Horrific Humour: Doug Johnstone & David Whitton

Doug Johnstone, David Whitton and José Teodoro

Horrific Humour: Doug Johnstone & David Whitton

Doug Johnstone, David Whitton and José Teodoro

4:30pm

Sunday, June 5, 2022

Hear from writers Doug Johnstone and David Whitton about their latest horrifically humorous mystery novels. Scottish author Johnstone presents The Great Silence, book three in the addictive The Skelfs series. When the matriarch of the Skelf family discovers a human foot while walking the dog, a perplexing case presents itself to the darkly humorous family of funeral directors and private investigators. Toronto-based David Whitton presents Seven Down, his quirky character-driven debut novel, about seven hotel employees puzzling out the events of a botched assassination attempt.

Meet the authors and learn what fuels their fascinating ideas and prompts them to blend comedy with crime.

Interviewer: José Teodoro

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: June 5 at 4:30pm ET
Where: Studio Theatre in Harbourfront Centre’s main building
Duration: 60 minutes
Ticket prices: $16.50 – Regular; $12.50 – Youth; or Get the All-Access Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

Presented with support from Scottish Books International.

Scottish Books International

Conversation

Hear from writers Doug Johnstone and David Whitton about their latest horrifically humorous mystery novels. Scottish author Johnstone presents The Great Silence, book three in the addictive The Skelfs series. When the matriarch of the Skelf family discovers a human foot while walking the dog, a perplexing case presents itself to the darkly humorous family of funeral directors and private investigators. Toronto-based David Whitton presents Seven Down, his quirky character-driven debut novel, about seven hotel employees puzzling out the events of a botched assassination attempt.

Meet the authors and learn what fuels their fascinating ideas and prompts them to blend comedy with crime.

Interviewer: José Teodoro

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: June 5 at 4:30pm ET
Where: Studio Theatre in Harbourfront Centre’s main building
Duration: 60 minutes
Ticket prices: $16.50 – Regular; $12.50 – Youth; or Get the All-Access Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

Presented with support from Scottish Books International.

Scottish Books International

Conversation

Featured Authors

Doug Johnstone
Doug Johnstone is the author of 12 previous novels. Several of his books have been bestsellers and three, A Dark Matter (2020), Breakers (2019) and The Jump (2015), were shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year. He’s taught creative writing and has been a writer-in-residence at various institutions over the last decade, including at a funeral parlour. Doug is a songwriter and musician with five albums and three solo EPs released, and he plays drums for the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers, a band of crime writers. Follow Doug on Twitter @doug_johnstone and visit his website: dougjohnstone.com. Doug Johnstone’s Festival appearance is generously supported by Scottish Books International.

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David Whitton
David Whitton is the author of the story collection, The Reverse Cowgirl (Freehand Books), and the novel, Seven Down (Dundurn Press). His short fiction has appeared in a number of journals and anthologies, including Darwin's Bastards, Best Canadian Stories, and Journey Prize Stories. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph Creative Writing MFA. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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José Teodoro
José Teodoro is the author of several works for the stage including Cloudless, which was recently adapted into an audio drama presented by Canadian Stage and Screen Door, which made its debut in December and was recorded by Applied Silence, José’s music/narrative partnership with Stephen Lyons, and will be released digitally and on vinyl this autumn. José is co-author, with Mexican artist Laura Barrón, of Cathedral, a bilingual 3.5-metre-long art-book. José’s literary nonfiction has appeared in publications such as Brick and subTerrain, and his arts criticism has appeared in publications such as Film Comment and The Globe & Mail.

Read more about José Teodoro

4:30pm

Sunday, June 5

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