We are thrilled to welcome Colson Whitehead back to Vancouver on Wednesday, September 16! Tickets and further information will be available this summer, date TBA. Make sure to subscribe to our mailing list so you don’t miss the announcement. You can sign up for infrequent announcements about our events and other news, and/or our comprehensive weekly newsletter.
Two-time Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead joins our fall 2026 Special Event lineup with Cool Machine—the magnificent final volume of his Harlem Trilogy (Harlem Shuffle, Crook Manifesto). With his usual pitch-perfect prose, Whitehead brings 1980s New York to life in this anticipated new heist novel. Cool Machine roves all over the city, from Windows on the World to the Meadowlands, to show that in New York, and in the lives of Whitehead’s vivid characters, it’s what’s below the surface that reveals the truth.
Cool Machine is available from Penguin Random House Canada on July 21, 2026.
Tickets on sale here starting this summer, date TBA. Stay tuned!