Past Events

November 10/2024
4 p.m.

Chapters Halifax
188 Chain Lake Drive, Halifax

November 9/2024

Lunenburg Literary Festival, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Details here.

October 26/2024
7 p.m.

Ottawa, ON—The Ottawa Writer’s Festival
Details here.

October 18/2024

7 p.m.
Featured author of One Book One Brant, a month-long celebration of a local Canadian author
Paris Library, Paris, ON
Details here.

September 11/2024

7 p.m.
Blue Heron Books, Uxbridge
https://blueheronbooks.com/events/38718

Aug 15/2024

2:30 p.m.
The Burlington Library (in partnership with A Different Drummer Books)
https://attend.bpl.on.ca/event/11191207

Aug 14/2024

7 p.m.
The Bluma Appel Theatre, TPL
I will be interviewing the amazing Kathy Reichs about her latest book!
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/kathy-reichs-fire-and-bones-tickets-925382372587

Aug 13/2024

7 p.m.
The Waterloo Public Library (in partnership with Wordsworth Books)
https://calendar.wpl.ca/event/10991520

 July 29-Aug. 1 US Tour:

August 1

7 p.m.
In-Person Event
In Conversation with Blake Langrehr
ST. LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY
Clark Family Branch, 1640 S. Lindergh Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Books will be sold by A Novel Neighbor. You can view the event listing here

July 31

3 p.m.
In-Person Signing
Half Price Books
420 Farm to Market Road 3040
Lewisville, TX 75067
Ticketed, in-store book signing. A copy of What Have You Done? is included with each ticket purchase. Books will also be sold as specially-priced new items in store, while supplies last. View event listing here

6 p.m. In-Person Reception
7 p.m. Event
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS LIBRARY
9015 Grand Ave
North Richland Hills, TX, 76180
The Behind the Book Series is a ticketed event that includes a copy of the book.  The public event to follow is free and open to the public. View event listing here.

July 30

6 p.m.
In conversation with: Anderson McKean
PAGE & PALETTE
32 South Section St, Fairhope, AL
Ticketed event. You can view the event listing here.

July 29
6 p.m.—8 p.m.
In conversation with: Michael Werner
Winter Park Library,
1052 W Morse Blvd, Winter Park, FL 32789
Hosted by Writer’s Block Bookstore. Ticketed event. You can view the registration page here

July 18-21/2024, UK Tour :

Special Guest at Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate, UK.

July 19

5.00-6.00 p.m.
Special Event with Shari Lapena & Liz Nugent
The Live Event Tent, Old Swan Hotel, Swan Rd, Harrogate
harrogateinternationalfestivals.com

July 17

1.30 p.m.
Urmston Library Event,
Urmston Library, 34 Golden Way, Urmston, Manchester

7.00-8.00 p.m.
Linghams Event with Shari Lapena and Liz Nugent
248 Telegraph Rd, Heswall, Wirral
https://linghams.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-shari-lapena-and-liz-nugent-17th-july/

July 16                                        

7.00 p.m.
Hungerford Bookshop Event with Shari Lapena and Claire Douglas
Silver Band Hall, Tugwell Field, Wantage                                                     

July 15
7.30-8.30pm
Hillingdon Libraries Event with Bernadette McAteer
The Great Barn, Manor Farm Site, Bury St, Ruislip    http://www.hillingdontheatres.uk/index.php/events/an-evening-with-author-shari-lapena/   

July 14/2024

1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

West Cork Literary Festival, West Cork, Ireland Interview with Andrea Mara
https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/events/2024/shari-lapena-andrea-mara/

June 9/2024
4:30 p.m.
MOTIVE Crime & Mystery Festival, Toronto
In conversation with Ashley Audrain, moderated by Nita Prose
festivalofauthors.ca/crimeandmysteryfestival

May 30-June 1/ 2024
Thrillerfest, NYC.
More info here: thrillerfest.com

May 24-25/2024

Montreal Mystery Festival
May 25, 10 a.m. Small Towns. I will be in conversation with writer Nicole Lundrigan, hosted by Sandra Churchill.

6:45 p.m. Closing Event: I will be in conversation with Lilja Sigurdardottir, hosted by Andre Picard.

Details and tickets here: MONTREAL MYSTERY

May 14/2024
Roseneath Public Library, Roseneath, ON
9059 County Rd 45
Alderville First Nation, ON
2 pm. Free.

