The Art of Trespassing edited by Anna Levanthal - Reading

Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at Octopus Books

The Art of Trespassing is a collection featuring the work of new Canadian writers. Each story in this anthology is a microcosmic bricolage-an attempt to carve something particular out of the general. The Art of Trespassing explores the systems and structures that frame our everyday lives. Contributors imagine networks, neighbourhoods and relationships, exposing them as both confining and liberating.

"An anthology of new writers that sparkles with imagination, energy, and flashes of poetry. And perhaps most importantly, it's an awfully fun read."
Jonathan Goldstein
Author of Lenny Bruce is Dead and host of Wiretap on CBC Radio

"These stories are tentative guides to private places, but the writers aren't so much leading you through their worlds as allowing you to explore them together. The result is a compulsively readable, hugely enjoyable collection, with surprises at every turn."
Pasha Malla
Author of The Withdrawal Method