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Veronica Post & Emma FitzGerald read from Let the Good Times Roll & The Man in Motion (Halifax)

Join us at Booktoberfest 2026 for a reading and discussion of disability representation with graphic novelist Veronica Post and illustrator Emma FitzGerald.

Veronica Post will read from her autobiographical graphic short story Let the Good Times Roll (Conundrum Press):

Join the Post family for a vacation à la wheelchair! See how disabled travellers and their loved ones come up with creative solutions while navigating barriers abroad. Designed to expose the reality of travel in a wheelchair to able-bodied readers, this book fosters greater understanding and change toward a more inclusive world.

Emma FitzGerald will present her picture book The Man In Motion: How Rick Hansen’s World Tour Helped Break Down Barriers for People with Disabilities (written by Lorna Schultz Nicholson and Rick Hansen; OwlKids):

The inspiring story of Canadian hero Rick Hansen, who wheeled around the world to raise money and awareness for people with disabilities. In 1973, at the age of 15, Rick Hansen was in a life-changing car accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. Twelve years later, motivated by the challenges he faced, Rick embarked on the two-year-long Man In Motion World Tour, wheeling 40,075 kilometers through 34 countries on four continents. Despite the many obstacles Rick encountered during the Tour, he never gave up on his dream: to raise awareness about the enormous potential of people with disabilities. His tour raised $26 million to help with the creation of an accessible and inclusive world. Written by Lorna Schultz Nickerson in consultation with Rick Hansen and dynamically illustrated by Emma FitzGerald, this biographical picture book invites readers to join Rick through the ups and downs of the Man In Motion World Tour and shows the power of perseverance and dedication.

Veronica and Emma will sell and sign copies before and after this reading as part of Booktoberfest’s book market.

Veronica Post is a Doug Wright Award-winning author and illustrator of graphic novels, comics, and children’s books. President of the Comic Creators Society of Nova Scotia, and founding member of the Foghorn Collective, she loves to weave philosophy, humour, and social commentary into stories of a not-so-ordinary life. Her latest book, Let the Good Times Roll, is an autobiographical graphic short story published by Conundrum press exploring how barriers to accessibility affect a family traveling abroad.

Emma FitzGerald was born to Irish parents in Southern Africa. She has been writing and illustrating books since Hand Drawn Halifax was published with Formac Publishing in 2015. Her latest picture book project has her exploring small islands off of Nova Scotia’s mainland, researching lighthouses and puffin migration routes. It will be released with Nimbus Publishing in 2027, with words by Sue MacLeod, Halifax’s first poet laureate in 2001.

Photo by Kim Campbell Sullivan

Location: BMO Community Room (2nd floor), Halifax Central Library (5440 Spring Garden Rd, Halifax)
     This is a wheelchair-accessible venue with all-gender and gendered washrooms.

Date: Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 (12:00pm to 12:30pm)

All are welcome!

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  • New writers: those with less than two years’ creative writing experience and/or no short-form publications (e.g., short stories, personal essays, or poems in literary magazines, journals, anthologies, or chapbooks).
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