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Coming soon US launch and tour events for NYRB edition of Library of Brothel (US/UK published Jan 12, 2027)
Victoria Writers Festival
Details: Amusement Dark: Three Novels
Panel discussion with debut novelists Doretta Lau & Daniel Zomparelli. Moderated by Matthew J Trafford
Date: Saturday, Oct 17, 2026
Time: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Tickets: $5–$20
Vancouver Writers Fest
Details: 66. Anakana Schofield: Library of Brothel
Embark on a literary journey like nothing before in Anakana Schofield’s Library of Brothel. In a class with Beckett, Joyce, and O’Brien (The Guardian), Schofield’s absurdist creation is a cri de coeur for human connection and the right to meaningful work, told with irresistibly inventive style and uproarious humour.
Moderated by Mark Medley
Date: Friday October 23, 2026
Time: 8:00 pm. THE NEST
Tickets: $28 (Youth under 25 $15, Seniors $25.20)
Get your tickets here before it sells out
Vancouver Writers Festival
Details: 75. Blending Genres
Panel discussion with Erik Beck Rubin, Camilla Gibb. Moderated by Elee Kraljii Gardiner
Date: Saturday, Oct 24, 2026
Time: 1.30pm
Tickets: $28 (Youth under 25 $15)
Whistler Writers Festival
Details: Glorious, Disrupting Dystopia
With Glenn Dixon and Anakana Schofield | Moderator: Alli Vail
1:45 – 3 p.m. | Fairmont Chateau Whistler | In-person $42
Includes coffee, tea and a red velvet cupcake
Details: Anakana Schofield speaks with journalist and critic Michelle Dean about her dazzling new novel, a cri de coeur for human connection and the right to meaningful work.
Q&A and book signing to follow. Books available for purchase.
Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026
Time: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Tickets: Free, Registration Required
Event: Western Front, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Details: Western Front is pleased to present an afternoon with the writer Anakana Schofield to launch her latest novel Library of Brothel (Knopf Canada, 2026). Loosely inspired by the architecture and atmosphere of Western Front’s own building, the novel imagines a precarious and unruly space shaped by labour, care, and collective survival.
Date: June 13, 2026
Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pm
Ticket: Free
Livestream: Free