Susanna Kearsley

Sisters in Crime, Toronto Chapter

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Toronto Public Library, Northern District Branch

40 Orchard View Boulevard

Toronto, Ontario

I’ve been invited to talk about “Woman in Jeopardy” novels as a guest at the January meeting of the amazing Sisters in Crime, beginning at 7:00p.m. at the library near Yonge and Eglinton (it's on Orchardview which is one block north of Eglinton). Visitors are welcome for a $5 admission charge. The Sisters also invite you to “come and mingle over a drink or dinner before meetings, perhaps even hoist a glass afterwards with our speaker of the evening. Alas, while the chat is free, the drinks and food aren't. (Restaurant to be announced)”. For more details, check our their website or facebook page.

RT Booklovers Convention

Wednesday, April 11 - Sunday, April 15, 2012

The Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel

9300 Bryn Mawr Avenue

Rosemont, Illinois

In other words, Chicago! This will be fun. Lynne Connolly, Amanda McCabe, Lauren Willig and myself will be hosting a “History Fan Fictionary” game as part of the programming, in which we try to convince people we’re being sincere in our definitions of obsolete phrases and words; my latest book, The Rose Garden, is up for a Reviewer’s Choice Award, AND I get to dress up for the Fairy Ball again. What could be better? You can get information on the conference and register here at their home page, but even if you’re not attending, you can still come out and enjoy the mayhem of the Giant Book Fair and mass author signing on Saturday, April 15.

Ontario Writers’ Conference

Saturday, May 5, 2011

Deer Creek Golf and Banquet Facility

2700 Audley Road North

Ajax, Ontario

I’ll be presenting a workshop on research at this year’s conference, which promises another great line-up (Douglas Gibson is the luncheon speaker). For more details and to register, check out the main conference web site.

Bloody Words XII

Friday, June 1 - Sunday, June 3, 2012

Hilton Toronto Downtown Hotel

145 Richmond Street West

Toronto, Ontario

As both a participant and a member of the organizing committee for this great annual gathering of Canadian and International crime writers, I’ll be fairly easy to find at Bloody Words. This year our guest of honour is Linwood Barclay and our international guest of honour is Gayle Lynds, with Rick Blechta serving as our Master of Ceremonies. This is a wonderfully laid-back and enjoyable conference, always one of the highlights of my professional year, and I heartily encourage anyone with an interest in crime writing (fiction or non-fiction) to come out and join us. For more information or to register, here’s the website.

Visit the Toronto Public Library, Northern District Branch’s web site here,

Or learn more about this year’s RT Booklover’s Convention on the convention’s home page.

(The photo below gives you an idea of how huge the Book Fair is!)