Wordfest presents Carley Fortune

Friday, May 15 @ 7 pm $59.95 (Includes Book)
Bella Concert Hall, The Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts @ MRU

It’s time to pack your beach book tote for this spring’s hottest adventure! Canada’s superstar bestseller Carley Fortune is returning to Wordfest with her heart-stopping new novel, Our Perfect Storm. You don’t want to miss your exclusive chance to celebrate the release of this must-read with the author!

Your ticket includes an on-stage conversation, hosted by Wordfest’s Shelley Youngblut, one pre-signed copy of Our Perfect Storm, and access to a photo op with the author. To make sure Carley is able to take a photo with all her fans, there will be no personalization or signing of additional merchandise.

Need even more “Carley” on your shelves? Or to give as gifts? Slow Burn Books will also be onsite with extra pre-signed copies of Our Perfect Storm, along with her backlist titles (help them out by pre-ordering copies of the backlist here).

We’re infusing this show with extra book-inspired magic, including a special gift from Wordfest, a selfie wall, themed cocktails for purchase from the Bella Bar, and custom-crafted Carley merch for purchase.

And what’s this spring’s hottest read without a cool treat? Our friends at Village Ice Cream will be onsite to hand out complimentary Little Villager cups pre-show.

Audience Questions: Please send questions you’d like host Shelley Youngblut to ask Carley via this link by 5 PM on Thursday, May 14. (Nothing that gives away any plot points please!)

HOST

Shelley Youngblut

WHAT TO EXPECT

Pre-Signed Copy of Book with Ticket
Lively Conversation
Post-Show Photo with Carley
Book-Themed Selfie Wall
Complimentary Village Ice Cream
Cash bar with non-alcoholic options
Custom Carley Fortune Merch for Sale

PRE-ORDER BACKLIST

Slow Burn Books

PLACE A HOLD

Calgary Public Library

SHOW DURATION

75 minutes. No intermission

PUBLISHER

Penguin Random House Canada

Carley Fortune

Carley Fortune is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After, Meet Me at the Lake, This Summer Will Be Different, and One Golden Summer. She is an award-winning Canadian journalist who’s worked as an editor for Refinery29, The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, and Toronto Life. She lives in Toronto with her husband and two sons.

Our Perfect Storm

Best friends have one week in paradise to fix their friendship or fall apart in this heart-stopping, utterly romantic new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After and One Golden Summer.

Frankie and George have been best friends since they were eight years old. Both passionate, impulsive, and headstrong—they’ve always clashed… and come back together. Until now. It’s the eve of Frankie’s wedding weekend, and she doesn’t know where they stand or even if George will show up as her best man.

Then, at the start of the festivities, in walks George. For one glorious evening, surrounded by her loved ones, Frankie’s life is finally perfect. But it all comes crashing down when her fiancé dumps her the next morning, leaving only a note as an explanation.

Crushed and confused, Frankie returns to her family’s home to wallow. But George has a different idea and a plan for healing Frankie’s broken heart. He wants her to go on her honeymoon. With him. For one week, to the lush rainforests and misty beaches of Tofino.

Frankie agrees, seeing the trip for what it really is: one last chance to repair their friendship. Even if it means unearthing secrets and long buried feelings neither knows how to handle. Even if it means falling apart for good.

HOST

Shelley Youngblut

WHAT TO EXPECT

Pre-Signed Copy of Book with Ticket
Lively Conversation
Post-Show Photo with Carley
Book-Themed Selfie Wall
Complimentary Village Ice Cream
Cash bar with non-alcoholic options
Custom Carley Fortune Merch for Sale

PRE-ORDER BACKLIST

Slow Burn Books

PLACE A HOLD

Calgary Public Library

SHOW DURATION

75 minutes. No intermission

PUBLISHER

Penguin Random House Canada

Shelley Youngblut

Shelley Youngblut is the CEO & Creative Ringleader of Wordfest. She was the recipient of the 2020 Calgary Award for Community Achievement in the Arts and the 2018 Rozsa Award for Arts Leadership. She also won the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Western Magazine Awards. Youngblut was the founding editor of Calgary’s award-winning Swerve magazine and has created magazines for ESPN, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, Nickelodeon, Western Living, and The Globe and Mail. A former pop-culture correspondent for ABC World News Now and Canada AM, she was also a frequent contributor to CBC Calgary’s The Eyeopener, The Homestretch, and Daybreak Alberta.

Be Curiouser

  • Prime Video’s ‘Every Year After’: What To Expect In The TV Show Adaptation From Cast To Plot. –Deadline.com
  • Blockbuster Canadian romance author Carley Fortune announces 5th novel. –CBC Books
  • Bawdy Language: How Carley Fortune is Reinventing the Romance Novel. –Toronto Life
  • How one horrible phone call led Carley Fortune to quit her job and become a romance novelist. –CBC Arts

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