An Evening with Rod Carley

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Join us in the Waverley Auditorium for an evening with author Rod Carley in conversation with Marion Agnew, discussing his new novel RUFF.

RUFF is a theatrical odyssey packed with an unforgettable cast of Elizabethan eccentrics. It's a madcap world more modern than tomorrow where gender is what a person makes of it (no matter the story beneath their petticoats or tights).

Will Shakespeare is having a very bad year. Suffering from a mid-life crisis, a plague outbreak, and the death of the ancient Queen, Will's mettle is put to the test when the new King puts his witch-burning hobby aside to announce a national play competition that will determine which theatre company will secure his favour and remain in business. As he struggles to write a Scottish supernatural thriller, Will faces one ruff and puffy obstacle after another including a young rival punk poet and his activist-wife fighting for equality and a woman's right to tread the boards. Will and his band of misfits must ensure not only their own survival, but that of England as well. The stage is set for an outrageous and compelling tale of ghosts, ghostwriting, writer's block, and the chopping block.

Ruffly based on a true story.

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Our four library branches are built upon the traditional territories of the Fort William First Nation (Animkii Wajiw), signatory to the Robinson Superior of 1850. We also recognize the contributions made to our community by the Métis people.