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March 2025 interview
This month's "Author Interviews with Bob Harris" features a chat with Vancouver's award-winning author and CWC Associate Member Craig H. Bowlsby. Bob Harris is a Vancouver-based writer, book promoter, publicist, event producer, and...
September 10, 2025
Born and raised in Montreal, Rosemary McCracken has worked on newspapers across Canada as a reporter, editor, editorial writer, arts reviewer, and restaurant critic. Safe Harbor, the first novel in her five-book Pat Tierney series, was a...
Crime Writers of Canada, a national organization, acknowledges the 634 different First Nations, Inuit communities and Métis settlements that have a unique historical, cultural, spiritual and environmentally sustainable connection to the land that their people and ancestors have inhabited since time immemorial.
We recognize the contributions of all Indigenous peoples to the land, we commit to respecting the lands on which we live, and we recognize the contributions and historic importance of Indigenous peoples. We also share in the collective commitment to continued dialogue in pursuit of Truth and Reconciliation in our communities.