Book Launch "Roaming" by Jillian & Mariko Tamaki
- Thursday, September 14, 2023
- 7 to 8 PM (Door Open at 6:30) - OCAD University Auditorium (100 McCaul St, Level 1)
- A book signing will follow
- No RSVP, first come, first serve seating.
- Masks are requested.
Roaming is the new D+Q graphic novel by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki, the critically acclaimed team behind Skim and Governor General’s Literary Award winner This One Summer. Catch them in Toronto on September 14th at the OCAD University Auditorium (Level 1, 100 McCaul) with Zoe Whittall. This event starts at 7 pm. Line up opens at 6 pm.
“Roaming perfectly captures so much of what it feels like to be both fully grown and still becoming who you are. The utterly brilliant Tamakis show the highs and lows of friendship and love and what it means to explore. A beautiful book for any 19 year old, yes, but also for anyone who was once 19.” —Emma Straub, author of This Time Tomorrow.
This event is presented by Another Story Bookshop, as well as Toronto Lit Up, TIFA, and Toronto Arts Council. Masks are requested. Accessible space. In collaboration with Faculty of Art and Printmaking & Publication Program.
About Jillian Tamaki
Jillian Tamaki is a cartoonist, illustrator, and educator raised in Calgary, Alberta. She is the author of the Eisner Award-winning graphic novels SuperMutant Magic Academy and Boundless, and the author-illustrator of two picture books, including most recently Our Little Kitchen. With her cousin Mariko Tamaki, she is the co-creator of the young adult graphic novels SKIM and This One Summer, which won a Governor General’s Award and Caldecott Honor. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.
About Mariko Tamaki
Mariko Tamaki is a Canadian writer living in California. She is the co-creator of the graphic novels Skim and This One Summer with Jillian Tamaki, and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me with Rosemary Valero-O’Connell. She writes superhero comics for DC Comics, Darkhorse and Marvel. Mariko was the recipient of the Eisner for Best Writer in 2020. Collectively, her works have received Printz Honors, Eisner, Ignatz, Ringo and Prism awards. She is the curator of the Abrams LGBTQ imprint, Surely Books.
About Zoe Whittall
ZOE WHITTALL’s fourth novel, The Spectacular, was published in 2021. Her third novel, The Best Kind of People, published in 2017, was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, named Indigo’s #1 Book of 2016 and a best book of the year by the Walrus, the Globe and Mail, Toronto Life and the National Post. Her second novel, Holding Still for as Long as Possible, won a Lambda Literary Award for trans fiction and was a Stonewall Honor Book. Her debut novel, Bottle Rocket Hearts, won the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Dayne Ogilvie Award for Best Emerging LGBTQA+ novel. She has worked as a TV writer on Schitt’s Creek, Degrassi, and Baroness Von Sketch Show. Zoe Whittall has published three volumes of poetry. Born on a sheep farm in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, she lived in Toronto for many years before moving to Picton, Ontario.