Fri, Dec 5
Doors open at 7:30 / Start time at 8:00
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Join Author / Composer Daniel Janke for a reading from his debut collection of stories "Book of Heroes" on Mosaic Press and a musical performance from his latest song cycle "Map of You"
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In Book of Heroes, composer, filmmaker, and writer Daniel Janke turns his artistic lens to fiction in a witty and deeply reflective debut collection where ordinary lives become the stage for extraordinary acts of grace and resilience. These are stories of travellers and observers. From the serene and starkly beautiful Yukon to a perilous swim on the beach in The Gambia, and the sharp musings of a homeless philosopher beneath a city bridge, Book of Heroes charts a world where the everyday clashes with the utterly surreal. Its characters, caught between the mundane and the fantastic, are called to act, sometimes bravely, sometimes absurdly, but always with heart.
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Map of You is a new recording release from Canadian composer Daniel Janke, featuring soprano / pianist Rachel Fenlon. The song cycle was composed in 2023 – 2024, and recorded in Berlin in early 2025. It is themed on the different types of love, the existential nature of love, and explores the question of whether we have truly experienced love in our lives.
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Daniel Janke is a writer, composer, and filmmaker based near Whitehorse, Yukon. Creator of the CBC series Northern Town and the award-winning NFB film How People Got Fire, he has collaborated with leading Canadian musicians. Book of Heroes is his debut fiction collection, following decades of multidisciplinary creative work.
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