{"id":790,"date":"2019-07-04T13:48:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T13:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/?p=790"},"modified":"2019-07-04T13:51:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T13:51:19","slug":"e137-with-aleksandar-hemon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/2019\/07\/04\/e137-with-aleksandar-hemon\/","title":{"rendered":"E137 with ALEKSANDAR HEMON"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aleksandar Hemon with his parents, Hamilton Public Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hey folks!<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago I got to host a live event with Aleksandar Hemon<\/span>. His newest book<\/span><\/a> is actually two – My Parents<\/span>,<\/span> a memoir about his parents journey from Bosnia to Canada, and This Does Not Belong To You, a collection of memories from his childhood. They’re packaged together in a dos-a-dos<\/span><\/a>\u00a0binding, so the layout is as uncommon as the quality of the work. I didn’t know Hemon’s writing until I read this, and now I want to go pick up all his books. He is incredible. Our event was at the Hamilton Public Library<\/span><\/a> in Hamilton, ON – where I live and so do Aleksandar’s parents, ever since they fled Bosnia during the war. The event was filled with friends and family, and I managed to ask some not-entirely-dumb questions, so it was a great night all around.<\/p>\n

This recording isn’t the greatest quality, but it isn’t the worst either. Please forgive the background hiss – and the random clapping of the audience in the next room. Extra thanks to the always fantastic Jaime Krakowski from Epic Books,<\/span><\/a> Rita Bozz from the HPL and Nicole Winstanley from Penguin Random House.<\/p>\n

Jamie<\/p>\n

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