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Cocktails and Conversations

Fraser River Literary Festival

The Fraser River Literary Festival presents a cocktail reception and panel discussion at Evergreen Arts. Registration Required. For ages 16+ .

Grab a friend (or two!) and enjoy delicious food and drink while meeting new people from your community during a cocktail reception at Evergreen Arts.

A panel discussion will follow at 7:00 pm with local authors Janie Chang, Tanya Boteju, and Katrina Kwan. The panel is moderated by local comedian and author Ryan Murphy, with a question and answer period to follow. 

• Cocktail Reception: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
• Panel Discussion: 7:00 - 8:30 pm.

To purchase alcoholic drinks, you must be 19+ and present valid government issued photo ID.

Tickets are $20.00 and include access to the reception, food, one drink of your choice, and the panel discussion. Further drinks will be available for purchase at the event. Proceeds will go toward Coquitlam Public Library's programs and services.

If you are only interested in attending the panel discussion, registration is free but still required. Doors open at 6:45.

Registration required. For ages 16+

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For more information about this Fraser River Literary Festival event, email ask@coqlibrary.ca. 

Janie Chang is a Globe and Mail bestselling author of historical fiction. Born in Taiwan, Chang has lived in the Philippines, Iran, Thailand, New Zealand, and Canada. Her novels often draw from family history and ancestral stories. She has a degree in computer science and is a graduate of the Writer’s Studio Program at Simon Fraser University. She is the author of Three Souls, Dragon Springs Road, The Library of Legends, and The Porcelain Moon; and co-author of the USA Today bestseller The Phoenix Crown, with Kate Quinn.

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Katrina Kwan is a Canadian fantasy and contemporary romance author based in Vancouver. After graduating from Acadia University in 2017 with a BA in political science with honors, Kwan spent the next six years honing her creative skills as a freelance ghostwriter. With several ghostwritten romance novels under her belt, she's ecstatic to finally be writing books under her own name.

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Tanya Boteju is a writer and educator living on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh land (Vancouver, BC). Her debut novel, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens, was named a Top Ten Indie Next Pick by the American Booksellers Association. Her YA novels, Bruised and Messy Perfect, appear on the American Librarian Association’s Rainbow List. Typically, you can find her cozy in her cabin, writing at cafés, or smooshing any dog that will let her. Tanya hopes she’s bending the universe even the tiniest bit toward justice. Visit her at https://tanyaboteju.com/. 

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