Events – Near & Far – Murder in Common

Sisters in Crime Toronto: 25 Years

by June Lorraine Roberts on June 18, 2017 in Events - Near & Far • 4 Comments

Oh What A Night The Toronto chapter of Sisters in Crime had a wonderful celebration earlier this week, marking 25 years as part of the larger Sisters in Crime organization (who are celebrating 30 years.) The history of this association is fascinating. Women crime fiction writers put remarkable effort and work into to being recognized. The crime fiction genre…

Blog Tour – The Hell of it All

by June Lorraine Roberts on March 5, 2017 in Events - Near & Far • 0 Comments

Tomorrow, March 6th, marks the beginning of ‘The Hell of it All’ blog tour with a Q&A with Bob Kroll over at Criminally Good. The tour culminates on March 14th with a book giveaway at The Pulp & Mystery Shelf. In between, check out the other sites for additional Q&As, excerpts and reviews, including Murder in Common’s Q&A and recommended reading post.…

Toronto’s – Noir at the Bar

by June Lorraine Roberts on June 12, 2016 in Events - Near & Far • 32 Comments

I went I read The morning of this event I was a bag of raw nerves. I’d spoken publicly before but it was generally for business. I may have owned the project but everything else was owned by the company I worked for. This time it all belonged to me. How would it be received?…

Noir at the Bar: Toronto

by June Lorraine Roberts on May 22, 2016 in Events - Near & Far • 11 Comments

June 2nd ⇒ in the 6ix Knees knocking – Clock tick-tocking

CWC 2015 Arthur Ellis Shortlist

by June Lorraine Roberts on April 25, 2015 in Events - Near & Far, New to me authors • 4 Comments

Best First Novel and Unhanged Arthur always peak my interest While travelling the CWC (Crime Writers of Canada) released its shortlist for the 2015 Arthur Ellis Awards given for “excellence in Canadian crime writing.” We have to wait until May 28th to find out the winners so here is the list so you can cross-fingers for your favourite author. It’s…

The Rosebud: a nomination for Kilmoon

by June Lorraine Roberts on January 30, 2015 in Events - Near & Far, Ramblings of a crime reader • 4 Comments

Lisa Alber had launched her debut murder mystery novel Kilmoon in March of last year when I wrote about her as a person of interest. I’m so pleased to tell you that she has been nominated by Left Coast Crime for The Rosebud which represents the best first mystery novel set anywhere in the world. The winners will be announced at “Crimelandia”…

Elephants, rhinos and painted dogs too

by June Lorraine Roberts on June 6, 2014 in Events - Near & Far, Ramblings of a crime reader • 4 Comments

In South Africa at the Tau Game Lodge delighting in another world. I’ll be home soon to talk to you about the little reading I’ve been able to catch up on. Hope all is well with everyone. ~ June Lorraine