Category: Panel Discussion
Hosted by Antonio Michael Downing, Host of CBC’s The Next Chapter
Authors: Farah Ghafoor, Maria Reva, Liann Zhang
Details: Sunday, September 7th, 3:00pm-4:00pm at The Cottage
Three writers take the stage to share how the strange, surprising turns of their own lives shaped the worlds they write. An accidental influencer spins her unlikely fame into a sharp, witty murder mystery. A trained accountant turns numbers into poetry in a story of love, loss, and the climate crisis. A Ukrainian Canadian writer wrestles with the urge to tell stories in a world that can be stranger — and more heartbreaking — than fiction itself. This conversation opens a window into the creative process, where lived experience becomes literature and life keeps finding its way onto the page.