Cozy Fest: Pamela Mulloy + Off the Tracks

Partly inspired by an annual 27-hour train journey from Kitchener to Moncton with her daughter, Pamela Mulloy’s travel memoir/social history on trains Off the Tracks: A Meditation on Train Journeys in a Time of No Travel (ECW Press) is one our of Cozy Fest readings. Enjoy a beautifully-written (and read!) passage of mother-daughter connection, below.

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About our reader

A photo of Pamela Mulloy, a light-skin-toned woman with shoulder-length white-blond hair and glasses. She is wearing a navy-blue button-up shirt and is sitting against a grey wall looking into the camera.

Pamela Mulloy is the author of two novels, including As Little As Nothing  (2022). She is the editor of the New Quarterly  and director of the Wild Writers Literary Festival. She has lived in the UK, Poland, and the US. She now lives in Kitchener, Ontario. 

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Thanks to Pamela for reading from her book for All Lit Up’s third-annual Cozy Fest! You can learn more about Off the Tracks and order from ALU or your fave local bookstore (via the Shop Local button), right here.

For more to come, or to catch up on Cozy Fest, click here.