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| Nina beams beside Vali Gurgu and Costi Gurgu with Trilogy |
It was author’s night in The Beaches with three very
different authors celebrating their works and sharing them with an avid and
diverse crowd of bibliophiles, graphic designers, screenwriters, writers and
musicians of Toronto’s eclectic artistic community.
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| eager bibliophiles find the wine and some choice seats |
Glasses charged with fine wine and taste buds titillated
with homemade cookies and savouries, the audience settled into those chairs ready for a
treat.
Nina Munteanu
I was celebrating the completion and release this month of
the final book (Metaverse) of my science fiction metaphysical thriller The
Splintered Universe. Celebrating with me was the artist who created the
covers of the trilogy, Costi Gurgu, and his wife Vali. Costi is himself a
celebrated award-winning author from Romania. Vali Gurgu—the model for Rhea
Hawke—is the artistic director for a major Toronto magazine. I was so happy to
see some of my UofT and George Brown students in attendance too!
Metaverse concludes the metaphysical journey of detective Rhea
Hawke, a complex heroine on a quest for justice in a shape-shifting universe of
intrigue and paradox. Rhea Hawke’s
unlawful quest throws her into a treacherous storm of politics, conspiracy and
self-discovery. The Splintered Universe is a high-paced thriller with a mystery
of cosmic proportions that explores the nature of the universe and paranormal
phenomena such as multi-dimensionality, clairvoyance, quantum entanglement,
morphic resonance and synchronicity. Rhea Hawke's story is one of a soul's heroic journey "home". And home isn't what you might think it is!
Merridy Cox Bradley
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| Merridy Cox Bradley |
Merridy Cox Bradley had just released her annotated e-book
of Part 1 (Beasts) of Frank Finn’s charming and deliciously entertaining
Edwardian book “Pets and How to Keep Them”. Here’s an Amazon review: “This
charming Edwardian book on pets and how to keep them…is now wonderfully annotated
with delicious historical and up-to-date material by editor Merridy Cox
Bradley…This would have certainly been a book that Downton Abbey’s Lord
Grantham would have consulted on matters to do with his yellow lab, Isis, or
Mrs. Patmore on her chicken-filching cat.”
Merridy read some wonderful excerpts of the book and added some
interesting context. Here’s an excerpt: “It
is obvious that a Wild Cat cannot afford to be so particular about wetting its
feet as a tame one is, so that the feline aversion to wet may be an acquired
and civilized taste.”
Nina Darrell
Nina Darrell read excerpts from her inspirational book Dancing
in the Streets: Stories to Inspire,
Guide and Transform Your Spiritual
Life. The titles of chapters are as interesting as their contents. Here are
some: Paying Attention to the Weird and the Strange; Flying Trees; the
Mysterious Gardner…
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| Nina Darrell |
“We are living in an age of spirit, and spirit’s desire is
to inspire, guide and transform every life,” says Nina Darrell. Her accounts
and anecdotes of synchronicity and life-symbols provide a spiritual landscape
for discovery. The collection explores the language of spirit toward a
connection to the divine.
Three very different authors; three very different stories—a
diverse, eclectic audience. What an evening!
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| Participants discuss quantum mechanics and angels |
Or was it the wine?
Nina Munteanu is an
ecologist and internationally published author of novels, short stories and
essays. She coaches writers and teaches writing at George Brown College and the
University of Toronto. For more about Nina’s coaching & workshops visit www.ninamunteanu.me. Visit www.ninamunteanu.ca for more about her writing.
