Jane Urquhart at Quinte Arts Fest
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| October 24, 2026 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
About Jane Urquhart at Quinte Arts Fest
An intimate evening with one of Canada’s most celebrated authors.
An intimate evening with one of Canada’s most celebrated authors.
Jane Urquhart is coming to Quinte Arts Fest! Join us in the beautiful and historic Glanmore National Historic Site for a rare, up-close conversation with Jane, interviewed by acclaimed local author Janet Kellough, about her latest novel, In Winter I Get Up at Night.
With the conversation taking place in Glanmore’s elegant drawing rooms, this will be a truly special literary evening. Seating is very limited, so don’t wait to reserve your spot!
One of Canada’s best loved writers, Jane Urquhart was born in the north (in Little Longlac, Ontario), and grew up in Northumberland County and Toronto. She is the author of eight internationally acclaimed novels, which have received Le prix du meilleur livre étranger (Best Foreign Book Award) in France; the Trillium Award; and the Governor General’s Award, and have been finalists or longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; the Rogers Communications Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize; the Orange Prize; The Giller Prize; the Booker Prize; and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book, among others. She is a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.
“Jane Urquhart is a master storyteller.”
~ Paul Lynch, author of Prophet Song
Quinte Arts Fest is sponsored in part by Experience Ontario
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