An Evening with Louise Penny

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Somewhere out there, in the darkness, a black wolf is feeding. Seek sanctuary at Knox United Church this Halloween night as Louise Penny, the doyen of Canadian mystery, returns to Winnipeg to launch the 20th Armand Gamache novel, (Minotaur).

Hosted by Penny's longtime friend, the incomparable Shelagh Rogers, this promises to be an evening of mystery, insight, and laughter.

Louise Penny is the multi-award winning author of the Chief Inspector Gamache novels, set in her home province of Québec, Canada. A former Winnipeg resident during her days with the CBC, her books, including written with Hillary Rodham Clinton, have sold more than 18 million copies worldwide, topped international bestseller lists, including the New York Times, the Winnipeg Free Press, The Globe & Mail, and been translated into 32 languages. The recipient of both the Order of Canada and l'Ordre national du Québec, her country's highest civilian honours, her Three Pines Foundation reaches out to those in crisis and offers financial and emotional support, with a special focus on literacy as well as dementia care. Her husband, Michael, died of dementia in 2016. She lives with her Golden Retrievers Muggins and Charlie in a village south of Montréal.

Her brand new mystery, The Black Wolf picks up just several weeks after the events of Penny's #1 New York Times bestselling novel . It finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec playing a lethal game of cat and mouse with an invisible foe who is gathering forces and preparing to strike...

Host Shelagh Rogers Bio:

Upon announcing Shelagh Rogers was stepping down from the CBC, a publicist added an extra zero to the 43 years Shelagh worked there, so it became “Shelagh Rogers has been at the CBC for 430 years”. Through those centuries, she hosted current affairs shows, arts programs, and worked with legendary colleagues such as her mentor and friend, Peter Gzowski.

In 2011, Shelagh was inducted into the Order of Canada. Also that year, she was named an honorary witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She is the inaugural recipient of the Margaret Trudeau Award for Mental Health Advocacy, and she was the 2022 Symons Medallist. She is a member of the Métis Nation of Greater Victoria.

In 2008, Shelagh co-founded a national radio program devoted to writing in Canada called The Next Chapter. Louise Penny was a frequent guest and Shelagh lunges for any opportunity to speak with her. Over the years, Louise has become one of Shelagh’s closest friends. Shelagh is honoured to be hosting the Winnipeg launch of The Black Wolf and thrilled to speak with her brilliant and beautiful chosen sister.

Event Host

McNally Robinson Booksellers