Reading - Larissa Lai

The Department of English and Creative Writing, in coordination with the Department of Gender, Religion and Critical Studies and URQI, will host award-winning SF author Larissa Lai for a reading and discussion. This event is free, but please RSVP to: jes.battis@uregina.ca

Zoom attendance is possible—please email Dr. Jes Battis at the above address for the Zoom link!

Talk Description

Dr. Larissa Lai, the Richard Charles Lee Chair in Canadian Chinese Studies at the University of Toronto, will read from her current work-in-progress:  Insurgent Survival Strategies for Guilt-Wracked Human Animals in the Post-Apocalypse. Lai is the award-winning author of The Lost Century, The Tiger Flu, Iron Goddess of Mercy, and Salt Fish Girl, among other works. A discussion/q&a with members of the Department of English and Creative Writing will follow, along with light refreshments.