2022 Hugh MacLennan Lecture | "The Betrayal of Anne Frank" and Beyond: The Work and Process of Rosemary Sullivan (Virtual)

Rosemary Sullivan is author of fifteen books in the genres of biography, memoir, poetry, travelogue, and short fiction, including Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen, which won a Governor General’s Award; The Red Shoes: Margaret Atwood Starting Out; Labyrinth of Desire: Women, Passion, and Romantic Obsession; Villa Air-Bel: World War II, Escape and a House in Marseille; and Stalin’s Daughter, which won the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize, the BC National Non-Fiction Award, and the RBC Charles Taylor Prize, as well as the International Plutarch Award in Biography.

Her most recent book, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation, has been sold in twenty countries. In 2012, Rosemary Sullivan was named an Officer of the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture.

The evening will feature a virtual conversation with Anne Lagacé Dowson, Montreal-based freelance journalist and commentator, and will address Rosemary Sullivan’s oeuvre, themes, and process.

A YouTube link will be sent to registrants in a reminder email in advance of the event.

Works by Rosemary Sullivan will be available for purchase at Paragraphe Books.

The MacLennan Lecture is generously supported by Donald Walcot.

In-person Blue Metropolis events featuring Rosemary Sullivan:

• Is Empire a Male Concept? An Attempt to get Inside the Heads of Dictators | Saturday, May 7 at 7PM at Salle St-Laurent (Hôtel 10)
• The Face of Antisemitism Today | Sunday, May 8 at 12PM at the McCord Museum