MIRROR HORSE BOOK LAUNCH UXBRIDGE at BANJO CIDER
Sat, May 27
|Uxbridge
Come to celebrate the release of Mirror Horse. There will be a book signing and reading and possibly a horse... plans are in action. 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 27, 2023, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Uxbridge, 614 Sandford Rd, Uxbridge, ON L9P 1R2, 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…