Sep 8, 2022
Laura Secord Homestead, Queenston
Coast to Coast: Canada’s Self-Discovered Women Literary Series Copy
Coast to Coast “Canada’s Self-Discovered Women” Literary Series
Our popular series returns September 8, 2022
This four-part speaker series highlighting Canadian women returns to the Queenston Chapel for 2022! Learn about four Canadian female authors and their unique perspectives and published works. Join us in this exceptional and interactive, in-person series. Tickets are just $10 per speaker or $30 for the entire series.
This year’s Coast to Coast Literary Series is delivered as a live, in-person event inside the Queenston Chapel, in Queenston, Ontario. Light refreshments will be served, and wine is available for purchase during the event.
The Authors
Once again, the Niagara Parks Coast to Coast speaker series features the stories of four incredible Canadian women. All sessions are at 7:00 p.m.

Jen Ferguson
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet• September 8

Bianca Marais
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor• October 13

Shelly Sanders
Daughters of the Occupation• November 10

Robin Lefler
Reasonable
Adults• December 8
Jen Ferguson
The Summer Of Bitter and Sweet
September 8, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
Jen Ferguson is Michif/Métis and white, an activist, an intersectional feminist, an auntie, and an accomplice armed with a PhD in English and creative writing. Her favorite ice‐cream flavor is mint chocolate chip.

Bianca Marais
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor
October 13, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
Bianca Marais cohosts the popular podcast The Sh*t No One Tells You About Writing, aimed at emerging writers. She was named the winner of the Excellence in Teaching Award for Creative Writing at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies in 2021. She is the author of two novels, Hum If You Don’t Know the Words and If You Want to Make God Laugh, as well as the Audible Original The Prynne Viper. She lives in Toronto with her husband and fur babies.

Shelly Sanders
Daughters of the Occupation
November 10, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
Shelly Sanders is a freelance journalist whose articles have appeared in the Toronto Star, Maclean’s, the National Post and Canadian Living. She
is the author of three well‐lauded historical novels for young adults. The recipient of the Sydney Taylor Book Award, she was shortlisted for the
Vine Award, among others, and has had starred reviews in Booklist. Shelly Sanders lives in Oakville, Ontario.

Robin Lefler
Reasonable Adults
December 8, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
Robin Lefler lives near Toronto with her husband, their two children and an anxious goldendoodle. Over the course of a career in tech, she has travelled the globe but generally prefers to be at home, where she can easily locate coffee, wine and high‐quality waffles. Reasonable Adults is her debut novel.
