2017 Kreisel Lecture, University of Alberta

I was thrilled recently to host the 2017 Kreisel Lecture at the University of Alberta’s Canadian Literature Centre. This year’s lecture, the eleventh in the series, was delivered by Canada Reads-winning author Heather O’Neill in the wake of the publication of her new novel, The Lonely Hearts Hotel. The video of the talk is now online; I encourage you to watch and enjoy my brief introduction and, more importantly, her lively and engaging conversation about the lessons that she learned from her father.