Nicolas Dickner, Maureen Jennings, Beverley Stone at Harbourfront

Nicolas Dickner (Nikolski), Maureen Jennings (The K Handshape), and Beverley Stone (No Beautiful Shore) read from their new novels at the Harbourfront Centre in the Brigantine Room on Wednesday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Maureen Jennings is the author of the Murdoch Mysteries, a historical series set in Victorian Toronto. The first book, Except the Dying, won the Certificate of Commendation from Heritage Toronto. CHUM television has ordered the creation of an exciting new 13-episode series, The Murdoch Mysteries, based on these novels. The K Handshape is the second in Maureen's new series featuring Christine Morris. The first, Does Your Mother Know? (Dundurn, 2006), is currently in its second printing. Maureen lives in Toronto with her husband and two dogs.

Beverley Stone grew up in outport Newfoundland before moving to Toronto to attend Osgoode Hall Law School. She continues to live in Toronto, but Random Island, Newfoundland will always be home. She is a proud alumnus of the Wired Writing Studio at the Banff Centre, Alberta. No Beautiful Shore (Cormorant Books) is her first novel.