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Celebrated and multi-award-winning author Ann Patchett makes a rare appearance in Vancouver on the North American tour for Whistler, her first novel since the instant #1 New York Times bestseller, Tom Lake.
Whistler is a story about two adults looking back over the choices they made, and the choices that were made for them. When Daphne Fuller and her husband Jonathan visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, they notice an older, white-haired gentleman following them. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, her former stepfather. Now fifty-three, Daphne hasn’t seen Eddie for many years, not since the fateful event that changed the direction of both their lives. While their relationship was brief, it had a profound impact on them both—and now that they are reunited, they have no intention of ever being separated again.
Beautiful in its simplicity, Whistler is ultimately about how love endures, and how the feeling of being known by one other person, even for a short period of time, can change everything. Patchett sits down with Vancouver Writers Fest Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig for a luminous conversation about this new unforgettable novel, her work to date, and the importance of reading, dialogue, and bookstores—including her own cherished shop, Parnassus Books—in these uncertain times.
Books will be for sale at the event from Upstart & Crow.
Participants and Speakers
Ann Patchett
ANN PATCHETT is the author of novels, most recently the #1 New York Times bestselling Tom Lake, works of nonfiction, and children’s books. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the PEN/Faulkner, the Women’s Prize for Fiction in the UK, and the Book Sense Book of the Year. Her novel The Dutch House was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages, and Time magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. President Biden awarded her the National Humanities Medal in recognition of her contributions to American culture. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is the owner of Parnassus Books.
Leslie Hurtig
LESLIE HURTIG is the artistic director of the Vancouver Writers Fest. She has worked in a range of senior positions across the Canadian literary landscape for the last 30 years, holding the roles of sales representative, publicist, rights manager and book buyer for some of North America’s great publishers and bookstores. In addition to curating year-round and Festival events, Leslie regularly moderates literary events, acts as juror for a number of prizes, and guest lectures on publishing and literary festivals at Simon Fraser University.