Writers Out Loud: Romantasy
24 September at 19:00 – 20:30 EDT
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 7:00–8:30 pm ET
Joie de Livres Bookstore (5163 Blvd. Saint-Laurent, Montreal)
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The Quebec Writers’ Federation invites you to a panel discussion about the genre that’s taken the book world by storm.
Join us for Writers Out Loud: Romantasy (“Romantic Fantasy”). Three talented Montreal-based authors—Day Leitao (Remnants of the Fallen Kingdom Series), L.E. Sterling (Starling’s Weave), and Kyrie Wang (The Enemy’s Keeper Series)—sit down to discuss their writing, how they got started in the world of romantasy, and why it’s such an exciting genre to be working in today. Discover the fantastical worlds, the captivating romances, and the manifold subgenres that make romantasy the world’s latest breakout book genre.
A Q&A with the audience will follow the panel discussion. Books by the authors will be available for purchase thanks to Joie de livres Bookstore. Light refreshments will be served.
About the Panellists
Day Leitao loves to write books with romance, magic, and banter and has participated in some of the most important romantasy events in the world: Apollycon in Washington DC and Romantasy Con in Orlando and Los Angeles. Her most recent series, Remnants of the Fallen Kingdom, is an enemies-to-lovers fae romantasy. She’s originally from Brazil and lives in Montreal with her son.
Inspired by a childhood roaming across Canada in a van, L.E. Sterling is the author of multiple novels spanning romance, fantasy, science fiction, dystopian fiction, and YA. Sterling has appeared at Book Con (NYC), the LA Times Festival of Books, Ad Astra (Toronto), and Blue Metropolis (Montreal). Her novel True Born received international recognition, winning the Athena Award for Excellence in Young Adult Fiction in 2017. She lives in the French-speaking suburbs of Montreal, Quebec, where she enjoys the romantic, lost-in-translation life of an anglo ex-pat. le-sterling.com
(Photo by Maxime Pruneau)
Kyrie Wang is a medical mystery detective (fancy words for “pathologist, MD”) by day and a dreamweaver of historical fantasy by night. Pencil on paper makes her cry and laugh, and every book she writes is like living another life. She loves writing stories where people discover their true selves, goodness wins, and the forgotten and voiceless become heroes. When she isn’t peering through a microscope or building hamster toys with her daughter, Kyrie is at her keyboard, chasing the next adventure.
COST: Free | Donations welcome at the door
Location:
Joie de livres —
5163 St Laurent Blvd
Montreal,
Quebec
H2T 1R9
Canada