Two Kamloops groups are showing a public documentary on Thursday, Oct. 23.
The TRU Faculty Association Status of Women Committee and the Rotary Club of Kamloops Daybreak will host Heart to Head in room 1008 of TRU’s International Building, at 5:30 p.m.
The film is about Muslim mothers teaching poor children through the Amarok Society schools.
The event will feature a guest from the organization, Gabriel Munro, who works in public relations for the society.
Light refreshments will be served. For more information, go online to amaroksociety.org.
Anatomy of a book with Ashley Little
Award-winning novelist Ashley Little will be at the Kamloops Library on Saturday, Oct. 18, to read from and discuss her book, Anatomy of a Girl Gang.
The book tells the story of a gang of teenaged girls in Vancouver called the Black Roses, including Mack, the gang leader, Mercy, who specializes in thievery, Kayos, a high-school dropout who had a daughter when she was just 13 years old, Sly Girl, a First Nations teen who went searching for a better life and found addiction, and Z, an anti-establishment graffiti artist.
The book won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, which is considered to be the top award in the province for a novel.
Little also wrote Prick: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist, which was optioned for a film, and The New Normal, which won the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Award, an award given to B.C. authors of books aimed at juveniles and young adults.
The 1 p.m. event is free, but space is limited so people should contact the library by calling 250-372-5145 or email aambrus@tnrd.ca to reserve a seat.
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