Due to a number of circumstances, we are rescheduling the AGM from May 30th to June 20, 2024
Crime Writers of Canada members will be reading at the MOTIVE Festival in Toronto on June 8 and 9.
Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) is pleased to announce the Shortlists for the 2024 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing.
You are invited to the launch of The Orphan, an historical mystery novel, by Sylvia Maultash Warsh.Sunday May 5th, 2024, 2:00 pm Sleuth of Baker Street Bookstore 907 Millwood RoadToronto, ON, Canada, M4G 1X2
Left Coast Crime is an annual mystery convention sponsored by mystery fans, both readers and authors. This year, BC-Yukon rep, Winona Kent and CWC member AJ Devlin, co-hosted a Bloody Caesar event in the hotel's bar.
CWC member Dianne Scott’s first mystery Final Look has been nominated for the Kobo Emerging Writers Award in the Mystery category.
Explore the ins and outs of five paths to publication with Judy Penz Sheluk: traditional, independent, hybrid/assisted, self-publishing, and social publishing.
CWC member Marcelle Dubé has been nominated for a 2024 Derringer Award for her story, REVERSION, (Mystery Magazine, April 2023).
donalee Moulton, CWC representative for the Atlantic Region, has been nominated for a 2024 Derringer award
Check out the latest releases from CWC members!
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July 2023 interview / novelist, Shetland (UK)
Marsali Taylor is the author of the Shetland Sailing Mysteries starring quick-witted live-aboard sailor Cass Lynch and her partner DI Gavin Macrae who join forces to investigate crime in Scotland’s northern isles. Readers praise the...
May 6, 2024
Gail Bowen is nominated for The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery sponsored by Jane Doe. THE LEGACY is 22 book in her long running Joanne Kilbourn series, several of which were either nominated for or received awards, including...
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