What a gift to be able to celebrate The Maid’s Secret, the final instalment in the international bestselling Maid series, with its effervescent creator Nita Prose. And because Nita loves Calgary as much as Calgary loves Molly Gray, she’s travelling to be with us on April 8, the worldwide publication day. Expect the most insider-y of insider events, as Nita and Wordfest’s Creative Ringleader dive into all the pop culture influences, research nuggets, and memorable anecdotes that helped Molly, Gran, The Regency Grand and all our favourite supporting characters come to life. This event includes an audience Q & A and book signing, fuelled by Owl’s Nest Books. You can pre-order the entire series here.
We are grateful to Penguin Random House Canada for making it possible to connect you with Nita Prose.
Conversation
Audience Q&A
Book Signing
75 minutes. No intermission.
Penguin Random House Canada
When a daring art heist takes place at the Regency Grand, Molly’s life is threatened. The question is who’s out to get her, and why? Long-buried secrets will be revealed in this intriguing and heartwarming novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest
Conversation
Audience Q&A
Book Signing
75 minutes. No intermission.
Penguin Random House Canada
Shelley Youngblut is the CEO & Creative Ringleader of Wordfest. She was the recipient of the 2020 Calgary Award for Community Achievement in the Arts and the 2018 Rozsa Award for Arts Leadership. She also won the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Western Magazine Awards. Youngblut was the founding editor of Calgary’s award-winning Swerve magazine and has created magazines for ESPN, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, Nickelodeon, Western Living, and The Globe and Mail. She was also a former pop-culture correspondent for ABC World News Now and Canada AM.
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