Event Speaker: Zoe Whittall

Zoe Whittall’s latest book is the short story collection Wild Failure (Harpercollins, 24). Her fifth bestselling novel The Fake was longlisted for the 2023 Toronto Book Award. The New York Times called her fourth novel The Spectacular “a highly readable testament to the strength of the maternal bond” and The Toronto Star called it “a singularly impressive piece of fiction.” Her third novel The Best Kind of People was published in 2017 by Penguin Random House U.S., was shortlisted for The Scotiabank Giller Prize, named Indigo’s #1 Book of 2016. She won a Lamda literary award for her second novel Holding Still for as Long as Possible, and the Writers Trust Dayne Ogilvie prize for her debut, Bottle Rocket Hearts. She is also a Canadian Screen Award winning TV writer. Her fourth book of poetry, No Credit River, will be out in October 2024. She lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario.