What Dreams May Come

Join us for an evening with three acclaimed authors whose bestselling books explore imagined worlds and impossible truths.

From Kate Heartfield, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Embroidered Book and The Valkyrie comes Mercutio, an opulent 13th century epic retelling of the life of Mercutio before he ever encountered Romeo and Juliet. On the battlefield, as warring factions deal out death, young Mercutio chances upon the charismatic poet Dante Alighieri. In their desperate stand against the enemy, they inadvertently open a crack between our world and Faerie.

An Irish lore-inspired romantasy, The Lure of Wolves and Whispers is the debut from Ottawa’s own Amanda Connolly. On the mist-shrouded Isle of Eireann, magic comes with a price. When her beloved older sister is gravely injured, Maeve risks everything to buy the forbidden magic that might save her. What would you sacrifice to survive?

From Eden Robinson, the bestselling author of the Trickster trilogy, comes The Sorceress of Sky Serpents, inspired by the Indigenous cultures of the Pacific Northwest, set on a dangerous planet where monsters haunt the survivors of an apocalyptic sorcerers' war. As the daughter of the Guardian of the Eagle Clan and the granddaughter of its shaman, Yuala longs to become a warrior or a healer. With fear and hope in her heart, Yuala plunges into a grueling supernatural apprenticeship. As a battle brews on the shores of Winter Haven, something fiery builds in Yuala, too—but will she come into her power and save her clan before it’s too late?

Books are available for purchase from our friends at Perfect Books.

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