(Originally published on Wednesday, March 2nd at 11:32 a.m.)
The Milton Public Library (MPL) has announced the latest author for its ‘One Book, One Milton’ series.
‘This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ personality Mark Critch will take to the virtual stage to discuss his best-selling memoir, Son of a Critch: a childish Newfoundland memoir. The MPL describes the memoir as “a hilarious story of family, getting into trouble, and finding one’s place in the world.” It’s the winner of the 2019 Margaret and John Savage First Book Award; it was shortlisted for the 2019 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize and 2019 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, and was longlisted for the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize. His book inspired the popular CBC TV series, Son of a Critch, a coming-of-age comedy chronicling the life of his 11-year-old self and is available on the free CBC Gem streaming service.
For fourteen years, Critch has starred on CBC’s flagship show, This Hour Has 22 Minutes. As an anchor and “roving reporter,” he has brought celebrities and politicians to living rooms across the nation. Mark is the host of CBC’s Halifax Comedy Festival and has written for and appeared in CBC’s world-renowned Just for Laughs series
The online event is set for Thursday, April 21st at 7:00 p.m. and will be hosted by longtime One Book, One Milton host, Michael Serapio of the CBC News Network.
Tickets for the event are free and registration is now open.
Discounted copies of the book are available for sale for $15 at all Milton Public Library branches.
