On
Saturday, November 29, join
Sarah Lazarovic and
Benjamin Errett for the launch of their respective books,
A Bunch of Pretty Things I Did Not Buy and
Elements of Wit!
Sarah will begin with a workshop from 5-7 p.m. for which
she will do free covet paintings. What does that mean? Tell her about a thing you covet, she will paint it, and you will take home the painting instead of the
thing you wanted to spend money on! After the workshop, the authors will talk about their books with Montreal author Mireille Silcoff. There will be books for sale and signing!
A Bunch of Pretty Things I Did Not Buy is a witty, gracious, and charmingly illustrated
anti-consumer manifesto.
Like most people, Sarah Lazarovic covets beautiful things.
But rather than giving in to her impulse to spend and acquire, Sarah spent a
year painting the objects she wanted to buy instead.
Based on a visual essay that was first published on The
Hairpin, A Bunch of Pretty Things I Did Not Buy is a beautiful and witty take
on the growing “slow shopping” movement. Sarah is a well-known blogger and
illustrator, and she writes brilliantly without preaching or guilt-tripping.
Whether she’s trying to justify the purchase of yet another particleboard IKEA
home furnishing, debating the pros and cons of leg warmers or calculating the
per-day usage cost of big-ticket items, Sarah’s poignant musings will resonate
with any reader who’s ever been susceptible to an impulse buy.
Sarah Lazarovic is an
artist and freelance journalist. She contributes to a handful of publications,
and keeps you informed of these contributions at SarahL.com
Got wit?
We’ve all been in that situation where we need to say
something clever, but innocuous; smart enough to show some intelligence,
without showing off; something funny, but not a joke. What we need in that
moment is wit—that sparkling combination of charm, humor, confidence, and most
of all, the right words at the right time.
Elements of Wit is an engaging book that brings
together the greatest wits of our time, and previous ones from Oscar Wilde to
Nora Ephron, Winston Churchill to Christopher Hitchens, Mae West
to Louis CK, and many in between.
With chapters covering the essential ingredients of wit,
this primer sheds light on how anyone—introverts, extroverts, wallflowers, and
bon vivants—can find the right zinger, quip, parry, or retort…or at least be a
little bit more interesting.
Benjamin Errett is
Director of Strategy at National Post, where he occasionally writes columns
about people who are witty. You can find more Ben at elementsofwit.com
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