Crime and Punishment
with Liann Zhang, Katie Tallo and Eliza Reid
Hosted by CBC's Alan Neal
Reid's atmospheric fiction debut creates suspense through a trio of murders...the evocative, isolated setting becomes the locked room in this Christie-esque whodunit.”
Join us as three acclaimed mystery writers share a taste of their latest thrillers and a conversation on the craft.
This event is presented with support from #MarysMustRead Book Club.
We welcome Liann Zhang to our stage with her highly anticipated debut. Julie Chan Is Dead. A young woman steps into her deceased twin’s influencer life, only to discover dark secrets hidden behind her social media façade.
Celebrated local author, Katie Tallo returns with Buried Road, the follow-up to her international bestsellers Dark August and Poison Lilies—Gus Monet and her daughter embark on a perilous road trip to find a missing person
Eliza Reid, bestselling writer, public speaker, gender equality advocate, and cofounder of the acclaimed Iceland Writers Retreat makes her Writers Festival debut with Death on the Island. Trapped on a remote island by a howling storm, nine people sit down to dinner. One of them is about to die.
Books are available from our friends at Perfect Books.
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