Thank you to everyone who came out to support 1811 at our Ottawa launch for You Hit Me with Your Car (and Other Loves Stories) on November 15th! Hosted by The Origin Art and Community Centre, we enjoyed a warm and cozy evening, complete with hot chocolate, book signings, and readings from Cossette Penner-Olivera, Megan Waldron, Ren Iwamoto, and Alicia Haniford.
Check out some photos from the launch, courtesy of @sietookthat.
Atmosphere, stage, and A+ ceiling, courtesy of The Origin 
Our books look sexy fanned out 😉 
Thank you to Alicia and Manahil for running the show! 
Cossette gave a stellar first reading of her story “Rien de Rien” 
Proud to say that Alicia’s D&D-inspired story had us all laughing out loud 
Megan read from the beginning of “At the Beginning with You” (Fitting? We think so.) 
Ren enthralled us all with her reading from “The Cactus Also Blooms” 
Can we bottle Manahil’s joy in this picture? We wish. 
An impromptu reading from Paige’s story “Maneater” closed out the night 
From the left: Cossette Penner-Olivera, Megan Waldron, Alicia Haniford, Ren Iwamoto, Paige Pinto, Manahil Bandukwala, Julia Lye.
(Where was Browen Matheson?? On a beach.)
Sad you missed it? Stayed tuned for details about our Toronto launch on January 2, or purchase the book now!
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