Tag Archives: Canadian authors

Mesdames on the Move, December 2025

New publications, book readings, presentations, CWC Award submissions and Bony Blithe is gearing up for May. December looks to be a busy and festive time for our Mesdames and Monsieurs. We hope you can join us! CONGRATULATIONS The pub launch … Continue reading

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Mesdames on the Move, November 2025

Dear Readers, We’ve got a title for our 7th anthology and more good news about another Merry Widow book and Burlington Litfest, a TIFA panel and Lisa de Nikolits’, Rosemary McCracken and M. H. Callway‘s new Editing Course. ANTHOLOGY #7 … Continue reading

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Mesdames on the Move: July and August 2025

The summer months of July and August are a time for looking back on the first 6 months of 2025 and also looking forward to more stories and books, bigger ideas and more ways to share with you, dear Readers. … Continue reading

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MID-MONTH MAYHEM: Ballet, Shoes and The Heart of Darkness

Mme Jane Burfield met two of the world’s most infamous tyrants! People often ask, “Where do you get your ideas for your stories?”I get eager to write when two seemingly unrelated experiences, thoughts or ideas inexplicably to rub up against … Continue reading

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Newsflash: CWC Interview with Mme Melissa Yi!

Mme Melissa Yi is a finalist in two categories in the 2025 CWC Awards of Excellence. Her short story, “The Longest Night of the Year”, published in Ellery Queen Magazine, Nov/Dec Issue, 2024, is shortlisted for Best Short Story. Her … Continue reading

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Mesdames on the Move, May 2025

Dear Readers, It’s finally spring, and the Mesdames have come roaring back from winter with events, such as the Bony Blithe Mini-Con, a Festival of Authors, a major book launch, more publications, an acclaimed documentary, and, even better, terrific recognition … Continue reading

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MESDAMES ON THE MOVE FEBRUARY, 2025

Dear Readers, We’ve got lots of fantastic reading coming your way this February. Books, anthologies and more ways to reach out to you, including Open Mics, a book launch at MOTIVE, an online workshop and Substack. CONGRATULATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Exciting … Continue reading

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MESDAMES ON THE MOVE, OCTOBER 2024

With less than a month away from our new anthology, other new short fiction from Lisa, Melissa and Rosalind, novels from Sylvia, Melissa and Melodie and other library activities from Rosemary and Donna this October, we have lots to be … Continue reading

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MESDAMES ON THE MOVE: JULY/AUGUST 2024

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 … 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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