Fan Favourite Characters: Roxanne Bouchard & Marcie R. Rendon

Roxanne Bouchard and Marcie Rendon

Fan Favourite Characters: Roxanne Bouchard & Marcie R. Rendon

Roxanne Bouchard and Marcie Rendon

2:30pm

Sunday, June 4, 2023

Canadian Roxanne Bouchard and White Earth Nation citizen Marcie R. Rendon have made waves with their gripping, character-centric books. Bouchard’s Whisper of the Seals, translated by David Warriner, is the third book of the Detective Moralès series and takes to Quebec’s icy waters where murder and chilling storms converge with terrifying consequences. Sinister Graves, part of Rendon’s Cash Blackbear Mysteries series set in 1970s Minnesota, takes 19-year-old Cash on a search for answers surrounding the mysterious disappearances of Native women and their newborns. Hear from these authors in person about their books and the beloved characters fans can’t get enough of.

Moderator: Emily Donaldson

Event Info:
Date & Time: June 4 at 2:30pm ET
Where: Brigantine Room in Harbourfront Centre’s main building
Duration: 60 minutes
Available with a MOTIVE Day or Weekend Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

Conversation

Canadian Roxanne Bouchard and White Earth Nation citizen Marcie R. Rendon have made waves with their gripping, character-centric books. Bouchard’s Whisper of the Seals, translated by David Warriner, is the third book of the Detective Moralès series and takes to Quebec’s icy waters where murder and chilling storms converge with terrifying consequences. Sinister Graves, part of Rendon’s Cash Blackbear Mysteries series set in 1970s Minnesota, takes 19-year-old Cash on a search for answers surrounding the mysterious disappearances of Native women and their newborns. Hear from these authors in person about their books and the beloved characters fans can’t get enough of.

Moderator: Emily Donaldson

Event Info:
Date & Time: June 4 at 2:30pm ET
Where: Brigantine Room in Harbourfront Centre’s main building
Duration: 60 minutes
Available with a MOTIVE Day or Weekend Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

Conversation

Featured Authors

Roxanne Bouchard
Roxanne Bouchard is a French-Canadian author, lecturer and playwright. Her fifth novel (first translated into English) We Were the Salt of the Sea was published in 2018 to resounding critical acclaim, shortlisted for multiple awards and winning the Quai Du Polar Crime Book of the Year. The second in the Detective Morales series, The Coral Bride, was a bestseller in Canada, shortlisting for the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger and winning the Crime Writers of Canada Book of the Year. Whisper of the Seals soon followed suit. Roxanne's books have been translated into eight languages. She lives in Quebec with her partner, an undertaker.

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Marcie Rendon
Marcie Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation, a Pinckley Prize-winning author, playwright, poet, freelance writer and a community arts activist. Rendon was awarded the McKnight Distinguished Artist Award for 2020. She is a speaker on Native issues, leadership and writing. Her second novel in her Cash Blackbear Mystery series, Girl Gone Missing, was nominated for the Sue Grafton Memorial Award. Rendon was recognized as a 50 over 50 Change-maker by Minneapolis AARP and Pollen in 2018. She lives in Minneapolis.

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2:30pm

Sunday, June 4

What to read

Whisper of the Seals by , Sinister Graves by ,
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