Give Unto Others: Donna Leon

Donna Leon and Judith Pereira

Give Unto Others: Donna Leon

Donna Leon and Judith Pereira

2:30pm

Saturday, June 4

Since 1992, American author Donna Leon has been gripping readers with her acclaimed Venetian crime series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti. In the 31st installment, Give Unto Others, the honest and compassionate police inspector must confront the price of loyalty and forge a line between right and wrong when a simple favour for a family acquaintance traps him in a complex mystery. Meet Leon during this insightful virtual conversation with Judith Pereira, Arts & Books Editor at The Globe and Mail and learn how the writer unveils new details about Brunetti’s past, and how they shape his fate in this thrilling new book.

Interviewer: Judith Pereira

This digital event is free with registration. Please return to this page on June 4 at 2:30pm ET to watch the event. The video will be available to view until June 8 at 11:59pm ET.

Conversation

Since 1992, American author Donna Leon has been gripping readers with her acclaimed Venetian crime series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti. In the 31st installment, Give Unto Others, the honest and compassionate police inspector must confront the price of loyalty and forge a line between right and wrong when a simple favour for a family acquaintance traps him in a complex mystery. Meet Leon during this insightful virtual conversation with Judith Pereira, Arts & Books Editor at The Globe and Mail and learn how the writer unveils new details about Brunetti’s past, and how they shape his fate in this thrilling new book.

Interviewer: Judith Pereira

This digital event is free with registration. Please return to this page on June 4 at 2:30pm ET to watch the event. The video will be available to view until June 8 at 11:59pm ET.

Conversation

Featured Authors

Donna Leon
Donna Leon, born in New Jersey in 1942, has worked as a travel guide in Rome and as a copywriter in London. She taught literature in universities in Iran, China and Saudi Arabia. Commissario Brunetti made her books world-famous. Donna Leon lived in Italy for many years, and although she now lives in Switzerland, she often visits Venice.

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Judith Pereira
Judith Pereira joined The Globe and Mail in 2001, as an intern at Report on Business magazine, while doing her Master’s degree in Publishing at Simon Fraser University. After a stint as a features editor for globeandmail.com, she spent nearly two decades as an editor at the magazine where she won several National Newspaper Awards for packages and infographics. She became The Globe’s Books editor in 2019. Before joining The Globe, she worked for the now defunct Lichtman’s (where she learned the importance of recommendations to book sales) and read the slush pile at Penguin Canada (where she discovered nobody). She also sits on the board of the Canadian Museum of Nature.

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2:30pm

Saturday, June 4

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