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• The County Writes, the County Reads featuring Steve Burrows, Part 1, October 4, 2026
  In A Murmuration of Starlings: A Birder Murder Mystery by Steve Burrows, demons from the past await DCI Domenic Jejeune.  Set against a backdrop of Australia’s environmental initiatives and echoes of its colonial past, two murder cases challenge loyalties and long-held beliefs. Steve describes the extraordinary research he conducted for this tenth novel in the series.
• The County Writes, the County Reads featuring Steve Burrows, Part 2, October 4, 2026
  In A Murmuration of Starlings: A Birder Murder Mystery by Steve Burrows, demons from the past await DCI Domenic Jejeune.  Set against a backdrop of Australia’s environmental initiatives and echoes of its colonial past, two murder cases challenge loyalties and long-held beliefs. Steve describes the extraordinary research he conducted for this tenth novel in the series.
• The County Writes, the County Reads featuring Maude Barlow, October 4, 2026
  Earth for Sale: The Fight to Stop the Last Plunder of the Planet by Maude Barlow has been called an urgent warning about the financialization of nature and the rise of corporate control over the planet’s resources. “We must not allow the movement to protect nature and biodiversity to be handed over to private interests whose driving motive is, and always has been, profit.”
• The County Writes, the County Reads featuring Marc Seguin, June 29, 2026
  In The Cruise of the Breeze: The Journal, Art and Life of a Victorian Soldier in Canada, Mark Seguin’s meticulous research reveals the adventurous life and heroic death of Lieut. Henry Edward Baines who sailed Lake Ontario in 1863 visiting Consecon, Waupoos, Milford and Picton. John McCarthy reads excerpts.
• The County Writes, the County Reads segment featuring Linwood Barclay, Part 2, September 13, 2026
  Linwood Barclay returns with his latest best-selling thriller, Not a Word.  When Reece Chartwell comes upon a horrific scene at his parents’ home, it is just the beginning of the unravelling of deadly family secrets.
• The County Writes, the County Reads segment featuring Linwood Barclay, Part 1, September 13, 2026
  Linwood Barclay returns with his latest best-selling thriller, Not a Word.  When Reece Chartwell comes upon a horrific scene at his parents’ home, it is just the beginning of the unravelling of deadly family secrets.
• The County Writes, the County Reads segment featuring Anthony Wilson Smith, September 13, 2026
  Anthony Wilson-Smith, president and CEO of Historica Canada, describes recreating the arrival of thousands of passengers at Gander International Airport on September 11, 2001. In The Making of a Heritage Minute: Gander and 9 /11, Rick Mercer plays the Mayor of Gander and residents, who opened their homes, tell their stories.
• The County Writes, the County Reads featuring Dan Buchanan, Part 1, September 6, 2026
  In his book, The Batteau Railway, historian Dan Buchanan recounts the untold story of Asa Weller’s unique transport service across the Quinte Portage which proved critical to traders, settlers and the War of 1812. (Author presentation, September 12, 10 a.m. in the Church Gallery at Ameliasburgh Heritage Village.)
• The County Writes, the County Reads featuring Andrea Dawes, September 6, 2026
  Andrea Dawes of County Kids Read invites families to celebrate International Literacy Day on September 8th and join the Great County Read-In at Benson Park in Picton on September 13th, 11:30 to 12:30.
• The County Writes, the County Reads featuring Dan Buchanan, Part 1, September 6, 2026
  In his book, The Batteau Railway, historian Dan Buchanan recounts the untold story of Asa Weller’s unique transport service across the Quinte Portage which proved critical to traders, settlers and the War of 1812. (Author presentation, September 12, 10 a.m. in the Church Gallery at Ameliasburgh Heritage Village.)