Event Speaker: Nina Dunic

Nina Dunic’s new book Suddenly Light was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award, longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, and was an Apple Books Best Book of 2025. Stories in the collection won the Toronto Star Short Story Contest twice, were longlisted by the CBC Short Story Prize four times, and were nominated for The Journey Prize. In 2023, her debut novel The Clarion won the Trillium Book Award, was longlisted for the Giller Prize, was selected as the Best Canadian Debut by Apple Books, and was a Globe and Mail Best Book of 2023. Nina lives in Scarborough.