Curious about or interested in writing humour and how it can be utilized in crime fiction?
Join award-winning author of the “Hammerhead” Jed pro-wrestler PI mystery-comedy series A.J. Devlin for the Crime Writers of Canada “INFUSING HUMOUR INTO CRIME FICTION” webinar for a fun and lively tutorial and Q&A on how to implement moments of levity into stories.
From cozies all the way to thrillers, learn how valuable — and essential — humour can be to your writing!
Bio
AJ Devlin grew up in Greater Vancouver before moving to Southern California where he earned a BFA in Screenwriting from Chapman University, an MFA in Screenwriting from The American Film Institute Conservatory, and worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood.
COBRA CLUTCH, book one in the “Hammerhead” Jed pro-wrestler PI mystery-comedy series, was nominated for a 2019 Left Coast Crime “Lefty” Award for Best Debut Mystery and won the 2019 Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best First Novel.
The sequel, ROLLING THUNDER, was featured in The Vancouver Sun, CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal Reviews, Mystery Tribune Magazine and was selected by the SONS OF SPADE crime fiction blog as the BEST PI NOVEL of 2020.
Book three, FIVE MOVES OF DOOM, is a Globe and Mail Best Book of 2022, won the 2022 Crime Fiction Lover Editor’s Choice Award for Best Indie Novel, was a finalist for the 2023 Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery, and shortlisted for the CWC Award of Excellence for Best Novel Set in Canada.
A webinar on dealing with difficult subject matter in your writing. Some stories, especially thrillers or crime stories, deal with dark issues. This can be intimidating to research and can be triggering for some readers. Thriller author, David Wickenden, offers tips and suggestions on how to deal with sensitive subjects.
After 31 years in the Fire Service and attaining the rank of Deputy Fire Chief, David Wickenden retired to write thriller novels full time. He has published five thrillers and one YA Fantasy since 2018. He is a member of the International Thriller Association, the International Screenwriter Association, the Writer’s Union of Canada, the Canadian Crime Writers, and the Sudbury Writer’s Guild. He has adapted five books for feature film. He is currently working on another thriller set in Sudbury, Ontario, and taking online courses for screenwriting.
To learn more about Dave, please visit https://davewickenden.wixsite.......
This is the CWC's second webinar with our partnership with Editors Canada. The webinar will includes:
• what it takes to be a professional editor
• what different career paths editors can follow
There is a short Q&A after the presentation.
Avivah Wargon is a freelance editor based in Toronto. She has over thirty years of experience in copy editing, proofreading, and production editing. She is also a teacher and mentor for aspiring editors. She taught proofreading in the publishing certificate program at Ryerson (now Toronto Metropolitan University), and has given seminars on the publishing process and on resumés for editors for Editors Canada. In 1993, she was a runner-up for the Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence.
Author/TV& film producer Mark Grenside joined the CWC us all the way from Malta. He discussed:
• The differences between writing a screenplay and prose
• Maintaining creative control of your story
• Do’s and Don’ts if you’re writing a novel in hopes that it would get optioned
Mark Grenside was born and raised in London and began his working career straight out of school at Lloyds of London, specializing in Kidnap, Ransom, and Extortion Insurance. At 25, it was time for a career change and to dump the suit and tie, so he started his media career working for Jim Henson and The Muppets©. From that moment on, he has been involved in Entertainment and nearly every aspect of it.
He created and produced several television series and mini-series, including Fraggle Rock and Lonesome Dove. He is the author of FALLOUT.
A webinar about the benefits of hiring a professional editor. Frances Peck, an Editors Canada ambassador, will explain in this webinar:
• the benefits of hiring a professional editor
• the different types of editing that professional editors can do
Followed by a Q&A
Frances Peck, CPE (Hon.), has worked with words for 30 years as an editor, ghostwriter, and instructor. She is the author of Peck’s English Pointers, an online collection of essays on language; a co-author of the HyperGrammar website; and a long-time member of Editors Canada. Her propulsive debut novel, The Broken Places (NeWest Press, 2022), hailed by the Vancouver Sun as an “intense and absorbing drama,” explores how a major earthquake rocks the lives of a group of Vancouverites.
Crime Writers of Canada’s Meet & Greet with Louise Penny. After a short interview, we opened up the mic to our members for a Q&A.
About Louise Penny
Louise Penny is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in Quebec centred on the work of francophone Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. Louise's first career was as a radio broadcaster for the CBC. After she turned to writing, she won numerous awards for her work, including the five Agatha Awards, five Anthony Awards for best novel and, two Awards of Excellence from the CWC. In 2022, Louise was awarded the CWC Grand Master title. Her novels have been published in 23 languages.
Rick Mofina is a former journalist who has interviewed murderers on death row, flown over Los Angeles with the LAPD and patrolled with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police near the Arctic. He has written more than 20 crime fiction thrillers that have been published in nearly 30 countries, including an illegal translation produced in Iran.
As a two-time winner of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award, a four-time Thriller Award finalist and a two-time Shamus Award finalist, the Library Journal calls him, “One of the best thriller writers in the business.”
