Our evening with Ruth Ozeki, author of A Tale For The Time Being

Ruth Ozeki Last night the Chatelaine Book Club co-hosted Ruth Ozeki at an event for A Tale For The Time Being, her new novel and our April book club pick. 

Over wine and sushi, Ozeki shared how her own past, present and future inspired her latest book. Author Ruth Ozeki with a copy of her book A Tale For The Time Being First glimpse The former filmmaker started the evening by showing the Book Club and fellow book lovers the beautiful (and self-directed!) book trailer, which offers a perfect first glimpse at this delightful novel.
Guests at the event watching the book trailer (created by Ruth herself) Ruth's inspiration A Tale For The Time Being was seven years in the making, but now it’s taking book-lovers by storm.

“Nao came to me in 2006,” Ruth says. While Ruth continued to develop the schoolgirl’s story, which is told through a diary, she struggled with the other side of tale, Nao’s reader. “I auditioned lots of characters,” she says. It was her husband, Oliver, who ultimately suggested the creation of semi-autobiographical character Ruth. Ruth explaining how she came up with the idea of A Tale For The Time Being Social savvy One of the most exciting revelations: The loveable character of Nao’s great grandmother, 104-year-old Buddhist nun, Jiko, is about to get social media savvy. “She’s asked me to help her,” Ruth whispers while signing my book.

You can follow her @OldJiko. Author Ruth Ozeki with our amazing head or research Lora Grady @ChatelaineBooks

The Chatelaine Book Club is absolutely thrilled to have met Ruth and we’d like to thank Penguin Canada for co-hosting this amazing event with us at their office.

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