Book Signing with Darrel J. McLeod
2023-11-02 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver) | Munro’s Books, 1108 Government Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 1Y2, Canada
Please join Munro’s Books for a book signing with beloved local author, Darrel J. McLeod!!
Darrel J. McLeod will be in-store to sign copies of his debut novel, A Season in Chezgh’un.
A subversive novel by acclaimed Cree author Darrel J. McLeod, infused with the contradictory triumph and pain of finding conventional success in a world that feels alien.
James, a talented and conflicted Cree man from a tiny settlement in Northern Alberta, has settled into a comfortable middle-class life in Kitsilano, a trendy neighbourhood of Vancouver. He is living the life he had once dreamed of—travel, a charming circle of sophisticated friends, a promising career and a loving relationship with a caring man—but he chafes at being assimilated into mainstream society, removed from his people and culture.
The untimely death of James’s mother, his only link to his extended family and community, propels him into a quest to reconnect with his roots. He secures a job as a principal in a remote northern Dakelh community but quickly learns that life there isn’t the fix he’d hoped it would be: His encounters with poverty, cultural disruption and abuse conjure ghosts from his past that drive him toward self-destruction. During the single year he spends in northern BC, James takes solace in the richness of the Dakelh culture—the indomitable spirit of the people, and the splendour of nature—all the while fighting to keep his dark side from destroying his life.
WHEN: Thursday, November 2nd from 12:30-2:00 PM.
WHERE: In-store at Munro’s Books, 1108 Government Street.
WHAT: A book signing of A Season in Chezgh’un with Darrel J. McLeod.
HOW: This event is free to attend.
