The Investiture ceremony stands out as one of the most inspiring experiences of my life. Hearing what the others being acknowledged had done with their lives left me humbled. When I mentioned that to one of Governors-General’s staff, she said, “Everyone feels that way. And, that you’ve been awarded The Order of Canada indicates how much your country values Storytellers.”
This year’s gritLIT: Hamilton’s Readers & Writer’s Festival will feature Scott on April 13-14 for a special workshop and Q&A session!
Follow the links below for more info on Scott’s sessions and purchase your tickets!
Scott Thornley: What’s Love Got to Do With It?
Scott Thornley enjoys writing Inspector MacNeice, the detective hero of his four-book MacNeice Mystery Series, but his real joy comes from creating the villains. Join the author for an in-depth look at how to build the people who inhabit fictional worlds and at the unique pleasures and challenges of writing unsympathetic characters.
Hamilton Reimagined
In Liz Harmer’s post-apocalyptic novel, The Amateurs, characters hide out in the abandoned mansions of a forgotten steel town. Book 4 of Scott Thornley’s MacNeice Mystery Series opens with the discovery of two bodies in a mansion of Dundurn’s old money neighbourhood under the mountain. Join the authors as they share their stories and discuss two very different versions of a re-imagined Hamilton. Moderated by Mark Osbaldeston, author of Unbuilt Hamilton.