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Please join us for an insightful evening at The Bruce Hotel with critically-acclaimed authors Kelly Anderson and Heidi Reimer as we celebrate, and discuss, their newest books, The Wild Beneath and What We Found Instead.
Tickets include a glass of wine & nibbles. Moderated by Rina Barone.
Q & A and book signing to follow. The event will take place in the Hamnet Room of The Bruce Hotel.
There are 2 types of tickets available:
$45 - General Admission - includes a glass of wine, and nibbles
$70 - General Admission - includes the above, AND a signed copy of one of the books: The Wild Beneath or What We Found Instead.
Please note: all books will be available for sale at the event.
*If you have any accessibility, dietary or other concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to us: stratfordartsandlectures@gmail.com
This event is brought to you by Stratford Arts & Lectures and The Bruce Hotel.
About The Wild Beneath:
For fans of Wild Dark Shore and Remarkably Bright Creatures, a love story as fierce and mysterious as the sea itself. The Wild Beneath is a spellbinding story of soulmates, homecoming and the ancient bonds that tie us all to the natural world.
AUGUST 2026 REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK. Only the second Canadian author to be selected for Reese Witherspoon's Book Club.
Dr. Kelly Anderson is a family physician with fellowships in HIV and emergency medicine. After completing the Bookends novel revision program, she trained in the Gateless Writing Academy and is a certified Gateless writing teacher. Kelly spent much of her childhood in British Columbia, and now lives in Guelph, Ontario with her family. The Wild Beneath is her first novel.
About What We Found Instead:
A moving and compulsively readable novel about two very different women and the unlikely bond they forge in the wreckage of one man’s betrayal. What We Found Instead is a captivating and insightful look at complex relationships and a love letter to female friendship, asking us to consider questions about love, loyalty, and what we owe to ourselves and to others.
Heidi Reimer is a novelist, writing coach, and the author of The Mother Act. Her writing explores the lives of women, usually those bent on breaking free of what they’re given to create what they yearn for. Her work has appeared in Chatelaine, The New Quarterly, Literary Mama, Lit Hub, and in the anthologies The M Word: Conversations About Motherhood and Body & Soul: Stories for Skeptics and Seekers. Heidi grew up in the wilds of Northern Ontario and currently lives and writes in a small town on the Saint Lawrence River.
