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The Real Deal - How to write True Crime with Nate Hendley

June 9, 2022
Webinars and Meet & Greets
The Real Deal - How to write True Crime with Nate Hendley
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Crime Writers of Canada presents a webinar by Nate Hendley, the winner of the Best Non-Fiction 2022 Awards of Excellence. He discusses How To Write True Crime. His talk included: • Different genres of true-crime • How to select a compelling true crime topic/subject • “Overdone” topics that are best to avoid (unless you have a brilliant new insight or angle) • How to source true-crime research materials (trial transcripts, police memos, court + government documents, old newspaper/magazine articles) • How to put the material together to make for a compelling “read” • How to write about violence and crime in an honest, but non-exploitive fashion • How to do interviews with victims and perpetrators of crime alike as well as their families About Nate: Nate Hendley is a Toronto-based journalist and true-crime author who has written over a dozen non-fiction books about gangsters, wrongful convictions, cons and hoaxes, and illegal drugs, among other topics. His last book, The Beatle Bandit, is about Matthew Kerry Smith, a troubled young man who robbed a Toronto-area bank in 1964 disguised in a Halloween mask and a "Beatles" wig. A bank patron tried to intervene and was killed in a gunfight with Smith. This murderous heist fueled a nationwide debate about guns, capital punishment, and the death penalty. The Beatle Bandit recently won the 2022 Awards of Excellence, Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book.

How to Write a Thriller with Joy Fielding

June 7, 2022
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How to Write a Thriller with Joy Fielding
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International bestseller, Joy Fielding, discusses How To Write A Thriller. She talks about what differentiates the thriller from other genres, and helpful techniques to help organize and craft a successful thriller.

Meet & Greet Catherine McKenzie

April 7, 2022
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Meet & Greet Catherine McKenzie
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Crime Writers Canada presents a Meet & Greet with Catherine McKenzie.

Catherine McKenzie was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. A graduate of McGill in History and Law, Catherine practiced law for twenty years before leaving the practice to write full time. An avid runner, skier and tennis player, she’s the author of numerous bestsellers including HIDDEN, FRACTURED, THE GOOD LIAR and I’LL NEVER TELL. Her works have been translated into multiple languages and THE GOOD LIAR, YOU CAN’T CATCH ME and I’LL NEVER TELL have all been optioned for development into television series.

Her next novel, PLEASE JOIN US, is releasing in 2022!


Cathy Ace - Traditional vs Self-publishing

March 31, 2022
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Cathy Ace - Traditional vs Self-publishing
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Traditional vs Self-publishing, and everything in between. A presentation by Cathy Ace about the different ways to share your stories with readers, how they all work, and what has worked for her. This author's journey from self-published, to traditionally published, to doing both at the same time. What options are available to authors today - pros and cons of each. How different circumstances might mean different decisions are better for different individuals. Cathy Ace’s Cait Morgan Mysteries feature a criminal psychologist sleuth encountering traditional whodunits around the world (optioned for TV); her WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries feature a quartet of soft-boiled female PIs solving cozy cases from a Welsh stately home. Her Welsh suspense novel, The Wrong Boy, has also been optioned for TV. Shortlisted for Canada’s Bony Blithe Award three times, winning once, she’s also won IPPY and IBA Awards; her work’s also been shortlisted for a Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence, and the CrimeFictionLover Best Indie Novel. She migrated from Wales aged 40, and now lives in BC.

Barbara Fradkin Webinar: Professionals vs. Amateurs

February 22, 2022
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Barbara Fradkin Webinar: Professionals vs. Amateurs
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Professionals vs. Amateurs: the pleasures, pitfalls, and differences in writing the two sub-genres. Barbara Fradkin, author of eleven police procedurals and nine amateur sleuth novels, shares some insights she’s discovered in creating characters, developing plots, and switching between the two very different styles.

Meet & Greet w/ Linwood Barclay

February 22, 2022
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Meet & Greet w/ Linwood Barclay
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On February 8, 2022, as part of our 40th Anniversary, Crime Writers Canada hosted an evening with Linwood Barclay. Linwood Barclay, a New York Times bestselling author with twenty novels to his credit, spent three decades in newspapers before turning full time to writing thrillers. His books have been translated into more than two dozen languages, sold millions of copies, and he counts Stephen King among his fans. Many of his books have been optioned for film and TV, a series has been made in France, and he wrote the screenplay for the film based on his novel Never Saw it Coming.

Donna Carrick -  Writing Short Crime Stories

January 25, 2022
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Donna Carrick -  Writing Short Crime Stories
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Donna Carrick is an award-winning author of literary thrillers, suspense novels and short stories. She’s the editor and publisher of several short story anthologies. She’ll be discussing some of the elements and devices of a witty and cunning short crime story, such as symbolism, imagery, and personification.

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