An Evening with Amal El-Mohtar, presented by Perfect Books and The Other Hill
Join us for the Ottawa launch of Hugo Award-winning, New York Times Bestseller, local favourite, AND former Perfect Books bookseller Amal El-Mohtar’s latest book, Seasons of Glass & Iron: Stories.
April 20th, 2026
Doors 7pm, Event 7:30-8:30pm
allsaints event space, 317 Chapel St, Ottawa
Tickets: $15
Early bird tickets: $10 (Available March 18th-22nd)
This event is presented in partnership between Perfect Books and The Other Hill.
Books will be available for purchase by Perfect Books, with a book signing by Amal El-Mohtar after the reading and discussion.
Amal will be in discussion with local author Kate Heartfield!
About the book:
Full of glimpses into gleaming worlds and fairy tales with teeth, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories is a collection of acclaimed and awarded work from Amal El-Mohtar.
With confidence and style, El-Mohtar guides us through exquisitely told and sharply observed tales about life as it is, was, and could be. Like miscellany from other worlds, these stories are told in letters, diary entries, reference materials, folktales, and lyrical prose.
“An essential collection of work from one of today’s most poignant speculative writers. El-Mohtar creates immersive worlds with beautiful language.” —Library Journal, starred review
About the Authors:
Amal El-Mohtar is a Hugo Award-winning author of science fiction, fantasy, poetry and criticism. Her books include The River Has Roots and the New York Times bestseller This is How You Lose the Time War, written with Max Gladstone, which has been translated into over ten languages. Her reviews and articles have appeared in the New York Times and on NPR Books. She lives in Ottawa, Canada.
(Amal El-Mohtar photo credit, Ainslie Coghill)
Kate Heartfield is the author of several fantasy novels, including Mercutio (coming in August 2026), The Tapestry of Time (2024), about four clairvoyant sisters in WWII; The Valkyrie (2023), a retelling of old Norse and Germanic legends; and the Sunday Times bestseller The Embroidered Book (2022), about Marie Antoinette and her sister Maria Carolina. She has won the Aurora Award for Best Novel three times, and was a co-winner of the Nebula Award for Game Writing. Her fiction has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy, Nebula, Locus, Aurora, Sunburst, Scribe and Crawford awards, as well as the Ottawa Book Award, and her journalism for a National Newspaper Award. Kate grew up in Manitoba and now lives in Ottawa.
allsaints is a wheelchair accessible venue with wheelchair accessible washrooms. Accessible parking is available next to the accessible entrance, in the lot beside the venue on Chapel street. There will be signs from outside directing those who require it towards the accessible entrance with elevator. The event is on the third floor.