Upcoming Lou Allin Events
Wed, March 12, noon to 1:00 p.m.
Intrepid Studio, 1609 Blanshard
Victoria, BC
· As part of the annual Pacific Festival of the Book, the BC chapter of the CWC presents a panel discussion on “Island Crime,” featuring author LOU ALLIN, Memories Are Murder (RENDEZVOUS) Free admission.
Sat, March 15, 9:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Victoria Arts Connection, #110 – 2750 Quadra
Victoria, BC
· BC chapter members of the CWC will be part of this full-day book fair that’s part of Pacific Festival of the Book. Lou Allin will be present all day at the CWC booth to sell and sign her Belle Palmer series and participate in Open Mic readings from 10:30 to 11 am.
Friday, February 29, 2008
More March Events
On Tues, March 11, 1:00 p.m. at National Library, 385 Wellington St. in
Ottawa, several of those deadly dames from the LADIES KILLING CIRCLE will be chatting about and reading from their books. Now’s your chance to catch up on your mystery reading with anthologies Fit to Die, Bone Dance, When Boomers Go Bad (all RENDEZVOUS), and Locked Up (Deadlock Press), all edited by SUE PIKE; books from the Inspector Green series (RENDEZVOUS) by BARBARA FRADKIN; books from the Hollis Grant series (RENDEZVOUS) by JOAN BOSWELL; and books from the Fiona Silk series, the Camilla McPhee series (both RENDEZVOUS), and the Charlotte Adams series (Berkley Prime Crime) by MARY JANE MAFFINI. Free admission.
On Tues, March 11, 1:00 p.m. at National Library, 385 Wellington St. in
Ottawa, several of those deadly dames from the LADIES KILLING CIRCLE will be chatting about and reading from their books. Now’s your chance to catch up on your mystery reading with anthologies Fit to Die, Bone Dance, When Boomers Go Bad (all RENDEZVOUS), and Locked Up (Deadlock Press), all edited by SUE PIKE; books from the Inspector Green series (RENDEZVOUS) by BARBARA FRADKIN; books from the Hollis Grant series (RENDEZVOUS) by JOAN BOSWELL; and books from the Fiona Silk series, the Camilla McPhee series (both RENDEZVOUS), and the Charlotte Adams series (Berkley Prime Crime) by MARY JANE MAFFINI. Free admission.
On Tues, March 4, 7:30 p.m. at Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace in Toronto,
RICK BLECHTA, and Lyn Hamilton will be reading from and discussing their books. Lyn will be reading from The Chinese Amulet (Berkley Prime Crime), the final book in her Lara McClintock archaeological mystery series. Rick will be reading from his hot-off-the-press standalone musical thriller, A Case of You (RENDEZVOUS).
Tickets are $9 each for CWC members, $12 for others and must be reserved in advance by phoning Casa Loma, 416 923-1171, ext 205 or 215, or by email at operations@casaloma.org.
Books will be sold at the event, and the authors will be available to sign. There’ll be potables and refreshments for sale and someone in the audience will win our door prize, a bag of books donated by the publishers of the authors taking part in the reading series. Free parking at Casa Loma for this event.
RICK BLECHTA, and Lyn Hamilton will be reading from and discussing their books. Lyn will be reading from The Chinese Amulet (Berkley Prime Crime), the final book in her Lara McClintock archaeological mystery series. Rick will be reading from his hot-off-the-press standalone musical thriller, A Case of You (RENDEZVOUS).
Tickets are $9 each for CWC members, $12 for others and must be reserved in advance by phoning Casa Loma, 416 923-1171, ext 205 or 215, or by email at operations@casaloma.org.
Books will be sold at the event, and the authors will be available to sign. There’ll be potables and refreshments for sale and someone in the audience will win our door prize, a bag of books donated by the publishers of the authors taking part in the reading series. Free parking at Casa Loma for this event.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Upcoming Rick Blechta Events
Type of event: signing
· Date and time of event: March 12th from 11:30-1:30
· Chapters, Pointe Claire, QC: 6321 Trans Canada Highway (corner of St. Jean blvd.)