April 25/2024
Bibliobash
Toronto Public Reference Library

Feb. 7/2024

Appel Salon, at Toronto Public Library
7 p.m. Event with Ashley Audrain and Ashley Tate.
Moderated by Shinan Govani.

October 17/23

Vancouver International Writers Festival
7:30 pm The Alma Lee Opening Night Event: Page-Turning Thrills with Louise Candlish, Shari Lapena, and Liz Nugent, moderated by Andre Picard

October 14/23

Whistler’s Writers Festival; Fairmont Chateau Whistler
1:15p.m. Thrills and Chills: Mystery and Crime Writers Panel, with Shari Lapena, Eve Lazarus, Emelia Symington-Fedy, Iona Whishaw

October 13/23
Calgary Wordfest
9:30 a.m. Bloody Strong Tea with Louise Candlish, Shari Lapena & Liz Nugent  Hosted by Leah Sarich.

12 noon. The Most Thrilling Lunch: Ashley Audrain, Linwood Barclay, Louise Candlish, Shari Lapena & Liz Nugent

August 31/23

Capital Crime, London UK
4 pm Everyone Here is Lying or is it just A Game of Lies?  Panel with Shari Lapena & Clare Mackintosh     

August 24/23 6:30 pm ET

Interview at the Port Hope Library, 31 Queen St., Port Hope, ON
Books sold by Furby House Books, Port Hope

August 15/23 9:00 pm ET
Killer Author Club interview with Heather Gudenkauf
Link to event:
Killer Author Club

August 14/23 8:00 pm ET

Mystery and Thriller Mavens podcast
Link to event:
UPCOMING EVENTS | MTM (mysteryandthrillermavens.com)

August 9/23 7:00 pm CST
Virtual event with Sarah Pearse, with Joseph Beth Books

Link to event:
https://www.josephbeth.com/event/shari-lapena-conversation-sarah-pearse-discussing-and-signing-everyone-here-lying

 August 8/23 4:00 pm ET

Crime Time with Hank Phillipi Ryan (virtual)
Link to event:
A Mighty Blaze - Helping Quarantined Authors Launch New Books

August 2/23 7:00 pm MST
Appearance at The Poisoned Pen Bookstore with Barbara Peters
4014 N Goldwater Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ
Link to event:
https://calendar.time.ly/9plshfqx/posterboard;event=76587905;instance=20230802190000

August 1/23 7:00 pm EST
Appearance at Brookline Booksmith, Boston, with Hank Ryan
279 Harvard Street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA
Link to event:

https://www.brooklinebooksmith.com/event/shari-lapena-hank-phillippi-ryan-everyone-here-lying

July 31/23 7:00 pm EST

Appearance for Riverstone Books in Pittsburgh, with Annette Dashofy.
Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, 5738 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh
Link to event:

https://www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/shari-lapena

UK Tour 2023:

July 23/23 10.30 am
Panel Event @ Harrogate Crime Festival
Old Swan Hotel, Swan Rd, Harrogate
Panel - Claire Douglas, Louise Candlish & C.L. Taylor; Chair: T.M. Logan
Link to event: https://harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/whats-on/when-sally-killed-harry-23-july-2023/

July 20/23 12:00 pm
Literary Lunch @ Plackitt & Booth
Fylde Rugby Club, Lytham
Link to event: https://plackittandbooth.co.uk/events/

July 19/23 7:00 pm
Event @ Bert’s Books
Link to event: https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/19th-july-shari-lapena-at-berts-books/

July 18/23 6:30 pm
Event @ Waterstones Piccadilly
Panel – Shari Lapena, Lisa Jewell & Ashley Audrain
Link to event: https://www.waterstones.com/events/ashley-audrain-lisa-jewell-and-shari-lapena-at-waterstones-piccadilly/london-piccadilly

July 17/23 7 pm
Event w/ Suffolk Libraries
Link to event: https://www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/whats-on/author-event-with-shari-lapena

June 15-18/23
Shetland Noir
Shetland, UK

June 9/23

‘On the Sofa’ with Victoria Selman and Jack jordan.

