Eden Robinson Book Launch "The Sorceress of Sky Serpents"
About this Event
Featuring a reading by Eden Robinson and conversation with David Robertson.
Audience Q & A and book signing to follow conversation.
Doors open at 7pm and event begins at 7:30pm.
Seating is General Admission. Tickets are $15 and $52 book and ticket.
Co-sponsored by the Indigenous Literatures Lab at U of T.
About the book:
From the bestselling author of the Trickster trilogy comes a bold fantasy inspired by the Indigenous cultures of the Pacific Northwest, set on a dangerous planet where monsters haunt the survivors of an apocalyptic sorcerers' war. The first gripping novel in a new trilogy.
As the daughter of the Guardian of the Eagle Clan and the granddaughter of its shaman, Yuala longs to become a warrior or a healer or, if all else fails, to make a strategic marriage to cement an alliance that will help protect her village of Winter Haven. But in a world where her mother can rain down fire on their enemies and other fighters can move objects with their minds, Yuala’s only gift is her ability to connect with creatures regarded as monsters: warlike Forest People, giant, flesh-eating octopuses, dog-sized cave worms and other abominations let in after warring sorcerers broke open the world.
Misfit Yuala's one recognized talent is for getting into trouble. But just as she is giving up on her dreams, her powerful grandfather decides that her strangeness means she is destined to become the next Clan shaman. With fear and hope in her heart, Yuala plunges into a grueling supernatural apprenticeship, thrilled to be on a useful path at last.
Meanwhile far to the south, a new chief of a rival nation has seized power and is on the hunt for the Sorceress of Sky Serpents, whose coming seers have foretold. As a battle brews on the shores of Winter Haven, something fiery builds in Yuala, too—but will she come into her power and save her clan before it’s too late?
“The Sorceress of Sky Serpents is a singular storytelling triumph by a true literary master. The brilliant mind of Eden Robinson has once again pulled us into a captivating world rich in excitement and imagination. This novel is thrilling, fantastic, and enriching, propelled by a vibrant and elaborate cast of characters created by one of the best authors to ever dream up a story. I felt transported to an exhilarating new realm right from the first page, and I’m tremendously delighted to know that there are more books to come in this series. This saga carves out a fascinating new path in the fantasy genre, and we’re fortunate to be able to read it.”—Waubgeshig Rice, author of Moon of the Turning Leaves
Haisla/Heiltsuk novelist EDEN ROBINSON is the author of a collection of novellas called Traplines, which won the Winifred Holtby Prize in the UK. Her next novels were Monkey Beach and Blood Sports. Monkey Beach won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and was a finalist for the Giller Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction. The first book in the Trickster trilogy, Son of a Trickster, became a finalist for the Giller Prize and Canada Reads. Trickster Drift, the second book in the trilogy, won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. In 2017, Eden was awarded the Writers' Trust Fellowship. She has been honoured with the 2024 Indspire Award for her contributions to Indigenous arts and story-telling. She lives in Kitamaat Village, BC.
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