The Dalhousie Libraries’ Ian Colford has published another novel. Ian, who is based in the Sexton Design & Technology Library, is the Librarian for Architecture, Planning & Engineering and the Digital Services Coordinator. His newest novel is called Perfect World, and it will be launched in Halifax in a joint event with Christy Ann Conlin. The launch will take place on Tuesday, May 31 at the Company House (2202 Gottingen St.) starting at 7 p.m.

Ian’s publisher, Freehand Books, describes Perfect World as tragic and hopeful. It is a story about a man who has “created the perfect world for himself…but then, his mental instability causes him to commit a terrifying act of violence.” Reviewer Corey Redekop says, “Perfect World is unflinching in its presentation of a mind slowly unraveling. Perceptively charting one man’s lonely struggle against an inexorable foe, Ian Colford captures the stark complexities of mental illness like few others. At times brutal yet always deeply compassionate, Perfect World is a wonder.”

Previously, Ian has published a novel, The Crimes of Hector Tomás, and a book of short stories, Evidence. Ian won an Alberta Book Publishing Award for The Crimes of Hector Tomás and the Margaret & John Savage First Book Award for Evidence.

“This is a story about human frailty that show us how important it is to cherish what we have every minute of the day,” says Ian, of Perfect World.

Don’t miss your chance to hear Ian read from this new book, and be sure to pick up a copy of his novel (for sale by The Bookmark) while you are at the launch. Congratulations from all of your colleagues at the Dalhousie Libraries!