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Sarah Hilary: Keeping The Mythic Distance
Sarah Hilary is an award winning short story writer living in Bath, England. Her first book Someone Else’s Skin, featuring Detective Inspector Marnie Rome, will be out on February 27th. Her second book No Other Darkness is scheduled for 2015. I came across this piece from Hilary in Crime Time and found her take on…
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My favourite cooking show
What does a favourite cooking show have to do with crime fiction? Plenty when it is Law & Order reruns. Yes, you will often find me baking or making dinner to the familiar sounds of L&O characters working their way through another crime scene and into the courtroom. I generally prefer the original however I…
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Canadian Double Threat: Hammett Prize Nominees
The International Association of Crime Writers – North American Branch has released its list and Canadian crime fiction authors are two of the five nominees for this year’s Hammett Prize: Lisa Moore – Caught Craig Davidson – Cataract City: A Novel Yet again much to be proud of in the Land of the Maple Leaf.…
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It’s Monday
The CWC calendar is coming back to life with some events this week: Hamilton, ON J.E. Forman Tuesday, January 14 – 2pm Reading and Q&A Locke Branch, Hamilton Public Library 285 Locke Street South Contact: writeme@jeforman.ca Toronto, ON Anita Arvast Toronto Sisters in Crime Thursday, January16, 7pm-8 Reading and discussion Toronto Public Library – Northern…
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Joseph Wambaugh’s Hollywood Station Series
Hollywood! Joseph Wambaugh perfected the modern police procedural years ago with a full-stop writing style that no one has since matched. Somehow despite this, he moves you effortlessly through each storyline. Hollywood Moon is the third installment (2009) in the LAPD Hollywood Station series: Hollywood Station (2006) Hollywood Crows (2008) Hollywood Hills (2010) and…
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Order of the British Empire Awards
The Queen’s Honours were announced on New Year’s Eve and two crime fiction authors were among those recognized. Anthony Horowitz – OBE Horowitz is the creator of Young Adult series featuring Alex Rider the world’s youngest spy. And I have to mention he is also the creator of the wonderful ITV TV show Foyle’s War.…
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Louise Penny – Order of Canada
Louise Penny is now among the more than 6,000 Canadians named to the Order of Canada. Her Three Pines mysteries featuring Inspector Armand Gamache have made countless bestseller lists and received, or been a finalist for, awards such as: Edgar, Macavity, Arthur Ellis, Anthony, and Agatha. If you are not yet a fan you…
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Welcome to 2014
Some of us are in recovery mode today. Good luck with it and I hope your excesses of New Year’s Eve prove more fun and less embarrassing. While I never make resolutions, I have been thinking about delving into today’s world of crime noir and discover what is going on in this genre. To that…
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Raven’s Top 5 Crime Reads 2013
An excellent post with well considered picks ~ June Lorraine
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Is speed reading for you?
Reading is my addiction as you must well know by now, and that means I read voraciously and quickly. Far quicker than most people, though occasionally I am bested by someone, not that it matters. What does matter to me is the ability to be immersed and enthralled by a book and satisfied by its…