· No charge
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· Type of event: signing
· Date and time of event: March 13th from 12:00-2:00
· Billings Bridge Plaza Coles, Ottawa, ON: 2269 Riverside Drive, Unit #33
· No charge
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· Type of event: signing
· Date and time of event: March 13th from 3:00-5:00
· Prime Crime, Ottawa, ON: 891 Bank Street
· No charge
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· Type of event: signing
· Date and time of event: March 14th from 7:00-9:00
· Chapters, Kingston, ON: 2376 Princess Street
· No charge
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· Type of event: signing
· Date and time of event: March 15th from 11:00-1:00
· Chapters, Gloucester, ON: 2401 City Park Drive
· No charge
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· Type of event: signing
· Date and time of event: March 15th from 2:00-4:00
· Chapters, Kanata, ON: Kanata Centrum, 400 Earl Grey Drive, Unit 1
· No charge
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· Type of event: signing
· Date and time of event: March 16th from 1:00-3:00
· Chapters, Peterborough, ON: 873 Lansdowne Street
· No charge
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· Type of event: signing
· Date and time of event: March 22th from 12:00-3:00
· Queensway Chapters, Toronto, ON: 1950 The Queensway
· No charge
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· Type of event: Book Launch
· Date and time of event: March 30th from 2:00-6:00
· The Black Swan Pub, Toronto, ON: 154 Danforth Avenue, 2nd floor
· No charge: but if you play an instrument, you'd better bring it! There will be MUSIC!
Type of event: signing
· Date and time of event: March 12th from 11:30-1:30
· Chapters, Pointe Claire, QC: 6321 Trans Canada Highway (corner of St. Jean blvd.)
· No charge
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· Type of event: signing
· Date and time of event: March 13th from 12:00-2:00
· Billings Bridge Plaza Coles, Ottawa, ON: 2269 Riverside Drive, Unit #33
· No charge
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· Type of event: signing
· Date and time of event: March 13th from 3:00-5:00
· Prime Crime, Ottawa, ON: 891 Bank Street
· No charge
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· Type of event: signing
· Date and time of event: March 14th from 7:00-9:00
· Chapters, Kingston, ON: 2376 Princess Street
· No charge
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· Type of event: signing
· Date and time of event: March 15th from 11:00-1:00
· Chapters, Gloucester, ON: 2401 City Park Drive
· No charge
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· Type of event: signing
· Date and time of event: March 15th from 2:00-4:00
· Chapters, Kanata, ON: Kanata Centrum, 400 Earl Grey Drive, Unit 1
· No charge
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· Type of event: signing
· Date and time of event: March 16th from 1:00-3:00
· Chapters, Peterborough, ON: 873 Lansdowne Street
· No charge
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· Type of event: signing
· Date and time of event: March 22th from 12:00-3:00
· Queensway Chapters, Toronto, ON: 1950 The Queensway
· No charge
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· Type of event: Book Launch
· Date and time of event: March 30th from 2:00-6:00
· The Black Swan Pub, Toronto, ON: 154 Danforth Avenue, 2nd floor
· No charge: but if you play an instrument, you'd better bring it! There will be MUSIC!
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Mel Bradshaw Event
Re "Quarrel with the Foe"
Type of event: Reading, talk, Q&A, sales & signing; part of the series "CSI--Crime Story Investigators"
Date and time: Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 7-9 p.m.
Venue: Burlington Central Public Library, 2331 New Street, Burlington, Ontario, L7R 1J4
Admission: free; coffee and cookies available
Event co-ordinator: Karen Logan, 905-639-3611 ext. 132
Re "Quarrel with the Foe"
Type of event: Reading, talk, Q&A, sales & signing; part of the series "CSI--Crime Story Investigators"
Date and time: Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 7-9 p.m.
Venue: Burlington Central Public Library, 2331 New Street, Burlington, Ontario, L7R 1J4
Admission: free; coffee and cookies available
Event co-ordinator: Karen Logan, 905-639-3611 ext. 132
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
There's a short review of Steven Owad's "Brother's Keeper" in the Calgary Herald: www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/booksandthearts
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Our RendezVous Crime authors are out and about. You can find them at the following events in February.
Wed, Feb 13, noon to 1:00 p.m.
Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch (Auditorium), 120 Metcalfe St., Ottawa, ON
As part of the Ottawa Public Library’s Noon-Hour Reading Series, MARY JANE MAFFINI will be reading from and discussing her new Fiona Silk mystery, Too Hot to Handle (RENDEZVOUS) in which the hapless Fiona attempts to write an erotic cookbook. Bring your lunch; coffee will be served. Books will be available for purchase, courtesy of Collected Works. For more info, phone 613 580-2940.
