Dear Readers, this is the summer of a revived Bony Blithe Mini-Con and much more!
After the gloom of COVID, the Bony Blithe Mini-Con revived this June 15 offering six author panels, books sold and signed by terrific authors, some free books and yummy eats. Best of all, there was a wonderful spirit of camaraderie.
Thank you, Mme Cheryl Freedman, sister Elaine Freedman, Susan Daly for your miniatures and wisdom on the Short Story panel, and all the panelists and attendees who made this a memorable event.
CONGRATULATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Mme Sylvia Warsh’s new novel, The Orphan, just received a wonderful review in Kings River Life Magazine.The Orphan, in Kings River Life Magazine, starting with the line:
“The Orphan, by Sylvia Maultash Warsh, is an immersive historical mystery, unlike anything I have read before.”
You can read it here:
The Orphan By Sylvia Maultash Warsh: Review/Giveaway | Kings River Life Magazine
Mme Melissa Yi’s romance novel, Dancing through the Chaos, is now available for a limited time on Kindle Reads. Dancing Through the Chaos eBook : Yi, Melissa, Yuan-Innes, Melissa, Yin, Melissa: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store
Kate Zhao, the corporate lawyer, faces down her best friend and first lover who dumped her when they were both 17. Now that he’s all grown up, he wants to make it up to her.
Hailey St. Laurent falls in love with her baby girl and belly dancing, only to pull away from her husband.
Gavriella Schumacher, the sassy Jewish engineer, picks up a guy who turns down the fornication but sends her clues through songs. Is he crazy, or a kindred spirit?
Friendship. Love. And a whole lot of chaos.
MESDAMES ON THE MOVE
Mme Rosemary McCracken will have a book table where she’ll sell and sign her books at Bookapalooza in Minden, Ontario, on Saturday, July 13, from noon to 5 p.m. In the Minden Community Centre, 55 Parkside Street. Admission to Bookapalooza is free.
Drop by if you’re in the lovely Haliburton Highlands!
Mme Madona Skaff will attend the multi-genre conference, When Words Collide, held at the Delta Calgary South Hotel, 135 Southland Drive SE, Calgary, from August 16 to 18.
Madona is on two panels, both on Saturday, August 17. “Mastering the Macabre: Techniques in Crime, Mystery and Thriller Writing” and “We are the Heroes not the Sidekicks: Building Worlds and Stories in SFF that centre disabled protagonists.”
Here’s the link: When Words Collide 2024 – Alexandra Writers’ Centre
Mme Caro Soles will host an exhibitor’s table with fellow gothic/horror author, Nancy Kilpatrick, at Fan Expo, Toronto Metro Convention Centre, from August 22 to 25. Mme M. H. Callway will be attending as a fan!
https://fanexpohq.com/fanexpocanada/
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Our new anthology, The 13th Letter, is on schedule and will feature stories by 23 leading crime fiction authors. And it’s official: our real-world launch will be on Saturday, November 2 at 2 p.m. at Sleuth of Baker Street Bookstore, 907 Millwood Rd., Toronto.
JULY AND AUGUST SHORT STORIES
Our July story is by M. Ed Piwowarczyk. Ed’s supernatural thriller, “The Haunting of Mississippi Belle”, was first published in the Mesdames and Messieurs’ fifth anthology, In the Spirit of 13 (Carrick Publishing).
Our August story is by Mme Rosalind Place. “Bad Vibrations”, her tale of a community orchestra gone very wrong, was published in the Mesdames and Messieurs’ musical anthology, In the Key of 13 (Carrick Publishing).
BONY BLITHE MINI-CON 2024
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