Monday, January 22, 1pm & 7pm
Teatro Santa Ana, Relox 50A
Free

The Angry Inuk - film

Literary Sala, Big Read

By Elizabeth Marshall

Everyone in town is invited to participate in our annual Big Read. This year, the selected book is Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden, who will be one of the keynote speakers at the February 2018 Writers’ Conference. Boyden’s novel is a voyage to an area of the world unknown to many of us — the wilderness of northern Canada and what it means to live there in the First Nations culture.

To sign up to participate in a Big Read discussion group, see instructions below. The Big Read is an opportunity to create new friendships, stir your intellect, and become excited about hearing Joseph Boyden’s keynote address.

As a new feature of the Big Read this year, everyone who participates in a Big Read group will be invited to an exclusive reception with Boyden on Sunday, February 11 at a very special location! In addition, two pre-Conference programs, planned by Big Read Co-Chair Mary Katherine Wainwright, will add more information about the topic of the book and more material for conversation in the book groups. See details below.

Through Black Spruce is available for purchase at all Literary Sala and Big Read events, in the Tesoros store in the Biblioteca, as well as from both Kindle and Audible. Keynote tickets can be purchased online at sanmiguelwritersconference.org or at any Literary Sala event.


Big Read Event Details

To sign up for a Big Read Discussion Group, go to the Conference website (sanmiguelwritersconference.org) and scroll down to the Big Read button on the home page, where you can fill out a registration form. You will also find suggested discussion questions there. Or, you may e-mail Big Read chair, Carolynn Rafman at carolynn.rafman@gmail.com. Please tell Carolynn whether you prefer to meet in the morning, afternoon, or evening; the colonia where you live; and if you would like to host a group in your home.


A FILM about the topic of the book, The Angry Inuk, will be shown at the Teatro Santa Ana (Relox #50). This event is free of charge and open to the public. January 22 at 1:00 and at 7:00 PM.


A PANEL DISCUSSION focusing on The Angry Inuk, on issues surrounding cultural appropriation, and on the author Joseph Boyden will take place at the Hotel Aldea (Ancha de San Antonio #15) on January 29 at 5:00 PM. Admission $100 pesos; $50 pesos for Literary Sala members.


AN EXCLUSIVE RECEPTION with Joseph Boyden for Big Read participants will be held on Sunday, February 11 at 4:00 PM at a very special location.