On May 12, we welcome back celebrated Canadian screenwriter, director, actor, and author Sarah Polley for a live discussion of her national-bestselling memoir, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory, with Innis College Vice Principal and author Eva-Lynn Jagoe.
Sarah Polley will sign copies of her book following the event. Run Towards the Danger will be available for purchase on site courtesy of Type Books.
Sarah Polley is an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, director, and actor. After making short films, Polley made her feature-length directorial debut with the drama film Away from Her in 2006. Polley received an Oscar nomination for the screenplay, which she adapted from the Alice Munro story “The Bear Came Over the Mountain.” Her other projects include the documentary film Stories We Tell (2012), which won the New York Film Critics Circle prize and the National Board of Review award for best documentary; the miniseries adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel Alias Grace (2017); and the romantic comedy Take This Waltz (2011). Polley began her acting career as a child, starring in many productions for film and television.
