Taken by the Muse
by Anne Wheeler
Print | eBook
This Library-led book club meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 2 PM at the Downtown Library.
Book Club Kit copies are available for participants. Visit the Adult Information Desk (2nd floor, Downtown Library) to get your book.
Please register to discuss Taken by the Muse, a humorous and revelatory memoir by legendary Canadian filmmaker, Anne Wheeler.
Anne Wheeler’s creative non-fiction stories tell of her serendipitous journey in the seventies, when she broke with tradition and found her own way to becoming a filmmaker and raconteur.
Join this celebrated screenwriter and director as she travels south of Mombasa after calling off her wedding; attempts to gain acceptance in a male-dominated film collective; travels to India to visit friends who are devoted to a radical Master, and ultimately discovers her sense of purpose and passion close to home, sharing stories that would otherwise be lost about ordinary people living extraordinary lives.
FURTHER READING
INTERVIEW: Taken with Anne Wheeler | The Tyee
INTERVIEW: Canadian director Anne Wheeler traces her path in new memoir | Edmonton Journal
WATCH & LISTEN
INTERVIEW: Anne Wheeler at STARFest 2021 | St. Albert Public Library
INTERVIEW: Episode 163: Anne Wheeler | YVR Screen Scene Podcast
INTERVIEW: Making Movie History: Anne Wheeler | National Film Board of Canada