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.

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