impact their journey as an artist. It then follows them through their experience on Drag Race (season 11 and All Stars, All Winners), and their rise to super stardom. It’s a close glimpse into their wonderful and sometimes turbulent relationships with their friends, family, and all the people they met along their journey. And it’s an exploration of Yvie’s unique expression of drag as an art form.

Yvie Oddly’s memoir will inspire readers as Yvie candidly shares their evolution into their current identity and learning to balance their private and public personas. Readers will follow them on a journey they will sympathize with, and many may even see themselves in their struggles.

About the author:

Yvie Oddly is an internationally acclaimed drag superstar from Denver, Colorado. Yvie captured the attention of the world when they won the eleventh season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. New York magazine named Yvie one of the most powerful drag queens in 2019 because of their ability to push the boundaries of drag performance art. Since then, they’ve been polishing their skills as a designer, fine artist, rapper, and comedian, performing to audiences worldwide.
About the moderator:

Michael Bach is nationally and internationally recognized as a thought leader in the fields of inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility. He is the founder and former CEO of the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, and CCDI Consulting. Bach has received repeated recognition for his work, including being named as one of the Women of Influence’s Canadian Diversity Champions, the Inspire Award as LGBTQ Person of the Year, and the Out on Bay Street, Leaders to be Proud of LGBT Advocate Workplace Award. He is the author of Birds of All Feathers: Doing Diversity and Inclusion Right (Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and Amazon best-seller, recipient of the silver 2020 Nautilus Book Award in the category of Rising to the Moment), and Alphabet Soup: The Essential Guide to LGBTQ2+ Inclusion at Work (Toronto Star best-seller)

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