April 1 –April 30, 2024

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Events

An Evening with the Author

On April 25, join author Dimitri Nasrallah and CBC’s Alan Neal for a conversation about the One eRead 2024 book: Hotline. Universal human themes – belonging, identity, isolation, and connection – make Hotline a perfect story to read and discuss with thousands of fellow Canadians as part of this year’s One eRead /Un livrel program. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a question & answer session at the end of the discussion.  

This is a hybrid event: the program is in-person, but we will also stream live on OPL’s YouTube page. Registration is for the in-person portion of the event, an Eventbrite account is not required to register. Stream it through YouTube or watch the recording of the event on YouTube afterwards. 

A One eRead Canada French language event is being hosted by BAnQ in Montreal on April 23 at 7:00pm (livestream available). 

Thursday, April 25, 2024 – 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street
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Dimitri Nasrallah is the author of four novels. He was born in Lebanon in 1977, and lived in Kuwait, Greece, and Dubai before moving to Canada. His internationally acclaimed books have garnered nominations for CBC Canada Reads, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal, and won the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the McAuslan First Book Prize. He is the fiction editor at Véhicule Press. 

Image of Alan Neal standing next to a brick wall opposite a mural.

Alan Neal is the award-winning host of the afternoon show All In A Day, heard 3 to 6 p.m. on CBC Radio One and CBC Listen. He has lived in Ottawa almost his entire life, and is known for his carefully researched interviews of authors and musicians.

This program is presented by the Canadian Urban Libraries Council, Ottawa Public Library, Library and Archives Canada and the CBC.  

Accessibility:  The Pellan Room at Library and Archives Canada is accessible via elevator. There are gendered washrooms with barrier free stalls on the main floor of the building. There are additional gendered washrooms available on the same floor as the event. There are no universal individual washrooms available at this venue.  

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