Wayne Ng discusses his novella, LETTERS FROM JOHNNY, the winner of the Best Novella for Crime Writers Canada's 2022 Awards of Excellence.
About the Author
Wayne Ng was born in downtown Toronto to Chinese immigrants who fed him a steady diet of bitter melons and kung fu movies. Ng works as a school social worker in Ottawa but lives to write, travel, eat and play, preferably all at the same time.
He is an award-winning author and traveler who continues to push his boundaries from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Author of LETTERS FROM JOHNNY, THE FAMILY CODE (2023) and FINDING THE WAY: A NOVEL OF LAO TZU. Connect with Wayne at WayneNgWrites.com
A Conversation with Marsali Taylor by Erik D'Souza for Crime Writers Canada
Marsali Taylor grew up near Edinburgh, and came to Shetland as a newly-qualified teacher. She is a qualified STGA tourist-guide who is fascinated by history, and has published plays in Shetland’s distinctive dialect, as well as a history of women's suffrage in Shetland. She's also a keen sailor who enjoys exploring in her own 8m yacht, and an active member of her local drama group.
Her newest novel, DEATH IN A SHETLAND LANE (due out on April 13th) is the eleventh book in the Shetland Sailing Mystery series.
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A Conversation with Gayleen Froese
Gayleen Froese is an LGBTQ writer of detective fiction living in Edmonton, Canada. Her novels include THE GIRL WHOSE LUCK RAN OUT and the upcoming sequel, THE MAN WHO LOST HIS PEN, from DSP Publications, and TOUCH and GRAYLING CROSS from NeWest Press.
Hosted by Erik D’Souza
Alberta Sunshine is a virtual series highlighting members of Crime Writers Canada from the Alberta/NWT Region. In our debut episode Susan Calder, Julie Hiner, and Niall Howell join Erik D'Souza to discuss all things Calgary.
We fact-check Tourism of Calgary's bold claims of ever-lasting sunshine, vibrant music & literary scene, and upcoming events such as When Words Collide: A Calgary Readercon and Bouchercon 2026.
Lyn reads from her 2 newest books:
Murder on River's Bend, book 2 of the McClintock/Miller Romantic Suspense series and rhythm & rhyming spirit, a collection of poems written in 2022.
Lyn has been writing since she was eight years old…children’s books, poetry, songs, prose, short stories, cookbooks, energy healing manuals, meditations, inspirational phrases alongside Fibonacci fractals, policy & procedures manuals, memoirs, and romantic/suspense. Lyn believes that her gritty crime novels need to be balanced with a healthy dose of romance.
Murder on River's Bend on Amazon
rhythm & rhyming spirit on Amazon
A panel discussion with S.M. Freedman, Meredith Hambrock, and Amber Cowie.
The Western Wing is an interview series by Crime Writers Canada focussing on BC and Yukon crime writers.
An interview with journalist, editor, crime writer, and the CWC representative of Saskatchewan, Joanne Paulson.
About Joanne,
J.C. Paulson thinks a mystery can — perhaps should — also be a love story.
Switching from fact (journalism) to fiction, it seemed a natural thing to combine the two. Evil versus good. Hate versus love. Think Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane, and a host of cozy mystery couples — not that her first three novels, Adam's Witness, Broken Through and Fire Lake, are very cozy.
Changing the world would be nice, too. Fiction allows us to swallow the bitter pills of social injustice and still (hopefully) be entranced, entertained and entangled in their solutions.
A rabid reader of mystery novels, J.C. Paulson has long admired the works of Dorothy Sayers, P.D. James and Ann Cleeves. She lives in a rambling bungalow on a quiet street in a Canadian prairie city with her husband.