MIRROR HORSE BOOK LAUNCH TORONTO. Hosted by APORIA
Thu, May 11
|Toronto
Put on your breeches and check your stirrup length, we are going to take you on a little ride. RSVP to reserve a spot. English/Canadian indie musician Tamara Williamson offers an unbridled account of a life in the world of horses. Published by Douglas & McIntyre


Time & Location
May 11, 2023, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Toronto, 714 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M4M 1Y3, Canada
Guests
About the event
English/Canadian indie musician Tamara Williamson offers an unbridled account of a life in the world of horses.
From her first clever little bay pony, Stroller, to brilliant ribbon-winning Fletcher, Tamara Williamson recalls the many significant horses in her life, grappling with what it means to be horse-obsessed and what drives this desire to connect with horses. As Williamson discovers, during the tumultuous years of relationships with people and horses, these complicated equine creatures reflect back to us our best and worst selves.
Woven throughout the stories of individual horses in Williamson’s life is her own story of a creative, chaotic, challenging and adventurous life. Raised by an eccentric family, with a distant mother who disappeared into alcoholism and a charismatic father who left one sunny morning with a younger woman, Williamson struggles with dyslexia and a sense of increasing detachment. Horses, and the exacting sport of dressage, provide her with…