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Lesley Anne Cowan & Emily Pohl-Weary at Gladstone Hotel

Toronto Event Date: Sat, June 05, 2010

02:00 PM

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Lesley Anne Cowan & Emily Pohl-Weary

LESLEY ANNE COWAN IN CONVERSATION WITH EMILY POHL-WEARY
Saturday June 5; 2pm (Doors Open 1:30pm) FREE
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen Street West

Can a sixteen year-old girl beat the odds and rise above a bad situation? Sure, but what if fairy tales don’t come true? How does a young woman surrounded by ugliness find beauty in her life and in herself? To celebrate the launch of her latest novel, Something Wicked (Penguin Group Canada), Lesley Anne Cowan will discuss writing and working with at risk youth with noted author Emily Pohl-Weary. An extended Q&A will follow the conversation. – A Small Print Toronto event presented by Penguin Group Canada, Gladstone Hotel and Torontoist.com.

SOMETHING WICKED Sixteen-year-old Melissa’s most recent troubles stem from a secret: her twenty-eight-year-old boyfriend, Michael, has just broken up with her. Even though the relationship is clearly over, Melissa clings to the past, riding a never-ending wave of hope and disappointment. Meaningless sexual escapades, drunken nights, and drug-induced blackouts help her deal with heartbreak, but her pain goes much deeper than her failed relationship. Along with a broken heart, Melissa has to cope with the memories of her younger brother’s death; the non-existent parenting of her insecure, flighty mother; being juggled between social workers and psychologists; and getting kicked out of school and sent to a special program for at-risk youth. So when the cracks in her life threaten to tear her apart, Melissa has to decide whether to keep fighting—or to let go.

LESLEY ANNE COWAN’s writing is informed by her job as a secondary school teacher working with at-risk youth, which gives her writing an authenticity that few authors can match. Cowan has a B.A. in English Literature and a Diploma in Education from McGill University. She is also a graduate of the Humber School for Writers. Her debut novel, As She Grows, was widely acclaimed by critics across Canada. Lesley currently resides in Toronto.

EMILY POHL-WEARY is an award-winning author. Her books include young adult mystery Strange Times at Western High. She edited the acclaimed female superhero anthology, Girls Who Bite Back, and published literary conga line Kiss Machine magazine. In 2008, Pohl-Weary founded the Parkdale Street Writers for at-risk youth. More recently, her feature screenplay received financing from Astral Media through its Greenberg Fund.

Media/ Info Contact: Lesley Anne Cowan: Vimala Jeevanandam: (416) 928-2419, vimala.jeevanandam@ca.penguingroup.com,

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