What a busy month, Dear Readers!
Awards, books published and launched, writers’ events, interviews and author readings, a new Kickstarter for a new book, our September story and a series of writer workshops and panels at Toronto Public Library.
CONGRATULATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Mme Melissa Yi is having a fabulous year!
On August 19th, she won the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association’s Aurora Award for Best Poem/Song for her work, Rapunzel in the Desert, published in On Spec Magazine, Issue 122.
The Aurora Awards celebrate the best in Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Melissa’s YA novel, Edan Sze vs The Red Rock Serial Killer, was a finalist for the Killer Nashville Claymore Award for Best Juvenile/YA.
Melissa’s Derringer-winning story, My Two Legs, is nominated for a Macavity Award! Stay tuned as the winner will be announced online soon.
M. H. Callway’s latest book, Snake Oil and Other Tales, published by Carrick Publishing, is available through Amazon and can be pre-ordered on September 1st!
The official release date for all versions: e-book, soft cover and hard cover is September 30th.
The date for the official book launch event in October will be confirmed shortly.
Congrats to Mme Caro Soles and her friend, gothic author, Nancy Kilpatrick, for their success and stamina in hosting their vendor’s book booth at this year’s Fan Expo, August 24 to 27th. The daily crowds were at capacity and eager to make up for the lost COVID years.
MESDAMES ON THE MOVE
Mme Melodie Campbell is busy this month!
Mme Melodie Campbell will be hosting a book event for her fab historical mystery, The Merry Widow Murders (Cormorant, 2023), at A Different Drummer Book Store, 513 Locust St., Burlington on Saturday, September 9th at 1 pm. There will be cake!
On Sunday, Sept. 10, join Melodie at the Hamilton Supercrawl, Music and Arts Festival! The 2023 festival takes place on the weekend of September 8, 9, and 10. Festival hours will be 6 p.m.-1a.m. on Friday, 12 p.m.-12 a.m. on Saturday, and 12 p.m.-8 p.m. on Sunday.
You can catch Melodie in Conversation with Scott Thornley at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 10th in the Author Tent, at 280 James Street North, Hamilton.
On September 25th Melodie is guest author at the Canadian Federation of University Women Oakville’s ‘Crime and Caffeine’. Time and location to be announced.
CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA
Crime Writers of Canada have launched Brews and Clues, monthly readings of Canadian mysteries, at 6:30 p.m., every second Thursday, starting September 14th. M. Blair Keetch will be there for the inaugural on September 14th! Enjoy a pint at Stout Irish Pub, 221 Carleton St., Toronto and listen to some great writing. Organized by Des Ryan.
Mme Jayne Barnard’s The Falls Mysteries, and her character with ME/CFS, are highlighted in this great article on post-viral illness.
Jayne will discuss the article, the book, and the illness on the National Online Reading Club on September, 11th at 7 p.m. ET.
Watch this space for a live link closer to the time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mme Melissa Yi’s Kickstarter for Sugar and Vice starts Sept 5th!
Sugar & Vice: A Thriller of Death, Dumplings, and Dragons is a sweet culinary thriller where Hope Sze tastes murder at Montreal’s Dragon Eats Festival of food—and the fantastic.
AWARDS
Submissions for the Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence are open as of September 1st. This year, all submissions must be digital. For all submission details, please visit the CWC website at: https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/awards/submissionrules
SEPTEMBER STORY
Our September 15th free story is Winona and the CHUM Chart by Mme Cathy Dunphy. It was published in our fourth anthology, In the Key of 13, Carrick Publishing, 2019.
Mesdames of Mayhem 