June 3/23
Chilling Family Secrets with Yrsa Sigurdardottir

and

Interviewed Anthony Horowitz about his novel The Twist of a Knife.
Motive Crime and Mystery Festival
Toronto, Canada

November 16-19/22
Iceland Noir
Reykjavik, Iceland

September 29-October 1/22
Capital Crime Festival
London, UK
Moderated ‘Modern Grand Dames of Mystery’ with Jane Casey, Catherine Ryan Howard, Gilly Macmillan & Gytha Lodge

June 9-12/22
Prague Book Fair
Prague, Czech Republic

June 3-5/22
Motive Crime and Mystery Festival
Toronto, Canada
Interviewed about my latest novel, Not a Happy Family, by Shinan Govani
Interviewed Irish crime writer Liz Nugent about her latest novel, Little Cruelties

December 5/21
Taste of Iceland in Toronto: ólabókaflóð – Inspired by Iceland
Toronto, Canada

November 18-20/21
Iceland Noir
Guest of Honour, along with Ian Rankin, Ann Cleves, and Anthony Horowitz

October 26/21
Interviewed Beverly McLachlin, former Chief Justice of Canada and #1 bestselling author of Full Disclosure about her new thriller, Denial. Live TIFA event.

October 25/21
Kobo podcast event, hosted by Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn
Interviewed live as part of Toronto International Festival of Authors

October 13/21
In conversation with the brilliant Richard Osman as part of Edelweiss’ inaugural Mystery/Thriller Day

October 12/21
Ottawa International Writers festival
Interviewed by Lucy van Oldenbarneveld in live online event

September 10/21
Hudson Library Virtual Event
Interview with Ruth Ware about her thrilling new book, One by One

August 21/21
Thrilling Reads, part of Book Your Summer Live, a Penguin Random House Virtual Event
Live Panel Discussion with Karen Dionne (The Wicked Sister), Gish Jen (The Resisters), Kim Johnson (This Is My America), Camilla Läckberg (The Golden Cage), and Shari Lapena (The End of Her). Moderated by Abby Endler from Crime by the Book.

August 20/21
Virtual Literary Festival
Panel with Shari Lapena, Karen Hamilton and Harriet Tyce

August 16/21
Event with Joanne Harris, hosted by David’s Book Store

August 12/21
Hosted by Highland Park Library via Zoom
In conversation with Megan Miranda with Moderator Mary Kubica

August 11/21
Reading Party with William Shaw, UK

August 11/21
Interview at Bolton Library, UK

August 7/21
Atlanta History Center Virtual Event
Shari Lapena in Conversation with Lisa Gardner

August 6/21
Booksmart Tulsa Virtual Event
In Conversation with Riley Sager

August 5/21
Virtual Event w/ PRH SA (South Africa) and Exclusive Books
Panel with Lisa Jewell, Samantha Downing, & Megan Miranda

August 5/21
Appeared on CTV’s national morning show, Your Morning

August 5/21
Cuyahoga County Public Library Virtual Event
In Conversation with Shari Lapena

August 4/21
Waterstones virtual event with Lisa Jewell

August 3/21
Douglass County Libraries Virtual Event
In Conversation with Harlan Coben

August 3/21
Event with Lesley Kara, at Tring Book Store

July 27/21
Hosted by Bethany Beach Books via Facebook
In conversation with Linwood Barclay

July 3/21
Locked Up Festival
Online panel with Imran Mahmood, Mark Billingham, Richard Osman, and Denise Mina

May 14-17/20
Book World Prague
Prague, Czech Republic
CANCELLED

March 27-28/20
BookMania!
Martin County, Florida
CANCELLED

March 21/20
Murder and Mayhem
Chicago, Illinois
CANCELLED

December/2019
Guadalajara International Book Fair
Guadalajara, Mexico

September 20-22/19
Bloody Scotland
Stirling, Scotland

August 8/19
Conversation with Laura McHugh, St. Louis County Library, St. Louis, MO

August 7/19
Murder by the Book: Conversation with Laura Lippman, Houston, TX

August 6/19
Talk, Q&A, Signing with Mary Kubica, Anderson's Bookshop, Chicago, IL

July 25/19
Thriller Evening with Jane Corry, Waterstones Exeter, UK

July 24/19
Crime & Wine Evening with Gilly MacMillan, Griffin Books, Penarth, UK

July 23/19
Crime & Wine Evening with Cara Hunter, David's Bookshop, Letchworth Garden City, UK

July 22/19
Central Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool, UK
Crime & Wine Evening, Booka Bookshop, Church Street, Oswestry, UK

July 19/10
Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate, UK. Panel on “Pace,” with Rachel Abbott, Steve Cavanagh and JS Monroe, moderated by Mark Lawson.

