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A Criminous Display
Date:
Wednesday, May 30, to Sunday, June 10
Time: during library hours
Location:
Nanaimo Harbourfront Library, Entrance Lobby
Commercial Street
Nanaimo, BC
The entrance lobby of the library will feature a criminous display of books by Crime Writers of Canada authors, together with a variety of promotional materials.
Contact: James Hawkins, (250) 247-8242
What's All This Crime
Stuff About, Anyway?
Date:
Wednesday, June 6
Time: 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Date:
Thursday, June 7, and Friday, June 8
Time: noon to 4:00 p.m. (both days)
Location (all three days):
Nanaimo Harbourfront Library, Meeting Room
Commercial Street
Nanaimo, BC
Crime writers JAMES HAWKINS, ROY INNES, KAY STEWART, and CHRIS BULLOCK will be on hand during the above hours from Wednesday to Friday to discuss their books and crime writing in general. They'll also be offering free blue-pencil sessions to aspiring writers, so dig that crime manuscript out from under your bed and get some advice about it from one of our authors.
Contact: James Hawkins, (250) 247-8242
Crime on the Island
Date:
Saturday, June 2, to Saturday, June 9
Time: during library hours
Location:
Gabriola Library
The Village
Gabriola Island, BC
See what Canuck crime writers are writing these days by visiting this week-long library display of books by CWC authors. Pick up a free CWC catalogue and bookmark while you're there and watch for an article about Island writers ROY INNES and JAMES HAWKINS in the Gabriola Sounder.
Contact: James Hawkins, (250) 247-8242
Murder Most Foul: A Day of
Mayhem for Readers and Writers
Date:
Saturday, June 9
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (doors open at 9:00 a.m.)
Location:
Victoria Public Library, Central Branch Boardroom
735 Broughton St.
Victoria, BC
Join a gang of local CWC writers for a full day of
criminous activities:
·
9:30 a.m.
– Toil and
Trouble: Plotting, with STAN EVANS, BOB SCOTT, and KAY STEWART
·
11:00 a.m. – The Heart of Darkness: Confronting Evil,
with CHRIS BULLOCK, ROY INNES, and LINDA RICHARDS
·
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
–
Blue Pencil Cafe, where you can bring one typed page of your own
crime writing for a 10-minute critique by a published author
·
2:00 p.m.
– A Local
Habitation: Setting, with LOU ALLIN, DAVID RUSSELL, and RON CHUDLEY
·
3:30 p.m. – The Mystery of What Sells & Why,
with author JAMES HAWKINS, bookseller FRANCES THORSEN, and freelance editor
Lynne van Luven
·
4:45 p.m.
– Book Signings
Contact: Kay
Stewart, kay_stewart@shaw.ca, or Joanna
Vander Vlugt, (250) 652-5728
Murder in the Stacks
Date:
Friday, June 1, to Friday, June 8
Time: Mon-Thurs, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fri & Sat, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location:
Calgary Central Public Library, W.R. Castell Central Branch
616 Macleod Trail SE
Calgary AB
During National Crime Writing Week, the Calgary Public
Library will feature a criminous display of books by Prairie crime writers. Pick
up a free CWC catalogue and bookmark and delve into some Cool Canadian Crime
books.
From June 9 till
the end of the month, the
display will be expanded to
include books by CWC members across Canada.
Contact: Donna Bagley,
donna.baggley@calgarypubliclibrary.com
Crime in
Cattle Country
Date:
Friday, June 1, to Friday, June 8
Time: Mon-Fri, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Sat, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sun,
noon to 4:00 p.m.
Location:
Owl's Nest Books
815A 49 Ave. SW
Calgary, AB
During National Crime Writing Week, Owl's Nest Books will
feature a criminous display of
books by Canadian crime writers, with a focus on crime fiction. Pick up a
free CWC catalogue and bookmark and find yourself some Cool Canadian Crime
to read.
Contact: Michael Hare,
owlsnestbooks@shaw.ca or (403) 287-9557
Sleuthing in Southwestern Ontario
Date:
Friday, June 1
Time: 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Date: Saturday, June 2
Time: noon to 2:00 p.m.
