2022 Hugh MacLennan Lecture | "The Betrayal of Anne Frank" and Beyond: The Work and Process of Rosemary Sullivan (Virtual)
Rosemary Sullivan is author of fifteen books in the genres of biography, memoir, poetry, travelogue, and short fiction, including Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen, which won a Governor General鈥檚 Award;听The Red Shoes: Margaret Atwood Starting Out;听Labyrinth of Desire: Women, Passion, and Romantic Obsession;听Villa Air-Bel: World War II, Escape and a House in Marseille; and听Stalin鈥檚 Daughter, which won the Hilary Weston Writers鈥� Trust Prize, the BC National Non-Fiction Award, and the RBC Charles Taylor Prize, as well as the International Plutarch Award in Biography.
Her most recent book,听The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation,听has been sold in twenty countries. In 2012, Rosemary Sullivan was named an Officer of the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture.
The evening will feature a virtual conversation with Anne Lagac茅 Dowson, Montreal-based freelance journalist and commentator, and will address Rosemary Sullivan鈥檚 oeuvre, themes, and process.
A YouTube link will be sent to registrants in a reminder email in advance of the event.
Works by Rosemary Sullivan will be available for purchase at .
The MacLennan Lecture is generously supported by Donald Walcot.
In-person Blue Metropolis events featuring Rosemary Sullivan:
- 听| Saturday, May 7 at 7PM at Salle St-Laurent (H么tel 10)
- 听| Sunday, May 8 at 12PM at the McCord Museum
