True Crime Time: Paul Palango, Félix Séguin & Eric Thibault

Paul Palango, Eric Thibault & Félix Séguin and Jane Gerster

True Crime Time: Paul Palango, Félix Séguin & Eric Thibault

Paul Palango, Eric Thibault & Félix Séguin and Jane Gerster

12:00pm

Saturday, June 4, 2022

A must-see panel for true crime enthusiasts, authors Paul Palango, Félix Séguin and Eric Thibault discuss their investigations into shockingly real Canadian crime stories. Palango’s 22 Murders is a shocking exposé on the April 2020 killing spree in Portapique, Nova Scotia – the deadliest killing spree in Canadian history – with insights on the many obstacles surrounding the event, and how the justice system tragically failed its victims and survivors. Félix Séguin and Eric Thibault’s Inside the Montreal Mafia leaves no stone unturned with an exclusive inside look at the North American Mafia through the secret confessions they perilously collected from high-ranking Mafioso Andrew Scoppa between 2014 and 2019.

Interviewer: Jane Gerster

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: June 4 at 12pm ET
Where: Studio Theatre in Harbourfront Centre’s main building
Duration: 45 minutes
Ticket prices: $16.50 – Regular; $12.50 – Youth; or Get the All-Access Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

Conversation

A must-see panel for true crime enthusiasts, authors Paul Palango, Félix Séguin and Eric Thibault discuss their investigations into shockingly real Canadian crime stories. Palango’s 22 Murders is a shocking exposé on the April 2020 killing spree in Portapique, Nova Scotia – the deadliest killing spree in Canadian history – with insights on the many obstacles surrounding the event, and how the justice system tragically failed its victims and survivors. Félix Séguin and Eric Thibault’s Inside the Montreal Mafia leaves no stone unturned with an exclusive inside look at the North American Mafia through the secret confessions they perilously collected from high-ranking Mafioso Andrew Scoppa between 2014 and 2019.

Interviewer: Jane Gerster

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: June 4 at 12pm ET
Where: Studio Theatre in Harbourfront Centre’s main building
Duration: 45 minutes
Ticket prices: $16.50 – Regular; $12.50 – Youth; or Get the All-Access Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

Conversation

Featured Authors

Paul Palango
Paul Palango is a veteran investigative journalist. He started his career at the Hamilton Spectator, his hometown newspaper. In 1977, he joined the Globe and Mail as a reporter, and between 1983 and his resignation in 1990, he served successively as its sports editor, Metro editor, and, eventually, national editor. During his tenure at the Globe, Palango’s reporters swept the Centre for Investigative Reporting Awards in five consecutive years. In 1989, he accepted the Michener Award on behalf of the Globe.

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Eric Thibault & Félix Séguin
Born in Gaspésie, Eric Thibault has covered police and organized crime in Quebec since 1993. He has written for the Journal de Montréal since 2011. Félix Séguin has covered multiple major national and international news stories since the early 2000s. He specializes in police investigations and organized crime. Inside the Montreal Mafia is the third collaboration between Eric Thibault and Félix Séguin, following Gallant: Confessions d’un tueur à gages and Le livre noir des Hells Angels. Séguin and Thibault are both members of the Québecor investigative bureau.

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Jane Gerster
Jane Gerster is an independent reporter based in Toronto, whose work has appeared in magazines and newspapers across Canada. She also teaches journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University. Jane is the author of For the Good of the Force, a critical history of the Canadian Mounties forthcoming from McClelland & Stewart (2023).

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12:00pm

Saturday, June 4

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