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2025 Schedule
Festival Start: Friday, May 23. Registration at 12:15pm.
Place: Grande Bibliothèque (BAnQ)
475 Boul. de Maisonneuve E, Montréal, QC H2L 5C4
Room M.450
There will be book signings after each panel.
Library tours will be offered. Schedule to be announced soon.
Friday, May 23 (Room M.450)
12:15pm Registration
12:45pm Welcome!
1:00 – 2:00pm Femme Fatale: The Power & Peril of Dangerous Women (English)
Hannah Mary McKinnon, and Wendy Walker. Host: Trudie Mason.
2:15 – 3:15pm Death and Other Troubles (English)
Kate Hilton, Catherine Mack, and Elizabeth Renzetti. Host: Bianca Marais.
3:45 – 4:45pm Unspoken Bonds: Secrets between Mothers and Daughters (English)
Nina Laurin and Katie Tallo. Host: Lisa Levy.
5:15 – 6:15pm Quand journalistes et avocats s’en mêlent… (French)
Mikaël Archambault and Charlène Desjardins. Host: Kareen Guillaume.
6:15 – 7:00pm Dinner
7:00 – 8:00pm Past Lives: Authors and their Characters (English)
Shari Lapena and Nita Prose. Host: Hank Phillippi Ryan.
Saturday, May 24
Room M.450
10:00 – 11:00am Buried Truths: Uncovering Secrets from the Past and Present (English)
Samantha M. Bailey, Jennifer Hillier, and Clémence Michallon. Host: Sonica Mizerski.
11:15am – 12:15pm Treacherous Waters: Setting Matters (English)
Andrea Bartz and Will Dean. Host: Candice Sawchuk.
12:15 – 1:15pm Lunch
1:15 – 2:15pm Noirceur profonde (French)
Johana Gustawsson, Hannah Mary McKinnon and Clémence Michallon. Host: Jacinthe Paillé.
2:30 – 3:30pm Slay, Detectives! Queer Mysteries (English)
Lisa Kusel, Vanessa Lillie and Olesya Lyuzna. Host: Dustin Harris.
4– 5pm Twist of Fate: When Life Takes an Unexpected Turn (English)
Lee Matthew Goldberg, Ann Lambert and Hank Phillippi Ryan. Host: Gare Billings.
Auditorium
5:30 – 6:30pm Martin Michaud and Steve Laflamme (French)
Host: Catherine Lafrance
6:30– 7pm Dinner
7 – 8pm Guest of Honour Johana Gustawsson with David Warriner (English)
Host: Jacky Collins aka "Dr. Noir"
8 – 8:30pm Closing
Place: Grande Bibliothèque (BAnQ)
475 Boul. de Maisonneuve E, Montréal, QC H2L 5C4
Room M.450
There will be book signings after each panel.
Library tours will be offered. Schedule to be announced soon.
Friday, May 23 (Room M.450)
12:15pm Registration
12:45pm Welcome!
1:00 – 2:00pm Femme Fatale: The Power & Peril of Dangerous Women (English)
Hannah Mary McKinnon, and Wendy Walker. Host: Trudie Mason.
2:15 – 3:15pm Death and Other Troubles (English)
Kate Hilton, Catherine Mack, and Elizabeth Renzetti. Host: Bianca Marais.
3:45 – 4:45pm Unspoken Bonds: Secrets between Mothers and Daughters (English)
Nina Laurin and Katie Tallo. Host: Lisa Levy.
5:15 – 6:15pm Quand journalistes et avocats s’en mêlent… (French)
Mikaël Archambault and Charlène Desjardins. Host: Kareen Guillaume.
6:15 – 7:00pm Dinner
7:00 – 8:00pm Past Lives: Authors and their Characters (English)
Shari Lapena and Nita Prose. Host: Hank Phillippi Ryan.
Saturday, May 24
Room M.450
10:00 – 11:00am Buried Truths: Uncovering Secrets from the Past and Present (English)
Samantha M. Bailey, Jennifer Hillier, and Clémence Michallon. Host: Sonica Mizerski.
11:15am – 12:15pm Treacherous Waters: Setting Matters (English)
Andrea Bartz and Will Dean. Host: Candice Sawchuk.
12:15 – 1:15pm Lunch
1:15 – 2:15pm Noirceur profonde (French)
Johana Gustawsson, Hannah Mary McKinnon and Clémence Michallon. Host: Jacinthe Paillé.
2:30 – 3:30pm Slay, Detectives! Queer Mysteries (English)
Lisa Kusel, Vanessa Lillie and Olesya Lyuzna. Host: Dustin Harris.
4– 5pm Twist of Fate: When Life Takes an Unexpected Turn (English)
Lee Matthew Goldberg, Ann Lambert and Hank Phillippi Ryan. Host: Gare Billings.
Auditorium
5:30 – 6:30pm Martin Michaud and Steve Laflamme (French)
Host: Catherine Lafrance
6:30– 7pm Dinner
7 – 8pm Guest of Honour Johana Gustawsson with David Warriner (English)
Host: Jacky Collins aka "Dr. Noir"
8 – 8:30pm Closing
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