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Halloween weekend in Derry, IE
I wish I was going to Derry. Yes, it’s a plaintive call for a trip to Ireland to attend the Killer Books Crime Festival being held November 1-3. The Halloween weekend event takes place at the Verbal Arts Centre and sounds like damned good fun. There will be authors from around the UK: Gerard Brennan,…
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Halloween reads
Fall is my favourite time of year and Halloween is a fun part of the season. Who can forget and all those wonderful 50s films by the UK Hammer Company starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing? Somehow English accents made Dracula and Frankenstein all the more creepy. From the kitsch of Vincent Price, Bela Lugosi,…
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Dead trilogy
When I told my husband I was in love with a 19-year old Irish gunman named Michael Forsythe he barely blinked. On that day I had been immersed in Dead I Well May Be since the morning. It’s one of those fabulous books that catches you deeply to the exclusion of much else. Happily, the…
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Monday, Monday
A wee bit cool, but at least sunny to begin our week of crime adventure. CWC events for the week. Also, if you want to catch-up on the Canadian crime fiction released so far this year have a peek at the: CWC Cool Canadian Crime – Annual catalogue of member writers Meanwhile, a list of…
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The weeks end
Another five weekdays has passed and here are a few things from around the Web: Rap Sheet: NZ Eleanor Catton youngest winner of Man Booker Prize Scoop Culture Finalists announced for Ngaio Marsh Crime Awards Crime Writers’ Association will announce on November 5 the results of results of their Best Ever Poll. Just to tweak…
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The reading experience
At one time I belonged to a Facebook, book club and we did things to suit ourselves. We chose the book (genres of all types) and talked about it along the way careful of spoilers. We were a small, easy group and found it quite manageable. We had an added dimension though, we also discussed…
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Monday’s CWC Update
It’s a beautiful sunny Monday in Toronto and time to post the Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) events for the upcoming week for Ontario: Also a reminder from the CWC that tomorrow is the deadline for the Unhanged Arthur. June Lorraine
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End of Week
Here it is Friday and I am ending my first blog post week of October. I can’t say it has been a prolific week but it has been interesting and I have garnered a few ‘followers’ and a few ‘likes’. The Wrap-up The Art of Reading brought me comments from two Australian authors: Vicki Tyley…
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Harvill Secker Announces Two New Books From Jo Nesbo
Interesting news about Jo Nesbo
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So Jo
Jo Nesbo has put out his 10th book – Police – and I have yet to make much of a dent into the great Harry Hole series. So many books, so little time, so few dollars. Order The Harry Hole Series by Jo Nesbo
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The Conversation
Get people talking about books and authors and you will have a conversation that will continue long into an evening. When it comes to murder mysteries, thrillers and whodunits, critiquing methods of murder and probability of success is in the blood (so to speak.) Discovering new to me authors is always a joy. Last year…