Launch of Danila Botha's A Place for People Like Us

Join author Danila Botha in launching her fifth book A Place for People Like Us at Flying Books. Danila will be in conversation about her poignant and moving new novel with acclaimed author Catherine Bush.

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About the book:
Both unique and talented, Hannah and Jillian become each other’s anchor until Jillian’s lies threaten to unravel the lives they’ve built. A Place for People Like Us is an insightful exploration of friendship and identity, Judaism and cults, and hypocrisy and family.

Danila Botha is the author of three critically acclaimed short story collections including the Trillium Award nominated For All the Men (and Some of the Women) I know and Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness which won an Indie Reader Discovery Award for Women's Issues (Fiction). Danila is also the author of the award-winning novel Too Much on the Inside which was optioned for film. She is part of the faculty at Humber School for Writers.

Catherine Bush is the author of five novels, including The Rules of Engagement, a New York Times Notable Book. Her books have been shortlisted for the Trillium Prize, City of Toronto Book Award, and Books in Canada First Novel Award. Skin (2025) is her first collection of short stories. She is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Guelph.

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