Kelly Anderson and Heidi Reimer

Authors Kelly Anderson and Heidi Reimer visit KPL to discuss their captivating new novels, The Wild Beneath and What We Found Instead. In conversation with the Toronto Star's Deborah Dundas. Kelly Anderson’s debut novel, The Wild Beneath (A Reese's Book Club pick) , is a fierce and haunting story about Annie, a woman caught between her first love and a mysterious stranger who changes everything, and between two worlds that refuse to let her go. Heidi Reimer’s second novel, What We Found Instead, follows Maggie and Eve, two very different women who form an unlikely bond in the aftermath of one man’s betrayal. Captivating and insightful, the novel explores the complexities of relationships and serves as a heartfelt love letter to female friendship, inviting readers to reflect on questions of love, loyalty, and what we owe to ourselves and to others. --- Presented in partnership with HarperCollins Canada and Penguin Random House Canada. Audience Q&A and book signing to follow. Books will be available to purchase onsite from Words Worth Books. About the Authors DR. KELLY ANDERSON is a physician with fellowships in emergency medicine and HIV. She spent fifteen years at the Inner City Family Health Team at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and built the clinical team at Felix Health. After completing the Bookends Novel Fellowship, she trained at 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. HEIDI REIMER is a novelist, a writing coach with Sarah Selecky Writing School, 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. She has published 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 Brockville, Ontario. Ticket Policy We oversell these events to ensure that the greatest number of people have an opportunity to attend. Tickets are guaranteed until 6:45 p.m. or until capacity is reached. Seating is first come, first served. Accessibility at Kitchener Public Library Kitchener Public Library has assistive listening devices available for library program participants who are Deaf or hard of hearing. Please call or email us if you would like more information on this equipment, or to request to use it in this program. Please let us know as far in advance as possible and we will do our best to meet your request. Phone 519-743-0271 or email [email protected]. This program is made possible through the support of the City of Kitchener.