MOTIVE 2026 Schedule
Friday
June 5
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Isabel Bader Theatre
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College, Room 211
Victoria College, Room 212
Victoria College, Room 215
Victoria University Quad in the University of Toronto
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm
Canada Bleeds: Steven Beattie, Margaret Cannon, & Shari Lapena
Steven W. Beattie and Shari Lapena
Panel Discussion
Conspiracy & Courage: Olivier Norek & Nicholas Shakespeare
Olivier Norek and Nicholas Shakespeare
Conversation
Rural Noir: Johana Gustawsson & Kevin Hardcastle
Johana Gustawsson and Kevin Hardcastle
Conversation
Small Towns, Big Crimes: Stig Abell & Roz Nay
Stig Abell and Roz Nay
Conversation
Building Characters with Johana Gustawsson
Johana Gustawsson
Masterclass
Bare Bones and Bloody Twists: The Skeleton of the Crime Novel with Lilja Sigurðardóttir
Lilja Sigurðardóttir
Masterclass
Friday
June 5
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm
Friday
June 5
June 5
1:30pm↑3:00pm
Victoria College, Room 215
Victoria College, Room 215
Building Characters with Johana Gustawsson
Johana Gustawsson
Masterclass
3:30pm↑4:30pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Canada Bleeds: Steven Beattie, Margaret Cannon, & Shari Lapena
Steven W. Beattie and Shari Lapena
Panel Discussion
4:00pm↑5:30pm
Victoria College, Room 215
Victoria College, Room 215
Bare Bones and Bloody Twists: The Skeleton of the Crime Novel with Lilja Sigurðardóttir
Lilja Sigurðardóttir
Masterclass
4:30pm↑5:30pm
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College Chapel
Rural Noir: Johana Gustawsson & Kevin Hardcastle
Johana Gustawsson and Kevin Hardcastle
Conversation
5:30pm↑6:30pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Conspiracy & Courage: Olivier Norek & Nicholas Shakespeare
Olivier Norek and Nicholas Shakespeare
Conversation
6:30pm↑7:30pm
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College Chapel
Small Towns, Big Crimes: Stig Abell & Roz Nay
Stig Abell and Roz Nay
Conversation
7:30pm↑8:30pm
Isabel Bader Theatre
Isabel Bader Theatre
Twists & Truths: Clare Mackintosh & Nita Prose
Clare Mackintosh and Nita Prose
Conversation