About the authorĬhildren shouldn’t know the horror of war, but Hussam was old enough by now. Masterfully crafted and richly detailed, The Foghorn Echoes is a gripping novel about how to carve out home in the midst of war, and how to move forward when the war is within yourself. The past continues to reverberate through the present as Hussam and Wassim come face to face with heartache, history, drag queens, border guards, and ghosts both literal and figurative. Taking shelter in a deserted villa, he unearths the previous owner’s buried secrets while reckoning with his own. Wassim is living on the streets of Damascus, having abandoned a wife and child and a charade he could no longer keep up. Sponsored as a refugee by a controlling older man, Hussam is living an openly gay life in Vancouver, where he attempts to quiet his demons with sex, drugs, and alcohol. Ten years later, Hussam and Wassim are still struggling to find peace and belonging. In an instant, the course of their lives is changed forever. A blooming romance leads to a tragic accident when Hussam’s father catches him acting on his feelings for his best friend, Wassim. 'A sweeping and mesmerizing story that spans time and mortal space so expertly and elegantly.' -Alan CummingĪ deeply moving novel about a forbidden love between two boys in war-torn Syria and the fallout that ripples through their adult lives. *SHORTLISTED FOR A 2022 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD* More information can be found on the wordstocksudbury.*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BC AND YUKON ETHEL WILSON PRIZE* Organizers said they count on government support to bring the literary arts to Northern Ontario and acknowledge the support from Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, City of Greater Sudbury, Arts and Culture grant, Celebrate Ontario and Canadian Heritage. This year’s official festival bookseller will be New Liskeard’s independent bookstore Chat Noir.” “(And) we are delighted to welcome back our community partners: Greater Sudbury Public Library, Salon du livre du grand Sudbury and Expozine Sudbury. “This year,” festival organizers added, “we are also excited to announce our commitment to accessibility and inclusivity for our festival, supported by the Ontario Trillium Grant. He is the artistic director of the Acting for Stage and Screen Program for Canadore College and a part-time English professor with Nipissing University. Carley is also an award-winning director, playwright and actor, having directed and produced more than 100 theatrical productions to date including fifteen adaptations of Shakespeare.

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