Category Archives: Awards/Achievements

MESDAMES ON THE MOVE: MAY 2024

Wow! What a spring we’re having, dear readers! A new anthology for the fall, two members shortlisted for the 2024 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, two book launches, interviews, a play and a friendly writing workshop and a … Continue reading

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BREAKING NEWS: Two Mesdames Shortlisted for CWC Awards of Excellence

Congratulations to Melissa Yi for her novel Shapes of Wrath (Wintree Press), shortlisted in the Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada category of the 2024 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence. Congratulations to M. H. … Continue reading

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Mesdames on the Move: April 2024

DEAR READERS, April brings you new books and stories, a new Bony Blithe Mini-Con, a play based on The Italian Cure, and Noir at the Bar is back! CONGRATULATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Mme Catherine Astolofo’s new book, Auntie Beers, is coming … Continue reading

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WOW WHAT A YEAR 2023- PART 2- Author Celebration!

Greetings Readers! Wow What a Year, Part 1 highlighted our awards and our many public events: conferences, book launches, writers’ festivals, readings and more. Part 2 tells you what each of us accomplished in 2023, including our new books and … Continue reading

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MESDAMES ON THE MOVE, SEPTEMBER 2023

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 … Continue reading

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BREAKING NEWS: SHETLAND NOIR AND MORE

At the international Shetland Noir Conference, Mme Lisa de Nikolits will moderate a panel, When you don’t know who to trust, with thriller writers Shari Lapena, Gilly MacMillan and Louise Mangos to explore how they use the characters, settings and … Continue reading

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WOW WHAT A YEAR – PART TWO- Author Celebration!

The Mesdames and Messieurs of Mayhem had one of their busiest years ever in 2022! Part 1 told about our recognitions and our many happenings: conferences, book launches, podcasts, readings, interviews and more. Part 2 tells you about our authors, … Continue reading

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2020: WOW WHAT A YEAR – Part One!

Happy Much Better New Year Readers! Anno horribilis, AKA 2020, started out with the Mesdames’ normal busy schedule of book promotions, conferences and teaching. Then wham – COVID hit! Left Coast Crime San Diego ended after only half a day … Continue reading

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Mesdames on the Move: November 2020

What a Busy Month, Dear Readers! As if October wasn’t exciting enough with the first month of our Zoom Book Launch Marathon and the launch of A Grave Diagnosis anthology on Halloween, November just might be even busier.  Our authors … Continue reading

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Mesdames on the Move: July/August 2020

GREETINGS READERS! Summer is here and it’s a scorcher. All the more reason to curl up with a great book, a cool drink and take it easy in the shade. And that’s exactly what the Mesdames will be doing for … Continue reading

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