Author Brett Popplewell to read at Beaches Bookfest this afternoon

Brett Popplewell will be reading from his award-winning national bestseller Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past as the Beaches Bookfest continues this Sunday, March 15, afternoon.

The Beaches Bookfest is a free-to-attend authors series taking place on Sundays at the Starbucks in the Beach throughout the month of March. The bookfest features a reading by the author and a question-and-answer session with the audience.

The Beaches Starbucks is located at 1960 Queen St. E., and the presentations begin at 2:30 p.m.

Popplewell is an author and associate professor of journalism at Carleton University, and his book follows a six-year journey to uncover the life of Dag Aabye, an 81-year-old marathon-running hermit living in a school bus in the British Columbia wilderness. Critics have called the book Into the Wild meets Born to Run meets The Stranger in the Woods.

Other upcoming Beaches Bookfest sessions are:

Sunday, March 22 – Royal historian and author Carolyn Harris will be reading from Raising Royalty: 1,000 Years of Royal Parenting. The book examines how royal parents raised their children over the past 1,000 years.

Sunday, March 29 – Author Muriel Lennox, who has spent a lifetime working with and writing about horses, will read from her best seller Northern Dancer: The Legend and His Legacy.

The book tells the story of a legendary racehorse dismissed for his small size. Not only did Northern Dancer horse win the 1964 Kentucky Derby in record time, but his descendants today dominate horse racing all over the world. Do you want to know why there is a street named Northern Dancer Boulevard in the Beach? Find out about this famous racehorse’s connection to the community.

All ages are welcome to attend the Beaches Bookfest, and all presentations are free. However, seating is limited in the Starbucks at Queen Street East and Kenilworth Avenue.

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