Join us for the launch of Stephen Marche’s forthcoming book On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer, the sixth addition to the Biblioasis Field Notes Series. In addition to a reading, there will be a Q&A, and book signing. Food and wine will be available–come join!
Stephen Marche is a novelist, essayist and cultural commentator. He is the author of half a dozen books, and has written opinion pieces and essays for the New Yorker, the New York Times, The Atlantic, Esquire, The Walrus, and many others. He lives in Toronto with his wife and children.

About the book:
Failure is a topic discussed in every creative writing department in the world, but this is the book every beginning writer should have on their shelf to prepare them. Less a guide to writing and more a guide to what you need to continue existing as a writer, On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer describes the defining role played by rejection in literary endeavors and contemplates failure as the essence of the writer’s life. Along with his own history of rejection, Marche offers stories from the history of writerly failure, from Ovid’s exile and Dostoevsky’s mock execution to James Baldwin’s advice just to endure, where living with the struggle and the pointlessness of writing is the point.

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March 8, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

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