Events & News

NEW BOOK COMING SOON!
Events

Tuesday, 21 February 2020
7:00 ADT
Please join me at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic for an illustrate author talk on Watermark, along with the Sea is in Her Blood Exhibit.
Sat, 14 September 2019
11:00 ADT
Please join me at Word on the Street, Saturday, September 14, 2019, 11:00 Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library.

Thursday, September 26 2019
Winnipeg International Writers Festival, Thin Air 2019, Thursday, September 26

Saturday, October 5 2019
7pm – 7:45pm
Afterwords Literary Festival, October 2-6, Halifax Nova Scotia. Short Story Panel Shakirah Bourne from Barbados, Christy Ann Conlin, and Elise Levine join host Alexander MacLeod to talk short story writing.

Sunday, October 6 2019
8pm – 9pm
ynn Coady and Christy Ann Conlin in conversation with Mary Lynk.

Wednesday, October 30 2019
7pm
Toronto Reference Library, Atrium. Maritime Noir.
Christy Ann Conlin, Megan Gail Coles and Elisabeth de Mariaffi come together for a panel discussion on suspense literature set in the Maritimes. Hear the authors talk about their new books and the influence the environment has on their writing.
Past Events

Sat, 10 August 2019
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM ADT
Digby Neck Consolidated School, 6203 Highway 217, Digby, NS
Hillcote House Presents Shelagh Rogers w Lynn Coady and Christy Ann Conlin.
Please note: if you are planning on attending do sign up on our Eventbrite page so that we can make sure you have a seat. The event is free but we’ll have a “Pay what you can” at the door with a suggested amount of $10.00
Come spend the day in the bucolic village of Sandy Cove on Saturday August 10th!
Arrive early and enjoy a coffee and a cinnamon roll at the School House Café before joining the audience in the gym of the Digby Neck Consolidated School at 11:00 am to listen to Christy Ann Conlin talk about her new short story collection, Watermark, with CBC Radio host Shelagh Rogers.
The conversation and reading will be followed by a lunch break in which you can grab a sandwich or a soup from the School House Café or take one to go and explore the historic village, the Woodland Trail, the Sandy Cove wharf or the Bay of Fundy beach.

Sat, 17 August 2019
7:00 AM – 10:00 PM ADT
Launch of Christy Ann Conlin’s new book Watermark, Q&A with CBC Ideas’ Mary Lynk; Gaelic song with Robyn Carrigan; Kim Barlow gothic banjo.
About this Event
A launch to celebrate Christy Ann Conlin’s new book of short fiction, Watermark. There will be a literary Q&A with Ideas executive producer, Mary Lynk. Christy Ann will read from the book, interspersed with the haunting Gaelic songs of Cape Bretoner Robyn Carrigan and gothic banjo tunes provided by Kim Barlow. This event is free, but best reserve a ticket. Food and drinks at the break, all happening at the beautiful ArtCan Gallery & Cafe in downtown Canning NS.
News

August 6, 2019 - United States
Christy Ann Conlin’s new book, Watermark, will be published in the United States on August 6, 2019, by House of Anansi.
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August 13, 2019 - Canada
Christy Ann Conlin’s new book, Watermark, will be published in Canada on August 13, 2019, by House of Anansi.
Order here
When There’s No Time to Write a Novel, Author Profile in the Toronto Star by Sue Carter, August 2019
Quill & Quire: How East Coast writer Christy Ann Conlin found an eerie muse in Nova Scotia’s rural Annapolis Valley, July 2019
WFNS Author Spotlight: Christy Ann Conlin, August 2019
Watermark: Must-reads for August — Craft Literary, August 2019
34 works of Canadian fiction to watch for this fall, August, 2019
Watermark: Editor’s Pick, 49th Shelf, August, 2019
Watermark: Most Anticipated, 2019 Fall Fiction, July 2019
Watermark: Fifteen New Books for a Summer’s Worth of Reading, Toronto Star, June 2019
THE MEMENTO
Spoken Word Introduction to The Memento by Alexander MacLeod
The Memento: Interview with Jayson Baxter on CTV News at 5
CBC Radio – The Memento on The Next Chapter With Shelagh Rogers
To the Lighthouse: A Review of Christy Ann Conlin’s The Memento The Toronto Review Of Books
The Memento ‘otherworldly’, Toronto Star Review
The Memento is a Classic Spine Tingler, Globe & Mail Review
The Memento: The Reading Society Discussion, National Post Review
CBC News: The Memento is a Genre Bending Tale
The Memento by Christy Ann Conlin: Consumed by Ink
Christy Ann Conlin Makes a Spirited Comeback with The Memento: The Coast
The Memento – Gothic Elements Reminicent of Wuthering Heights and Jane Erye: Haligonia
A Profile of Christy Ann Conlin and The Memento: The Unexpected Twists and Turns
Christy Ann Conlin Debuts Anticipated Novel, The Memento: Kings County News
Annapolis Valley Library Carpool Bookclub: The Memento
HEAVE
Heave-nly – The Globe and Mail
Heave, The Globe & Mail – Paperbacks
Heave is a Gem: Reads For Men – Unexpected Twists and Turns
Short List: Heave, Amazon.ca First Novel Award 2003, Books In Canada
Heave, Maritime Muse: Now Toronto
Heave: 7 Sizzling Summer Reads, Chatelaine
Heave by Christy Ann Conlin: Consumed By Ink
PROFILES & INTERVIEWS
Hazlitt – An Interview with Christy Ann Conlin
Toronto Sun Celebrity Spaces: Christy Ann Conlin’s Writing World
Mixed Tape and CanLit Collection: Christy Ann Conlin’s The Memento
(at) eleven with christy ann conlin: the memento, Mathilda Magtree
Laura Best – The Memento: An Interview with Christy Ann Conlin