What turns a crime story into a page-turner? In this fast-paced masterclass, award winning author Lilja Sigurðardóttir strips the crime novel down to its bare bones, revealing the essential structure that keeps readers hooked from the first crime to the final twist. Learn how to build tension, plant clues in plain sight, and deliver twists […]
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In crime fiction, plot may hook the reader, but it is character that keeps them turning the pages. In this immersive workshop, international bestselling author and ‘Queen of French Noir, Johana Gustawsson, guides you through the art of creating complex, believable and emotionally resonant characters. Drawing inspiration from the famous questionnaire of Marcel Proust, participants […]
Join authors Stig Abell and Roz Nay as they visit once serene small towns and the countryside, only to be disturbed by murder. In Abell’s A Twist in the River, former detective Jake Jackson goes to the country to find peace only to end up on the case when a young woman goes missing. Nay’s […]
Join bestselling authors Clare Mackintosh and Nita Prose for a lively chat about crafting suspense, unforgettable characters, and twists that keep readers guessing. From Mackintosh’s new thriller It’s Not What You Think – where nothing is as simple as it seems – to the return of Prose’s beloved protagonist, Molly, in The Maid’s Secret, this […]
Immerse yourself in powerful storytelling and historical intrigue with authors Olivier Norek and Nicholas Shakespeare. Norek presents The Winter Warriors, a gripping tale of resistance and survival set against the brutal backdrop of World War II, where ordinary individuals are pushed to extraordinary courage. Award-winning author Nicholas Shakespeare introduces Frame 37, which follows ex-journalist John […]
Step into a wide-ranging conversation with Steven Beattie, Margaret Cannon, and Shari Lapena, on the evolution of Canadian crime fiction from classic mysteries to contemporary psychological thrillers. Explore the genre’s rapid growth, shifting reader expectations, and the powerful rise of women crime writers shaping the field. With Lapena’s gripping domestic suspense, Cannon’s decades of literary […]
Come pay your respects to entrepreneur (and definitely not a Mob Boss) Eddie “The Shark” Delivista, who may or may not have been murdered, at a memorial bash for the books! Grab your friends and sleuthing caps for an evening of fun and mystery as guests are asked to help the police solve the murder […]
Tom Ryan is the author of two adult mysteries, the internationally bestselling The Treasure Hunters Club, which was a 2025 Edgar nominee for the Lilian Jackson Braun Award, and We Had a Hunch, which Publishers Weekly called “criminally good fun”. He is also the author of the YA mystery Keep This to Yourself, winner of […]
Lev A.C. Rosen is an award-winning author who writes books for people of all ages. Besides winning the Macavity Award, Rosen’s books have been nominated for Anthony and Lambda Awards, and selected for Best of lists from The Today Show, Amazon, Library Journal, Buzzfeed, Autostraddle, Forbes, and many others. He lives in NYC with his […]
Kevin Hardcastle is the award-winning author of the debut story collection Debris, which won the Trillium Book Award and the ReLit Award for Short Fiction and was a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. His critically acclaimed debut novel, In the Cage, has been published in France and […]
Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau is a bilingual French author based in the U.S. She has previously published novels and nonfiction books for teens, which have been translated into over twelve languages. The French Honeymoon is her debut adult novel. After graduating university in France, she moved to Amsterdam to begin a career in advertising. She then spent […]
Hank Idsinga was a member of the Toronto Police Services for thirty years, leading the country’s top homicide unit for five years. Having served as Detective Sergeant and, later, Inspector in charge of Toronto’s Homicide Squad, he has policed just about every kind of case you can imagine, and has stared down some of the […]
Kevin Jagernauth is a pop culture critic who has written about cinema, music, and literature for over twenty years. Born in Ottawa, he currently resides in Montreal. The Longest Death is his first novel.
Leslie Bradford-Scott is an award-winning writer, entrepreneur, and podcaster, and the founder of WaltonWoodFarm.com. She grew up in Grimsby, Ontario, and Florida.
Lorna Poplak is a writer, editor, and researcher with a fascination for the dark side of history. She is a member of Crime Writers of Canada and Sisters in Crime. She lives in Toronto.
Naomi Hirahara is the Mary Higgins Clark Award, Edgar Award, and Lefty Award–winning author of Clark and Division and Evergreen; the Mas Arai mystery series, including Summer of the Big Bachi, which was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year; and the LA-based Ellie Rush mysteries. A former editor of The Rafu Shimpo newspaper, […]
Before finding his way into the mysteries of London’s iconic Savoy Hotel in the company of his beloved collaborator Prudence Emery (as press officer there she rubbed shoulders with everyone who was anyone), Ron Base toiled away as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer, and movie critic (for the Toronto Star). He spent miserable years writing […]
Sujata Massey was born in England to parents from India and Germany, grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, and lives in Baltimore, Maryland. She was a features reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun before becoming a full-time novelist. The first Perveen Mistry novel, The Widows of Malabar Hill, was an international bestseller and won the […]
Genevieve Graham is the USA TODAY and #1 bestselling author of thirteen novels, including On Isabella Street, The Secret Keeper, The Forgotten Home Child, Letters Across the Sea, and Bluebird. She is passionate about breathing life back into history through tales of love and adventure. She lives in Alberta. Visit her at GenevieveGraham.com or on […]
Kang Hwagil is one of South Korea’s new group of ‘young feminists’. Her writing has received numerous accolades, most recently the 2020 Munhakdongne Young Writers’ Award for short story Eumbok. She has published two short story collections, A Decent Person (2016) and White Horse (2020), as well as two novels, Another Person (2017), which won […]
Hye-young Pyun is a writer based in South Korea, working primarily in fiction. Her work explores the fragility of human relationships, the quiet violence of everyday life, and the psychological undercurrents that shape ordinary existence. She is interested in moments when reality feels both undeniable and unreal, and in the subtle ways individuals endure, resist, […]
Jane Doucet is a Canadian journalist whose articles have appeared in such award-winning publications as Canadian Living, Chatelaine, and The Globe and Mail. In 2017, she self-published her debut novel, The Pregnant Pause. The following year, it was shortlisted for a Whistler Independent Book Award. Vagrant Press, the fiction imprint of Nimbus Publishing, has released […]
Sophie Hénaff cut her teeth in a café-theatre before opening a card and board games bar, then launching into the press (Cosmopolitan France). Today she devotes herself to writing. His series of detective novels Poulets Grillés (2015 – four volumes) has been translated into around ten languages, received numerous awards and was adapted for France […]
Edward Chisholm was born in Dorset, England, and moved to Paris in 2012 where he worked all manner of low-paid jobs, from waiting and bar work to museum security and market hand, while trying to build a career as a writer. His memoir, A Waiter in Paris, has sold over 100,000 copies and has been […]
