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Author Event: Long Strange Trips

Featuring Slava Pastuk and Andrew Brobyn

Join us for this author evening featuring Slava Pastuk, author of Bad Trips and Andrew Brobyn, author of Babble On, both published by Dundurn Press. 18+

Slava Pastuk was sent to prison in 2019 for a well-publicized drug smuggling conviction. Before that, he was a culture writer based in Toronto whose work has been featured on VICE, COMPLEX, CollegeHumor, and various other publications. Slava’s experience has given him a unique — and, at times, staggering — view of both the media and drug industries.

Andrew Brobyn is a poet and memoirist. His experiences involving mental health and addiction issues are a major focus of his writing. He lives in Toronto.

From a Toronto journalists' meteoric descent from acclaimed Vice magazine writer/reporter to being a drug smuggler in prison to A mid-level drug traffickers decade long post-acid trip journey to redemption, drugs take center stage with this unique pairing of authors sharing unique life stories.  

A Different Drummer Books will be on hand to sell books.

Registration is required.

Skills learned: Critical thinking, Communication, Information literacy, Social skills

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