The Process of Writing: an Author鈥檚 Perspective
How do writers come up with the ideas and stories that end up as novels so gripping that we can鈥檛 put them down? How do they get their work noticed by a publisher, especially when an author has a day job in another field? Join us for a chat with Dr. Liam Durcan, a fellow McGillian who has successfully juggled a literary career with the demands of being a full-time neurologist at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, 香蕉视频 Health Centre, and the Queen Elizabeth Health Complex. Liam Durcan was trained at the University of Manitoba and 香蕉视频.
What an opportunity, you might even pick up a few pointers on how to bring your own ideas to the printed page鈥�
Following on the success of Garc铆a鈥檚 Heart, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection for which Dr. Durcan received the Arthur Ellis Best First Novel Award (), Liam has just launched his second novel, The Measure of Darkness. Quoting critic Norman Doidge, 鈥淭he Measure of Darkness seems, at first, to be about the mysterious odyssey and follies of a man with a rare neurological syndrome in which the victim cannot perceive half of the world, and worse, doesn鈥檛 know that he can鈥檛 perceive it. Yet, as Liam Durcan鈥檚 acutely observed, powerfully poetic prose鈥攚hich can be sensitive or steely鈥攂uilds to a gut-wrenching finale, we realize that this man is a metaphor for each of us and we are all haunted by the things we don鈥檛 know.鈥�
Following the lecture please join us for a wine and cheese reception with Dr. Durcan and members of the McGill Society of Montreal. Dr. Durcan will be available to sign your copy of his book.
Date:聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 May 31, 2016
Venue:聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Montreal Neurological Institute, 3801 University Street, de Grandpr茅 Centre
Time:聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 6 鈥� 8 pm
Cost:聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 $15
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