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 Cool Canadian Crime...CWC Author Events (July 2008)

 

Congratulations to our members who won 2008 Arthur Ellis Awards:
Jon Redfern, best novel
Shane Peacock, best juvenile book
D.J. McIntosh, best unpublished first crime novel

Scroll down for the titles of their works and for the names of the winners in the other categories.



CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA (CWC)

is pleased to announce
the
winners of the 2008 Arthur Ellis Awards

Best Novel
Jon Redfern, Trumpets Sound No More (RendezVous Crime)

Best First Novel
Liam Durcan, Garcia's Heart (McClelland & Stewart)

Best Short Story
Leslie Watts, “Turners” in The Kingston Whig-Standard (July 7, 2007)

Best Non-Fiction
Julian Sher, One Child at a Time:
The Global Fight to Rescue Children from Online Predators
 (Vintage Canada)

Best Juvenile
Shane Peacock, Eye of the Crow (Tundra Books)

Best Crime Writing in French
Mario Bolduc, Tsiganes (Editions Libre Expression)

Best Unpublished First Crime Novel (the Unhanged Arthur)
D.J. McIntosh, The Witch of Babylon

Once again, the CWC would like to thank everyone in the Canadian publishing community for making the Arthur Ellis Awards such a success through the years. We’d also like to express our gratitude to:

  • Sleuth of Baker Street mystery book store in Toronto for donating the cash prize for best novel.

  • Book City in Toronto for donating the cash prize for best first novel.

  • McArthur & Company for donating the cash prize for the Unhanged Arthur Award for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel. McArthur will also read the winning manuscript with the possibility of publishing it in mind.
     



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