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Fifty Shades of Noir

Everyone loves noir. But what is it exactly? A genre? A mindset? A way of looking at the world? Writer in Residence Michael Mirolla will lead this presentation on the history and techniques of noir.

This is an in-person program. Registration is required. 

Join Regina Public Library's 2024-25 Writer in Residence Michael Mirolla for this captivating presentation that takes a look at the history of noir and its connection to socio-political conditions either when used in films or literature. This presentation will also examine the use of noir techniques and how they differ when discussing American, European and Canadian noir. 

About Michael Mirolla: The author of more than two dozen novels, plays, film scripts, and short story and poetry collections, Michael Mirolla’s publications include a novella, The Last News Vendor, winner of the 2020 Hamilton Literary Award, as well as three Bressani Prizes: the novel Berlin; the poetry collection The House on 14th Avenue; and the short story collection Lessons in Relationship Dyads. His latest poetry collection, At the End of the World, was short-listed for the 2022 Hamilton Literary Award and took second prize for the Di Cicco Poetry Award. His latest short story collection Becker’s Universe & Other Stories was published in the spring of 2024 (Black Moss Press). In the fall of 2019, Michael served a three-month writers residency at the Historic Joy Kogawa House in Vancouver where he worked on the first draft of a novel, The Second Law of Thermodynamics. A symposium on Michael’s writing was held in Toronto on May 25, 2023. In September of 2023, Michael took part in a writers residency in Olot, Catalonia. While there, he polished a novella, How About This …?, which is scheduled for publication in September 2025 (At Bay Press). In July 2024, Michael participated in a month-long writers residency in Barcelona. 

Apart from his writing, Michael works as an editor and is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Guernica Editions, a Canadian literary book publisher. Born in Italy and growing up in Montreal, with side trips to Glen Robertson (ON), Gboko (Nigeria), Mount Forest (ON), Toronto, Oakville and Hamilton, Michael now makes his home outside the town of Gananoque in the Thousand Islands area of Ontario.

If you'd like to book a one on one appointment with Michael outside of this time, please email wir@reginalibrary.ca or call 306-777-6202.

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