Johnston’s novel, The Fall-Down Effect, spans thirty-one years in the lives of siblings Sylvia, Fern, and River, who grow up surrounded by forests and who each try to protect those forests in their own way—Fern with a radical act of protest that splinters the family apart. Exploring activism, climate change, and fractured family relationships, the novel asks what we really owe the people in our lives when fighting for a greater cause.
When: Friday, May 8, 2026, 5pm
Where: Woodhaven Eco Culture Centre, 969 Raymer Road
Liz Johnstongrew up in Revelstoke, B.C., and now lives and writes in Toronto. She is an editor of Brick, A Literary Journal. The Fall-Down Effect (Book*hug Press) is her debut novel. She’ll be reading with award-winning local fiction writer, Corinna Chong. Corinna’s third book, the acclaimed novel Bad Land, was published in 2024. She teaches Creative Writing at Okanagan College in Kelowna.
This event is hosted by FEELed Lab community affiliate Nancy Holmes.
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