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Vineyard Alpacas, 4660 Greenlane, Beamsville, ON
Help RICK BLECHTA clear his closet of his previous novels in preparation for the March release of his new novel, A Case of You (RENDEZVOUS). Rick will be selling and signing his books at a craft event at Vineyard Alpacas. To make this event extra special, there will be alpacas – real alpacas. If you don’t believe Rick or if you want more info about the event (or the alpacas), visit www.vineyardalpacas.com (click on “The Store”…or if you want to see alpacas, on “Alpacas”) or phone 905 563-3296.
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Wed, Feb 20, 7:00 p.m., Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St., Ottawa, ON
Join BARBARA FRADKIN and MARY JANE MAFFINI at the February Capital Crime Writers (CCW) meeting, where they’ll be grilled by Susan Gates on the “Characters with Character” panel. Everyone welcome. Free to CCW members, nominal charge for non-members.
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Thursdays, 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Sundays, 11:00 p.m.
Mystery TV (Global)
MARY JANE MAFFINI and DAVID RUSSELL appear on True Pulp Murder, a documentary series on Global TV that examines real murder cases from the point of view of detectives who investigated them with commentary from mystery writers. For more info about the series, including a link to Global for the schedule, visit www.truepulpmurder.com
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Thurs, Feb 21, 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. (ET)
www.internetvoicesradio.com
MARY JANE MAFFINI will be mysterious yet illuminating as only a crime writer can be when she is interviewed by fellow crime writer VICKI DELANY on Vicki’s new radio show, Criminal Masterminds. Tune into www.internetvoicesradio.com, and if you miss the live interview, the program will be available in the Website’s archives.
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www.openbooktoronto.com
RICK BLECHTA starts to crank up the old promo machine for his latest novel, A Case of You (RENDEZVOUS), which is due out at the beginning of March. He will be the writer-in-residence for the month of February on openbooktoronto.com. This involves all sorts of blog entries, the odd book review, and maybe even some music selections. Comments, criticism, and questions are all welcome.
Wed, Feb 13, noon to 1:00 p.m.
Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch (Auditorium), 120 Metcalfe St., Ottawa, ON
As part of the Ottawa Public Library’s Noon-Hour Reading Series, MARY JANE MAFFINI will be reading from and discussing her new Fiona Silk mystery, Too Hot to Handle (RENDEZVOUS) in which the hapless Fiona attempts to write an erotic cookbook. Bring your lunch; coffee will be served. Books will be available for purchase, courtesy of Collected Works. For more info, phone 613 580-2940.
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Vineyard Alpacas, 4660 Greenlane, Beamsville, ON
Help RICK BLECHTA clear his closet of his previous novels in preparation for the March release of his new novel, A Case of You (RENDEZVOUS). Rick will be selling and signing his books at a craft event at Vineyard Alpacas. To make this event extra special, there will be alpacas – real alpacas. If you don’t believe Rick or if you want more info about the event (or the alpacas), visit www.vineyardalpacas.com (click on “The Store”…or if you want to see alpacas, on “Alpacas”) or phone 905 563-3296.
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Wed, Feb 20, 7:00 p.m., Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St., Ottawa, ON
Join BARBARA FRADKIN and MARY JANE MAFFINI at the February Capital Crime Writers (CCW) meeting, where they’ll be grilled by Susan Gates on the “Characters with Character” panel. Everyone welcome. Free to CCW members, nominal charge for non-members.
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Thursdays, 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Sundays, 11:00 p.m.
Mystery TV (Global)
MARY JANE MAFFINI and DAVID RUSSELL appear on True Pulp Murder, a documentary series on Global TV that examines real murder cases from the point of view of detectives who investigated them with commentary from mystery writers. For more info about the series, including a link to Global for the schedule, visit www.truepulpmurder.com
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Thurs, Feb 21, 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. (ET)
www.internetvoicesradio.com
MARY JANE MAFFINI will be mysterious yet illuminating as only a crime writer can be when she is interviewed by fellow crime writer VICKI DELANY on Vicki’s new radio show, Criminal Masterminds. Tune into www.internetvoicesradio.com, and if you miss the live interview, the program will be available in the Website’s archives.
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www.openbooktoronto.com
RICK BLECHTA starts to crank up the old promo machine for his latest novel, A Case of You (RENDEZVOUS), which is due out at the beginning of March. He will be the writer-in-residence for the month of February on openbooktoronto.com. This involves all sorts of blog entries, the odd book review, and maybe even some music selections. Comments, criticism, and questions are all welcome.
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