MOTIVE 2025 Schedule
Sunday
June 29
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Emmanuel College, Room 302
Isabel Bader Theatre
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College, Room 323
Victoria University in the University of Toronto
11:00am
11:30am
12:00pm
12:30pm
1:00pm
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
Canadian Crime Writing with Margaret Cannon & Shari Lapena
Shari Lapena
Conversation
Tea Cake and Murder: Till Death Do Us Part with Sue Hincenbergs & Catherine Mack
Sue Hincenbergs and Catherine Mack
Conversation
Time Will Tell: Jane Corry
Jane Corry
Conversation
Truth & Consequences: Peter Edwards & Anaïs Renevier
Peter Edwards and Anaïs Renevier
Conversation
Dark Secrets, Rural Crimes: Thomas Enger & Marcie R. Rendon
Thomas Enger and Marcie Rendon
Conversation
Introducing Tension and Pace to Narrative Storytelling with Denise Mina
Denise Mina
Masterclass
Turning Your Story Into A Book with Julian Sher
Julian Sher
Masterclass
Writing the Detective: From Maigret to Marlowe
Graeme Macrae Burnet and Denise Mina
The Re-Read
All Aboard the Night Train: Linwood Barclay
Linwood Barclay
Conversation
The Hitman: Julian Sher & Lisa Fitterman
Julian Sher and Lisa Fitterman
Conversation
Cozy Crime Capers: Uzma Jalaluddin & Jonathan Whitelaw
Uzma Jalaluddin and Jonathan Whitelaw
Conversation
Crime? It’s in Fashion
Katherine Ashenburg and Barry Avrich
Conversation
Right Down to the Bone: The Identity of Jane Doe
Various participants
Free
University of Toronto Forensic Anthropology Workshop
Various participants
Workshop
Toronto Crime Tours
Various participants
Free
Trope and Dagger: Playing (and Breaking) the Rules in Mystery Novels with Margaret Cannon, Karen Sullivan & Gregg Hurwitz
Gregg Hurwitz
Panel Discussion
Murder, She Chuckled: Writing Comedy in Crime
Sue Hincenbergs, Catherine Mack, and Jonathan Whitelaw
Panel Discussion
Crime Writers of Canada in Conversation
Various participants
Exhibition
A Brief History of Canadian Duels
Adam Bunch
Presentation
Sunday
June 29
11:00am
11:30am
12:00pm
12:30pm
1:00pm
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
Sunday
June 29
June 29
2:15pm ↑ 3:15pm / Emmanuel College, Room 119
Truth & Consequences: Peter Edwards & Anaïs Renevier
Peter Edwards and Anaïs Renevier
Conversation
11:30am ↑ 12:30pm / Victoria College Chapel
The Hitman: Julian Sher & Lisa Fitterman
Julian Sher and Lisa Fitterman
Conversation
1:30pm ↑ 2:30pm / Victoria College Chapel
Cozy Crime Capers: Uzma Jalaluddin & Jonathan Whitelaw
Uzma Jalaluddin and Jonathan Whitelaw
Conversation
12:15pm ↑ 1:15pm / Emmanuel College, Room 119
Dark Secrets, Rural Crimes: Thomas Enger & Marcie R. Rendon
Thomas Enger and Marcie Rendon
Conversation
2:00pm ↑ 3:00pm / Isabel Bader Theatre
Writing the Detective: From Maigret to Marlowe
Graeme Macrae Burnet and Denise Mina
The Re-Read
3:30pm ↑ 4:30pm / Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Canadian Crime Writing with Margaret Cannon & Shari Lapena
Shari Lapena
Conversation
4:30pm ↑ 5:30pm / Isabel Bader Theatre
All Aboard the Night Train: Linwood Barclay
Linwood Barclay
Conversation
12:00pm ↑ 1:30pm / Emmanuel College, Room 302
Introducing Tension and Pace to Narrative Storytelling with Denise Mina
Denise Mina
Masterclass
11:00am ↑ 11:30am / Victoria University in the University of Toronto
Toronto Crime Tours
Various participants
Free
1:00pm ↑ 2:00pm / Victoria University in the University of Toronto
Trope and Dagger: Playing (and Breaking) the Rules in Mystery Novels with Margaret Cannon, Karen Sullivan & Gregg Hurwitz
Gregg Hurwitz
Panel Discussion
2:30pm ↑ 3:30pm / Victoria University in the University of Toronto
Murder, She Chuckled: Writing Comedy in Crime
Sue Hincenbergs, Catherine Mack, and Jonathan Whitelaw
Panel Discussion
2:00pm ↑ 3:30pm / Victoria College, Room 323
Right Down to the Bone: The Identity of Jane Doe
Various participants
Free
11:00am ↑ 12:30pm / Victoria College, Room 323
University of Toronto Forensic Anthropology Workshop
Various participants
Workshop
11:00am ↑ 12:00pm / Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Tea Cake and Murder: Till Death Do Us Part with Sue Hincenbergs & Catherine Mack
Sue Hincenbergs and Catherine Mack
Conversation
1:00pm ↑ 2:00pm / Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Time Will Tell: Jane Corry
Jane Corry
Conversation
3:30pm ↑ 5:00pm / Emmanuel College, Room 302
Turning Your Story Into A Book with Julian Sher
Julian Sher
Masterclass
4:00pm ↑ 5:00pm / Victoria University in the University of Toronto
Crime Writers of Canada in Conversation
Various participants
Exhibition
12:00pm ↑ 12:30pm / Victoria University in the University of Toronto
A Brief History of Canadian Duels
Adam Bunch
Presentation
3:30pm ↑ 4:30pm / Victoria College Chapel
Crime? It’s in Fashion
Katherine Ashenburg and Barry Avrich
Conversation