Cale Plett Book Launch (Wavelength)

Schedule

Thu Oct 09 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

McNally Robinson Booksellers | Winnipeg, MB

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Join Cale Plett for the launch of their debut YA novel, Wavelength (Groundwood Books).
https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781779460295/cale-plett/wavelength
Featuring a reading, a conversation hosted by Teresa Horosko, and premiere live performances of two of the songs from Wavelength, including "Elevator" (which you can listen to here: https://houseofanansi.com/blogs/anansi/listen-to-music-from-wavelength).
This event will be hosted live in the Atrium of McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park and also available as a YouTube stream: https://youtube.com/live/LtZYecj7nRs
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Hannah Montana meets Heartstopper in this story of a teen pop star on the run from fame who finds family, love and gender euphoria when they become entangled with a local band.
Cale Plett (they/them) is a nonbinary, genderfluid writer from Winnipeg. Their short fiction and poetry have been published in journals across Canada. Cale emphasizes diverse queer representation in settings where LGBTQ+ characters can exist safely within their identities. Wavelength is their publishing debut, with their second YA novel, The Saw Mouth, forthcoming in 2026. Cale has attended the Emerging Writers Residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and is a Lambda Literary fellow.
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McNally Robinson Booksellers, 1120 Grant Avenue,Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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