Location (both days):
Chapters South
1037 Wellington Rd.
London, ON
Join three CWC authors on Friday
and Saturday for a
meet-and-greet and book signing:
·
TERRY CARROLL, Body Contact and No Blood Relative (both Mercury
Press)
·
JAKE DOHERTY, The Rankin Files (Ginger Press)
·
RENE NATAN, The Jungfrau Watch (PublishAmerica)
and Mountains of Dawn (Jupiter99)
Contact:
Irene Gargantini,
irenegargantini@aol.com
or (519) 245-2147
Sleuthing in Southwestern Ontario, part deux
Date: Saturday, June 2
Time: 2:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location:
Chapters North
86 Fanshawe Park Rd. E.
London, ON
Third chance but new location to join
three CWC authors for a meet-and-greet and book signing:
·
TERRY CARROLL, Body Contact and No Blood Relative (both Mercury
Press)
·
JAKE DOHERTY, The Rankin Files (Ginger Press)
·
RENE NATAN, The Jungfrau Watch (PublishAmerica)
and Mountains of Dawn (Jupiter99)
Contact: Irene Gargantini, irenegargantini@aol.com or (519) 245-2147
Look Who’s Reading Canadian
Mysteries!
A Crime Writers of Canada fundraiser in support of the
Toronto Public Library’s Literacy Program
Date:
Tuesday, June 5
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location:
Toronto Reference Library Atrium
789 Yonge Street (just north of Bloor)
Toronto, ON
Join some prominent Canadians in
arts, media, and politics as they read from the works of favourite Canadian
mystery authors:
·
Richard Ouzounian,
Toronto Star
drama critic,
reading from Lone Wolf by
LINWOOD BARCLAY
·
Greg Washuta, deputy mayor
of St. Catharines, reading from
Getting Away with Murder
by HOWARD ENGEL
·
Jonny Harris, actor playing Crabtree in the Inspector Murdoch TV series, reading
from A Journeyman to Grief by MAUREEN JENNINGS
·
Mary Lou Fallis, opera
singer
and comedienne, reading from
Season of Iron
by SYLVIA MAULTASH WARSH
·
Herbie Kuhn, "The Voice of the Raptors," reading from
Glitter of Diamonds
by N.J. LINDQUIST
·
Harvey Atkin, actor in
Law and Order
and
Cagney and Lacey,
reading from
The Minyan
by ALVIN ABRAMS
Host: John Moore, radio personality on CFRB and host of Mystery Ink
Before and after the readings, books will be available for purchase and signing. SLEUTH OF BAKER STREET bookstore (donor of the cash prize for the CWC’s Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel) is supplying the books and is graciously donating their share of the proceeds to the Toronto Public Library Foundation to support TPL literacy programs.
There is no charge for this event but all donations will go to the literacy fund.
Contact: Rick Blechta, info@crimewriterscanada.com
The 24th Annual Arthur Ellis Awards Dinner
Date:
Thursday, June 7
Time: 6:30 p.m. (reception); 7:30 p.m. (dinner)
Location:
Mysteriously Yours…Dinner Theatre
2026 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON
Who are the crème de la crème
of the criminous crime-writing set in Canada? Join us at the 24th annual Arthur
Ellis Awards gala dinner where awards for the best in Canadian crime writing
from 2006 will be presented in five categories:
·
Best Novel (with cash prize from SLEUTH OF BAKER STREET, Toronto)
·
Best First Novel (with cash prize from Book City, Toronto)
·
Best Non-Fiction
·
Best Short Story
·
Best Juvenile
The coveted prize is Arthur, the notorious hanged-man statuette, who carries the nom de travail of Canada’s long-gone official executioner.
This year is also the inaugural year of the new Arthur Ellis Award for Best Unpublished First Novel (aka the Unhanged Arthur). Publisher McArthur & Company is donating the cash prize for this award and will be looking at the winning manuscript with an eye to possible publication.
A limited number of tickets for the dinner are available to the public. The deadline for buying tickets is Friday, June 1. E-mail info@crimewriterscanada.com for more details.
Contact: Cheryl Freedman, Crime Writers of Canada, info@crimewriterscanada.com
Miss Marple vs Sam Spade
Date:
Tuesday, May 30
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location:
Ottawa Public Library, Nepean Centrepointe Branch
101 Centrepointe Dr.
Ottawa, ON
In a kick-off event to National Crime Writing Week, Miss Marple takes on the mean streets in this high-stakes debate on the cozy mystery vs the hard-boiled crime novel. On the cozy side, R.J. HARLICK and MARY JANE MAFFINI go head to head with hard-boilers BARBARA FRADKIN and RICK MOFINA. Moderator ALEX BRETT will do her best to prevent bloodshed. The evening will open with readings by 2007 Arthur Ellis award nominee VICKI CAMERON and CLA award nominee BRENDA CHAPMAN.
And there are door prizes to be won and refreshments, too, courtesy of Crime Writers of Canada. PRIME CRIME MYSTERY BOOKSTORE will be selling books for signing. This event is a joint Ottawa Public Library–CWC event. Free admission.
Contact: Nepean Centrepointe Library, (613) 580-2710
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