2025 Knowlton Literary Festival
Beverley McLachlin x in conversation with Roger Williams
Canadian jurist and author, and 17th chief justice of Canada

Beverley McLachlin is the #1 bestselling author of three novels, Proof, Full Disclosure and Denial, and a memoir,Truth Be Told, which won the prestigious Writers’ Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing and the Ottawa Book Award for Nonfiction. From 2000 to 2017, McLachlin was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. She is the first woman to hold that position and the longest-serving Chief Justice in Canadian history. In 2018, McLachlin became a Companion of the Order of Canada, the highest honour within the Order. For more about Beverley visit: BeverleyMcLachlin.com
