Vanessa F. Penney
Vanessa F. Penney est née dans le nord de Terre-Neuve et a grandi dans une région rurale de la Nouvelle-Écosse. Les profondeurs de l'océan noir comme du charbon et les côtes jonchées d'ossements de la côte Est inspirent son écriture. Vanessa vit à Dartmouth, en Nouvelle-Écosse. The Witch of Willow Sound est son premier roman.
Witch of Willow Sound (The)
Madeline is missing. Ordered to find her, Madeline’s estranged niece Fade must return to the lonely forest of Willow Sound, Nova Scotia. There, Fade discovers her aunt’s once-cozy cottage empty and rotting. The ominous smell of something burnt hangs in the air.
In her search for answers, Fade clashes with the people of Grand Tea, a nearby village struggling under the shadow of a massive, looming rock that could tip and crush them all at any time. For generations, they’ve invented bizarre lore about Madeline, calling her a witch and blaming her for their misfortunes. They’ve had more misfortunes than ever lately. And a hurricane is coming.
Inspired by real East Coast traditions and witch lore, The Witch of Willow Sound is a modern gothic tale that explores family lost and found and throws firelight on dark truths about what societies do with the people, and the past, they don’t want.
24,95 $
30
avril 2026
Feeding Ghosts
This event will begin with a Flash FRYE reading by Vanessa F. Penney (The Witch of Willow Sound, ECW), followed by an in-conversation with Jon Claytor (Nowhere, Goose Lane) and Sara Peters (Mother of God, McClelland & Stewart). Join our guests as they discuss nightly visions, materializing figures, and confronting the incomprehensible.