# Event Details - **Event Name**: Book Launch - The Peace Thieves by Brent Van Staalduinen - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 at 09:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us for the launch of The Peace Thieves by Brent van Staalduinen, with guest reader Conyer Clayton.About this EventThis compelling and ambitious novel is about the search for peace during a civil war and through its long, complicated aftermath.The Peace Thieves has the courage to ask tough questions about the true costs of war, not only to the citizens of the country where the conflict occurs, but to the people who attempt to help and protect them.Brent van Staalduinen is the award-winning and bestselling author of the novels Unthinkable, Nothing But Life, Boy, and Saints, Unexpected, and the story collection Cut Road. His stories have won numerous literary prizes and have appeared in journals and magazines on both sides of the Atlantic. A former army medic and recovering high school English teacher, he now lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada with his wife and two daughters, and when not writing or teaching writing to aspiring undergrads, he often finds himself looking for excuses to use his power tools or wandering city streets looking for stories. Find out more at www.brentvans.com.Conyer Clayton is a queer writer from Louisville, Kentucky living between Canada and the U.S. South. They are the author of But the sun, and the ships, and the fish, and the waves. (Winner of the Archibald Lampman Award), We Shed Our Skin Like Dynamite (Winner of the Ottawa Book Award), and many chapbooks. Conyer’s fiction has been supported by a MacDowell Fellowship, a McCormack Writing Centre Scholarship, and the Canada Council for the Arts. the lake-shaped excuse is their third book. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/book-launch-the-peace-thieves-by-brent-van-staalduinen/100001998903872291 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, kentucky-derby - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: CAD ## Event venue details - **city**: Ottawa - **state**: ON - **country**: Canada - **location**: The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore - **lat**: 45.4022199 - **long**: -75.72664569999999 - **full address**: The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore, 1131 Wellington Street West, Ottawa, Canada ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Book Launch - The Peace Thieves by Brent Van Staalduinen - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/31ebc078940aff8514f1c6961d88059969b3050b646f7d92444325e6174074ac-rimg-w1200-h675-dcf89858-gmir.jpg?v=1788398109 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Book Launch - The Peace Thieves by Brent Van Staalduinen being held? - **A:** Book Launch - The Peace Thieves by Brent Van Staalduinen takes place on Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 at 09:30 pm at The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore, 1131 Wellington Street West, Ottawa, Canada. - **Q**: Who is organizing Book Launch - The Peace Thieves by Brent Van Staalduinen? - **A:** Book Launch - The Peace Thieves by Brent Van Staalduinen is organized by The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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