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Event type: All Ages
Join David Sedaris in-store for a brief talk, Q&A and book signing to celebrate the launch of his new book, The Land and Its People.
Event Guidelines:
- This is a ticketed event.
- Each ticket includes access to the signing line and one copy of The Land and Its People.
- No photography or videos permitted.
About the Book:
“A welcome return to form for the much-awarded and much-loved humorist…Sedaris remains a national treasure.” —Kirkus
In The Land and Its People, Sedaris investigates what it means to be a traveler, a brother, a lifelong friend. Trying on the role of caretaker after his boyfriend Hugh’s hip-replacement surgery, he both succeeds and fails. He covers ground with his friend Dawn and challenges her to eat a truck tire. A ambivalent Duolingo bot becomes his unlikely confidante as he attempts to describe his family in a foreign language. Ever adding to his list of “Countries I Have Been To,” he rides a horse named Tequila in Guatemala, buys a bespoke priest’s cassock in Vatican City, and goes on safari in Kenya without taking a single photo.
Time takes its toll: scrolling through his address book, he counts those he couldn’t bear to outlive, and realizes how many are already gone. He is bitten by a dog and insulted by a wee train passenger. A woman on the street late at night either sexually harasses him or doesn’t. It’s easy to agree with the lady waving a sign that reads, “Enough Is Enough.” And yet, life holds much to delight in: the massive testicles of a ram, a trip abroad with his sisters, a really excellent reptile video, a pair of well-made cotton underpants.
Throughout these essays—at once acerbic and tender, playful and profound—Sedaris shows how much there is to marvel at when you keep your head up and your eyes open, observing with warmth and curiosity our fascinating human species and the lands we inhabit.
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In Person: David Sedaris Presented by Indigo Books & Music
In Person: David Sedaris will be at Indigo Robson (975) in Vancouver, BC on Monday, June 8, 2026.Doors Open at 6:30PM PDT, and the Show Starts at 7:00PM PDT. In Person: David Sedaris includes David Sedaris. Indigo Robson (975) is located at 1033 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC.Cutoff is Monday, June 8, 2026 6:29 pm PDT unless it sells out earlier.
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