Tag Archives: crime

WOW WHAT A YEAR 2023- Part 1 – Kudos and Events!

Posted on January 17, 2024 by mesdamesofmayhem

Happy New Year, Dear Readers! Zoom conferences and virtual book launches became a thing of the past as the Mesdames and Messieurs stormed back into the real world in 2023. This was our year of the conference and writers’ festivals. … Continue reading →

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Join Mme D.J. McIntosh for the launch of The Angel of Eden (Penguin Canada)

Posted on June 16, 2015 by mesdamesofmayhem

Join our very own Mme, Bestselling author D.J. McIntosh, for the launch of The Angel of Eden (Penguin Canada), the highly-anticipated third novel in her Mesopotamian antiquities thriller trilogy! Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 7pm Indigo Books, Bay-Bloor Manulife Centre, Toronto. … Continue reading →

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Mesdames on the Move – by M.H. Callway

Posted on March 8, 2015 by mesdamesofmayhem

March is coming in like a wild lion with several reading events featuring the Mesdames! March 19th, Toronto Public Library, Jones Branch, 118 Jones Ave, Toronto, 6:30 PM: Mesdames Rosemary Aubert, M. H. Callway, Rosemary McCracken and D. J. McIntosh … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to our very own 2015 Derringer Finalists!

Posted on March 1, 2015 by mesdamesofmayhem

March 1 is here at last! With it comes the anxiously awaited Derringer Awards short-list announcement. We are delighted to learn that two of our very own Mesdames, founder M.H. Callway and author Vicki Delany, are honoured as finalists for … Continue reading →

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Launch: New Ellis Portal Novel by Rosemary Aubert

Posted on January 21, 2015 by mesdamesofmayhem

Written by M.H. Callway Mme Rosemary Aubert celebrated the launch of her new Ellis Portal novel, Don’t Forget You Love Me, the sixth book in the Arthur award-winning series on Friday, January 16th at the Arts and Letters Club, Toronto. … Continue reading →

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The Mesdames of Mayhem: First book launch of 2015!

Posted on January 6, 2015 by mesdamesofmayhem

We are delighted to announce the very first of the new books to be launched by a Mme of Mayhem in 2015! Mme Rosemary Aubert presents her eagerly awaited new book in the Ellis Portal mystery series, Don’t Forget You … Continue reading →

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The Mesdames’ Sparkling Year!

Posted on January 1, 2015 by mesdamesofmayhem

Farewell 2014, but what a terrific year it’s been: New books, dazzling awards and critical acclaim, oh, my! And the New Year promises the Mesdames more new books and success, which I’ll highlight in my upcoming blog. But first, let’s … Continue reading →

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Strictly Murder, play by Brian Clemens, Jan. 15-18, 2015

Posted on December 15, 2014 by mesdamesofmayhem

The Mesdames of Mayhem will be on hand at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, January 15-18, during the production of Strictly Murder. We’ll be selling books and doing what we do best – chatting with people about mystery,murder … Continue reading →

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The Mesdames of Mayhem: A roaring end to 2014!

Posted on November 26, 2014 by mesdamesofmayhem

Greetings Readers! WE HAVE A WINNER!! Our very own Mme Joan O’Callaghan is not just a finalist, but the absolute first prize winner of Polar Expressions Publishing’s 2014 National Summer Poetry and Short Story Contest! Her flash fiction crime story, … Continue reading →

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Meet the Mesdames, Lynne Murphy ~ by Joan O’Callaghan

Posted on November 4, 2014 by mesdamesofmayhem

Authors, teachers, business-women, and so much more… Our own Joan O’Callaghan presents a series of interviews with each of our Mesdames. Lynne Murphy read her first mystery when she was about eight. It was “The Secret in the Old Well” … Continue reading →