27. Ruth Ozeki in Conversation

Multi-award-winning author Ruth Ozeki returns with a spellbinding story collection that will delight longtime fans—along with those who have yet to discover her philosophically witty, deeply compassionate work, including novels such as The Book of Form and Emptiness and A Tale for the Time Being. Spanning eras and geographies, the razor-sharp stories in The Typing Lady explore childhood ambition, youthful desire, midlife reinvention, and the unsparing clarity of old age. An illustrious writer at the height of her powers, Ozeki will discuss how we record ourselves in language, how language records us in return, and her own storied career. Moderated by Margaret Gallagher.

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Margaret Gallagher

MARGARET GALLAGHER is the host of CBC Radio's North by Northwest, BC's highest rated weekend radio show. She's been part of the CBC family for 25 years, previously appearing on The Early Edition, On the Coast, and as the host of Hot Air. Margaret has won numerous awards, including three National RDTNAs, a Webster Award, an Asian Heritage Month Pan Asian Recognition Award and a Community Builder Award from the Hapa-palooza festival of mixed roots. She has a deep passion for the written arts and always has at least two books on the go.

Ruth Ozeki

RUTH OZEKI is the author of The Typing Lady: And Other Fictions, whose novels include The Book of Form and Emptiness and A Tale for the Time Being. She is a Buddhist priest affiliated with the Everyday Zen Foundation, and Professor Emerita of English Language and Literature at Smith College.