July 12-14/19
Thrillerfest, NYC

April 25/19
Bibliobash, Toronto Public Library

March 29-31/19
Quai du Polar, Lyon, France

February 28-March 2/19
Literary Feast, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

November 27/18
An evening with New York Times bestseller Shari Lapena in conversation with Nova Scotia mystery author Anne Emery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

November 16-18/18
Iceland Noir, Reykjavik
Shari Lapena in conversation with Iceland's First Lady Eliza Reid

November 9/18
The Post and Courier Fall Book & Author Luncheon, Charleston, South Carolina

October 26/18
Toronto International Festival of Authors Panel with Linwood Barclay and Joy Fielding, moderated by Deborah Dundas

September 19/18
Halton Hills One Book event featuring A Stranger in the House, Halton Hills Public Library, Georgetown

July 26/18
Evening event with Rachel Abbott at Ickenham Library, Uxbridge, UK

July 25/18
Evening event with Cara Hunter at Waterstones, Nottingham, UK

July 24/18
Evening event at Linghams Booksellers, Heswall, Wirral, UK

July 23/18
Lunchtime event at the Bolton Central Library, UK
Evening event with Mary Torjussen at Waterstones, Liverpool, UK

July 21/18
Launch Party at Imagined Things Bookshop, Harrogate, UK

July 18/18
Event with Linwood Barclay at Staines Library, Staines, UK

May 3-6/18
Thessaloniki Book Fair, Thessaloniki, Greece

April 30/18
Interviewed K J Howe about her latest Kidnap and Ransom thriller, Skyjack. Ben McNally Books, Toronto

April 26/18
Biblioash, Toronto Public Library, Toronto

March 15-20/18
The Bookworm Literary Festival, Beijing, China

March 1-10/18
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, Dubai

November 16-18/17
Black Week, at the Pera Palace Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey

November 8/17
Read for the Cure, Vancouver

October 12-15/17
Bouchercon, Sheraton Centre, Toronto

October 11/17
Read for the Cure, Toronto

September 10/17
Eden Mills Writers’ Festival, Eden Mills, Canada

July 21/17
Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate, UK. Panel discussion with Julia Crouch, Sabine Durrant, Stav Sherez, and Mick Herron.

July 20/17
‘Crime & Wine evening’ with Waterstones Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

July 19/17
Event with Uxbridge/Hillingdon Libraries, ‘The Stables’ Manor Farm Site, Bury St, Ruislip, UK

July 18/17
Event with Ruth Ware at Waterstones Brighton, UK

July 15/17
Thrillerfest, NYC

June 7/17
Talk / Q&A / Signing at THE COUNTRY BOOKSHOP, Southern Pines, NC

June 6/17
Talk / Q&A / Signing at LEFT BANK BOOKS, St. Louis, MO

June 3/17
Conversation / Q&A / Signing at BOOK CARNIVAL, Orange, CA

June 2/17
Talk / Q&A / Signing at BOOK PASSAGE, Corte Madera, CA

June 1/17
Talk / Q&A / Signing at COPPERFIELD’S BOOKS, Calistoga, CA

April 29/17
Authors for Indies with Linwood Barclay and Giles Blunt: Blue Heron Books, Uxbridge; Furby House Books, Port Hope; Let’s Talk Books, Cobourg; Lighthouse Books, Brighton; Books & Co., Brighton

April 27/17
BiblioBash, the Toronto Reference Library, Toronto

April 8/17
gritLIT festival, Hamilton, Canada.

March 2017
litCologne, Cologne, Germany

January 21/17
Event and book signing with Clare Mackintosh, Indigo Sherway Gardens, Toronto

November 3/16
International Festival of Authors (IFOA) Port Hope, ON

October 29/16
The International Festival of Authors (IFOA), Toronto

October 21/16
Librarians Event, The University of Toronto Faculty Club, Toronto

September 25/16
Wordshop Marquee, with Mona Awad and Ann Y.K. Choi at Word on the Street (WOTS Toronto)

September 7/16
Canadian Living Facebook Live interview

September 1/16
Global Morning Show, Toronto

July 21/16
'Deansgate Introduces' series with Shari Lapena at Waterstones Manchester Deansgate, UK

July 20/16
Event with Tess Gerritsen, hosted by Waterstones Preston, Preston, UK
Lunchtime event with Bolton Library, 'crime, cake and coffee', Bolton, UK

July 19/16
Launch at Dulwich Books, Dulwich, UK

June 27/16
ALA Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida