Book Launch – Coconut Dreams by Derek Mascarenhas.

Book*hug and Another Story Bookshop
…invite you to the book launch for

Coconut Dreams
by Derek Mascarenhas

The event will feature a reading from the book, followed by a conversation with Terese Pierre

These 17 stories are tethered by siblings Aiden and Ally, whose parents, Felix and Clara Pinto, left Goa, India, for a new life in Burlington, Ont. The first and last stories are set in the West Indian coastal state, but most involve the kids’ paradoxical experience of being Canadian-born yet outsiders in the predominantly white 1990s community in Canada

About the Author:
Derek Mascarenhas is a graduate of the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies Creative Writing Program, a finalist and runner-up for the Penguin Random House of Canada Student Award for Fiction, and a nominee for the Marina Nemat Award. His fiction has been published in places such as Joyland, The Dalhousie Review, Switchback, Maple Tree Literary Supplement, Cosmonauts Avenue, and The Antigonish Review. Coconut Dreams is his first book.

When:
Thursday, April 18, 2019

Where:
Another Story Bookshop
315 Roncesvalles Ave,
Toronto, ON

Time:
7:00 -9:00 pm

Cost:
FREE

Accessibility information:
The entrance to store is accessible with an e-door but the bathroom is located down a narrow flight of stairs.