Congratulations to long time CCW member, and author, Wynn Quon. His short story “Art in Pieces” (First place winner of the Audrey Jessup Award in 2019), is published in the May/June 2020 issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.
The Magazine also asked him to write a blog for them. Please check it out here.
Such exiting news!
Congratulations to the Finalists on this year’s Capital Crime Writers short story contest, Audrey Jessup Award.
The top five finalists, in no particular order are:
Normally the winners would be announced at our end of year dinner in June. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 and the need to maintain physical distancing, the final results will be emailed to all entrants, as well as posted on this website and the Capital Crime Writers’ Facebook page on June 10.
A reminder that the deadline for the Short Story Contest is April 1. If you need more information please contact Madona Skaff (madonaskaff@gmail.com).
The April meeting has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus. Please check back for updates.
Capital Crime Writers presents “Observations of a Former Homicide Detective”. The guest speaker is Dr. Gregory Brown, research fellow and retired police officer. The meeting will be held on Wednesday November 13 at 7:00 pm at the Ottawa City Hall in the Honeywell Room on the second floor. Please note that evening parking is currently free at City Hall.
Dr. Greg Brown (currently a research fellow at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University) worked on many of the most significant homicide investigations across the Ottawa region as a Detective-Sergeant in the Major Crime Squad between 2002 and 2010 – including the kidnapping and murder of Barrhaven teenager Jennifer Teague (his experiences throughout this investigation were the subject of the 2018 season premier episode of CBC’s true-crime drama The Detectives), the organized crime assassination of cocaine kingpin Hussein El-Hajj Hassan, and the triple murder of retired Chief Justice Alban Garon, his wife, and the Garon’s next-door neighbour. Dr. Brown will share some of the most interesting aspects of these homicide investigations throughout this interactive presentation.
Join fellow writers, mystery fiction readers and your CCW friends for the Festive Get together.
DATE: Wednesday December 12, 2018
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
VENUE: Tony Capone’s, 2369 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON
Our after dinner speakers are Mary Jane Maffini and Victoria Maffini, the writers behind the Victoria Abbott mysteries. Books will be available for purchase.
They will speak on the experience of writing as a team.PLEASE EMAIL m.murphy345@hotmail.com if you wish to reserve seats for the event. Seating is limited. Please include your name and the number of guests in your party. THE DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS IS SUNDAY DECEMBER 9, 2018 AT 5 P.M.
Victoria Abbott Mysteries
So who is Victoria Abbott?
Victoria Abbott is a collaboration between the always very funny and creative artist, photographer and short story author, Victoria Maffini and her mother, Mary Jane Maffini, award-winning author of three mystery series and two dozen short stories.
Join Brenda Chapman at the launch of Bleeding Darkness: A Stonechild and Rouleau Mystery.
The event is on Sunday, June 3, 2018 from 2:00-4:00 at The Cross on Elgin (360 Elgin St, Ottawa).
I think this should be a good event, Tom is very excited about it. I’ve asked him to do a short overview of what he did with the dogs and to tell us some of his “war stories.”
Looking forward to seeing you on February 14 at 7 pm at the Honeywell Room (second floor) of the Ottawa City Hall (110 Laurier Avenue West).
DEBRA KOMAR AT OTTAWA PUBLIC LIBRARY:
Debra Komar will launch her new book MURDER AT FORT STIKINE: SOLVING A CENTURIES-OLD CRIME IN THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY on June 24, 2015, at 7 pm. It takes place at the Ottawa Public Library, 120 Metcalfe St, in the auditorium.
Debra Komar has worked as a forensic anthropologist in the US, UK, and Canada for over twenty years. She has investigated human-rights violations resulting in violent deaths for the United Nations and Physicians for Human Rights, testified as an expert witness in The Hague, and acaross North America, and authored the authoritative FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY: CONTEMPORARY THEORY AND PRACTICE for Oxford University Press.
She is also the author of THE LYNCHING OF PETER WHEELER and THE BALLAD OF JACOB PECK