An Evening with Kate Quinn, Janie Chang and Donna Jones Alward
Schedule
Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-03:00Location
St. Paul's Anglican Church, Charlottetown | Charlottetown, PE
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Bookmark and Cavendish Literary Festival are excited to be welcoming bestselling authors Kate Quinn and Janie Chang to Charlottetown on Tuesday, March 10th at 7 pm for the launch of their new books at St Paul’s Anglican Church. Kate and Janie will discuss their new novels The Astral Library and The Fourth Princess: A Gothic Novel of Old Shanghai with bestselling author Donna Jones Alward. This is going to be a wonderful evening, we hope you (and your bookclub) can join us! The event is free and all are welcome. The Astral Library by Kate Quinn
From New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn comes a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to The Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures.
Alix Watson has learned one lesson from her barren childhood in the foster-care system: unlike people, books will never let you down. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream, Alix takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Public Library, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far-off lands. Until the day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless, acerbic guardian of a hidden library where the desperate and the lost escape to new lives...inside their favorite books.
The Fourth Princess by Janie Chang
Internationally bestselling author Janie Chang’s new book The Fourth Princess is a haunting Gothic novel set in 1911 China. Two young women living in a crumbling, once-grand Shanghai mansion face danger as secrets of their pasts come to light, even as the mansion’s own secret threatens the present.
Lisan Liu is elated when she is hired as secretary to wealthy American Caroline Stanton, the new mistress of Lennox Manor on the outskirts of Shanghai’s International Settlement. However, the Manor has a dark past due to a previous owner’s suicide, and soon Lisan’s childhood nightmares resurface with more intensity and meld with haunted visions of a woman in red. Newly married Caroline looks forward to life in China with her husband, away from the shadows of another earlier tragedy. But an unwelcome guest attends her party and claims to know secrets she can’t afford to have exposed. All the while, strange incidents accelerate, driving Lisan to doubt her sanity as Lennox Manor seems unwilling to release her until she fulfills demands from beyond the grave.
The Authors
KATE QUINN is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction. A lifelong history buff, she has written four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga and two books set in the Italian Renaissance before turning to the 20th century with The Alice Network, The Huntress, The Rose Code, The Diamond Eye, and The Briar Club. The Astral Library is her first foray into magic realism.
JANIE CHANG is a Globe and Mail bestselling author of historical fiction. Her novels often draw from family history and ancestral stories. She is the author of Three Souls, Dragon Springs Road, The Library of Legends, and The Porcelain Moon; and co-author of the USA Today bestseller The Phoenix Crown, with Kate Quinn.
DONNA JONES ALWARD is a New York Times bestseller who has enchanted readers with stories of happy endings and homecomings that have won several awards and been translated into over a dozen languages. Donna launched her latest book, Ship of Dreams at The Cavendish Literary Festival.
Praise for The Astral Library
“If you’ve ever wished to tumble straight into your favorite novel, here’s your chance. With a cheeky heroine you’ll root for from page one, this is bound to be one of the biggest books of the year.” - Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author
"Quinn's (The Briar Club, 2024) first foray into fantasy is a bookish delight, with a heroine readers will root for as she finds her purpose and a hint of romance. Give to fans of Matt Haig's The Midnight Library (2020)." - Booklist
Praise for The Fourth Princess
“The Fourth Princess is a luminous blend of history, mystery, and emotional depth that immerses readers in a world of secrets and resilience, illuminating the inspiring strength of women navigating love and loss amid shifting empires.” - Jennifer Robson, Globe and Mail bestselling author of The Gown
“Evocative, propulsive, and impossible to put down, The Fourth Princess is a beautifully written story, rich with flawless historical detail and lingering atmosphere.” - Madeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Book Society
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