I’ll be speaking at the Toronto International Festival of Authors!
Hearts and Hauntings
September 21 @ 1:30pm A rom-com about rom-coms and a ghost story about… ghosts? Markus Harwood-Jones‘s The Haunting of Adrian Yates and Lynn Painter‘s Better Than The Movies will make you laugh, make you think and maybe make you nostalgic about all the cringy things you did in high school. Join us for a conversation with the two skilled YA love story writers about what inspired them, what the creation process was like and what they have coming down the line. Moderator: J.M. Frey
Swooning for Romance Novels
September 22 @ 1:30pm Meet Mr. Perfect, fall in love and don’t mess it up. Joining forces to discuss their latest hilarious and relatable stories about strong Asian female characters are Toronto-based romance writers Lily Chu and Jackie Lau. In Chu’s The Takedown, Soon Dee is tasked with cleaning up a scandal for intimidatingly chic luxury fashion firm, but she soon discovers her mega-hot nemesis works there and he’s nothing like the man she thought she knew. In Lau’s Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie, a young woman is desperate to fend off her meddling mother intent on setting up her last single daughter—only to find that maybe mother does know best. Moderator: J.M. Frey
Writing Queer
September 22 @ 3pm Join J.M. Frey and Markus Harwood-Jones for this panel on bringing queer narratives to life. From romance to the supernatural, they’ll discuss what it means to bring authentic new voices and experiences to long standing genres, how far we’ve come, and how far we have to go. Moderator: Trevor Campbell
