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Calgary Herald
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
Arundhati Roy in conversation with Naomi Klein at Vancouver Writers Fest event
The Vancouver Writers Fest (VWF) has announced that Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy will be in Vancouver for a special event on Sept. 17 (7:30 p.m.) at the Vancouver Playhouse. Article content Roy will be in conversation with award-winning writer and activist Naomi Klein (No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, Doppelganger). Tickets for the event, presented in partnership with UBC Centre for Climate Justice and Indian Summer Festival, are on sale now here. Article content Article content Roy's first novel, The God of Small Things, won the Booker Prize in 1997. A prominent political and environmental activist Roy's work has been recognized with the PEN Pinter Prize, and she was named to Time's 100 most influential people list in 2014. Article content Article content Roy began writing the book after the death her mother Mary in September 2022. This 'astonishing, sometimes disturbing, and surprisingly funny memoir,' digs into Roy's complex relationship with her single mother and how it shaped her into the person and the writer she became. Article content
Vancouver Sun
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Vancouver Sun
Arundhati Roy in conversation with Naomi Klein at Vancouver Writers Fest event
The Vancouver Writers Fest (VWF) has announced that Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy will be in Vancouver for a special event on Sept. 17 (7:30 p.m.) at the Vancouver Playhouse . Roy will be in conversation with award-winning writer and activist Naomi Klein (No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, Doppelganger ). Tickets for the event, presented in partnership with UBC Centre for Climate Justice and Indian Summer Festival, are on sale now here . Roy's first novel, The God of Small Things, won the Booker Prize in 1997. A prominent political and environmental activist Roy's work has been recognized with the PEN Pinter Prize, and she was named to Time's 100 most influential people list in 2014. Get top headlines and gossip from the world of celebrity and entertainment. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sun Spots will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Roy's latest book, to be released in September, is her first memoir, Mother Mary Comes to Me. The book is described by a VWF statement as 'a soaring account, both intimate and inspirational, of how the author became the person and the writer she is.' Roy began writing the book after the death her mother Mary in September 2022. This 'astonishing, sometimes disturbing, and surprisingly funny memoir,' digs into Roy's complex relationship with her single mother and how it shaped her into the person and the writer she became.
