As the weather begins to cool and leaves fall, Dear Readers, September heats up the activities for our Mesdames and Messieurs with more events and book festivities.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The 13th Letter, the Mesdames’ sixth anthology will be available for pre-order soon! Date TBD. Watch our website for the announcement.
NEWS, FESTIVALS AND EVENTS
Mme Melissa Yi will be part of the Eastern Ontario Writers’ Festival on Saturday, September 7th to be held at the Cornwall Public Library, 35 Second St. East, Cornwall, Ontario. Workshops start at 9:30 a.m. and the book festival lasts from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Ontario Writers’ Festival
Word on the Street, Toronto
The Mesdames of Mayhem are excited to announce that we will have a booth at Word on the Street, Queen’s Park, Toronto, on Saturday, September 28th and Sunday, September 29th. Big thanks to Mme Sylvia Warsh for organizing it.
The Mesdames and friends selling their books and generally having a blast include Madeleine Harris- Callway, Blair Keech, Rosemary McCracken, Lynne Murphy, Caro Soles, Sylvia Warsh, plus Kris Purdy and three Toronto Sisters in Crime to be determined.
We will be selling books by our authors, plus copies of our five anthologies.
Annual Festival – The Word On The Street Toronto
Toronto International Festival of Authors – September 19 – 29
The 2024 Toronto International Festival of Authors, is on September 19–29, at 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto. On top of signature author conversations with acclaimed writers from around the world, they’re pleased to offer a phenomenal lineup of masterclasses for wordsmiths of all levels, TIFA Kids events for fun family story time and free events for all to enjoy.
Visit their website to filter for events that appeal to your interests. Savour delicious stories at a Bite the Book event, celebrate storytelling in all its genres with POP Fiction, debate contemporary issues at a Critical Conversation or catch a Hitchcock film with some free popcorn.
Tickets and passes are required to attend most staged, indoor events, but are not required to attend events in The Bays, TIFA Kids events, exhibits and installations, or visits to the Indigo Bookstore.
Brews and Clues, hosted by Des Ryan on behalf of Crime Writers of Canada, starts again on Thursday, September 12th at 6:30 p.m., at Stout Irish Pub, 221 Carlton St., Toronto.
MESDAMES ON THE MOVE
Thursday, September 19th, Mme Lynne Murphy will be one of the guest readers at the monthly meeting of Sisters in Crime, Toronto Chapter. Four Sisters, Sharon A. Crawford, Alice Fitzpatrick, Caroline Topdjian and Lynne, will be reading from their writing and talking about work in progress. The business meeting starts at 7:00 with the program to follow. International SinC members have been invited.
Mme Sylvia Warsh will give a lecture about her new novel, The Orphan, for Lifelong Learning at the Bernard Betel Centre, 1003 Steeles Avenue West, on Tuesday, September 24th, at 10:30 a.m.
When 15-year-old Samuel nearly dies, he is saved by an experimental drug that gives him the ability to communicate with animals. The Orphan is set in pre-Civil War Washington DC against the backdrop of slavery.
For information, contact Sharon Chodirker sharonc@betelcentre.org
416.225.2112, ext. 124,
Here’s the link to their website: page 1 (betelcentre.org)
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