What is Access Copyright and why you should affiliate (if you haven’t already)? (Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 7:00 pm EDT) For over 35 years, Access Copyright has been a vital part of Canada’s cultural infrastructure, helping to ensure that royalties are paid when published works are copied.…
Vicki Delany, author of the Cozy Mystery series MISTERIOS AT THE SHERLOCK HOLMES BOOKSTORE, will visit Spain on the occasion of the Getafe Festival black in Madrid. The writer of#ElementalQueridaLectora and#UnCadáverEnBakerStreet will be next Saturday, October 26 at 18h in Espacio Mercado (Pl. de…
The 13th Letter is our 6th anthology and contains stories by 22 established and emerging crime writers, most of whom are members of Crime Writers of Canada.
Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) is pleased to announce the opening of the 2025 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing.
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CWC is recruiting 27 jurors and 5 alternate jurors who are passionate and willing to support CWC and the Awards of Excellence.
CWC Member Joyce Woollcott has recently won and been nominated for several awards.
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donalee Moulton's historical novel Conflagration! is a finalist in the 2024 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense.
CWC member and bestselling author Helen C. Escott’s five-book Operation Series has been optioned by Rink Rat Productions for film and television.
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September 2024 interview
Writing as K.R. Dodd, Karen’s atmospheric thrillers are set in the beautiful but dark underbellies of Italy and Malta. Her second novel, Scare Away the Dark, won the 2018 Chanticleer CLUE award. Her latest...
October 23, 2024
Lorne Tepperman, a long-time resident of Toronto and distinguished figure in academia, ventures into the realm of fiction with his debut work. As a Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, Tepperman authored, co-authored,...
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