Celebrating the depth and diversity of BC publishing
On Sunday, March 19 at 6pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books and The Lido for a magical night of togetherness in How Your Heart Grows. Celebrating chosen family in the diaspora, including our queer kin, this evening will feature award winning author of Scarborough and finalist for Canada Reads 2022, Catherine Hernandez, who will read from her new book The Story of Us.
A captivating narrative of sisterhood, community, hope and belonging, The Story of Us paints a tender portrait of the resilience of migrant women. In conversation with Hari Alluri, poet and author of Our Echo of Sudden Mercy, the two discuss ideas around diasporic identities, home and kinship. This remarkable event will also offer a musical opening by Kimmortal. We invite you for an evening to find the joy of finding love in unlikely places.
This project has been made possible by the Government of Canada. Ce projet a été rendu possible grâce au gouvernement du Canada.
Tickets
Tickets for this event are $15, or $10 available for Indigenous, Black, queer, disabled and community members with intersections that typically exclude them from accessing literary events.
Venue & Accessibility
The event will be hosted at The Lido at 518 E Broadway in Vancouver.
Registration is on a sliding scale and required for entrance. The space is wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms on-site. Please refrain from wearing scents or heavy perfumes.
Covid Protocols: Masks keep our community safe and are mandatory (N95 masks are recommended as they offer the best protection). We ask if you are showing symptoms, that you stay home. Thank you kindly.
Featuring Author
Catherine Hernandez (she/her) is an award-winning author and screenwriter. She is a proud queer woman who is of Filipino, Spanish, Chinese and Indian descent and married into the Navajo Nation. Her first novel, Scarborough, won the Jim Wong-Chu Award for the unpublished manuscript; was a finalist for several awards including Canada Reads 2022. She wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Scarborough, which was nominated for 11 Canadian Screen Awards and won 8 including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Her second novel, Crosshairs, was shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award and made the CBC’s Best Canadian Fiction, NOW Magazine’s 10 Best Books, Indigo Best Book, and NBC 20 Best LGBTQ Books list of 2020. Her third novel, The Story of Us, was published this year by HarperCollins Canada. She is currently working on a few television projects and her fourth novel.