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A few photos from the launch party for The Death of Tony by Antanas Sileika. The room was so crowded half the audience stood at the back!

Photos by Jordan Grace.

Tėviškės žiburių reviewed The Death of Tony, calling Sileika "the voice of a generation when he speaks of [...] feeling invisible, of being 'Eastern European,' of the inner conflict between nostalgia and reality, and the constant search for homeland that echoes in our hearts."

The “Quiet Star of CanLit” Still Shines - TĖVIŠKĖS ŽIBURIAI - The Lights of Homeland The Death of Tony: On Belonging in Two Worlds by Antanas Šileika 230 pages, Stonehewer Books Victoria, BC, 2024   “There is no end to  my scribbling,” he writes, “I need to rush to write up my latest dreams”. Canadian author Antanas Šileika is certainly wasting no time. Right on the heel...

Today is publication day for Antanas Sileika's memoir The Death of Tony: On Belonging in Two Worlds, which details the author's upbringing in a Lithuanian-Canadian community and his involvement in Lithuanian independence. Find it at your local bookstore, Indigo, or Amazon: https://shorturl.at/hLRSV

Photo credit Liudas Masys.