Tuesday, May 19, 7:00 PM, Christchurch Cathedral, 414 Sparks St, Ottawa: Jeffery Deaver presents “Solitude Creek”
Jeffery Deaver, “the master of manipulation” (Associated Press) and “the most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writer in the world.” (Daily Telegraph, UK) makes his Ottawa Festival debut with Solitude Creek, the new, long-awaited, Kathryn Dance thriller.
http://www.writersfestival.org/events/spring-2015/solitude-creek-with-jeffrey-deaver
The SHORTLIST for the 2015 CCW Short Story Contest was announced on April 23, 2015:
THE CARETAKER by Wynn Quon
SNOW DAY by Gladys Galay
REVENGE BY ANY OTHER NAME… by Jennifer Jorgensen
THE UNSOLVABLE CASE OF SOMEBODY’S FINGER by Tavis Maplesden
URBAN RENEWAL by Ken Nyhuus
The winners will be announced on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at the CCW Pub Night. The event is at the Heart & Crown, 67 Clarence Street in the Byward Market. The event begins at 6:00 pm. Nominees are asked to be prepared to read from their short story entry.
Several CCW members found that they were nominated for Arthur Ellis Awards on April 23.
BEST NOVEL:
Brenda Chapman for COLD MOURNING, Dundurn Press.
Barbara Fradkin for NONE SO BLIND, Dundurn Press.
BEST NOVELLA:
Vicki Delany for JUBA GOOD, Orca Book Publishers
BEST SHORT STORY:
Madonna Skaff for FIRST IMPRESSIONS, in THE WHOLE SHE-BANG 2, Sisters in Crime
The complete list of moninees may be found at www.crimewriterscanada.com
A Murder Mystery Dinner Play
By Maggie Taylor
Britannia United Church, 985 Pinecrest Road
Friday, May 1st and Saturday May 2nd, 2015
ONLY 100 TICKETS FOR EACH NIGHT $30.00 per person
The Play and Meal start at 6:00 p.m.
Featuring: Rev. Jim Baldwin, Rev. Debbie Roi, Dori Jensen, Scott Hughes,
Jennifer Trewartha, Chuck Trewartha, Elaine McClausland, Myles Frosst
Menu: Apple or Tomato Juice, Caesar or Garden Salad, Pork Loin or Chicken Breast (both in gluten free gravy), Potatoes, Vegetables, Dessert, Tea and Coffee
The tables are made up of groups of eight or nine people, so get a party together and purchase your tickets early.
You can obtain your tickets from: Church Office (613-828-6018)
Email: brituc.office@magma.ca
Verne or Marilyn Bruce (613-828-0704)
Email: verne.bruce@sympatico.ca or
Visit our website: www.britanniaunitedchurch.ca
The cut-off date is April 27,2015
Additional Performance: Parkdale United Church on April 26, 2015
429 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa (613-728-8656)
You’re invited to a criminally exciting evening on Thurs. April 23, 7-9 p.m. at Chapters Rideau, starting with Interrogating the Authors — top crime writers Brenda Chapman, Barbara Fradkin, Eva Gates/Vicki Delany, R.J. Robin Harlick, MaryJane MaffiniVictoria Abbott, and Mike Martin put each other on the hot seat. MC is Erika Chase/Linda Sundman Wiken. Followed by the big reveal of the Crime Writers of Crime Writers Canada Arthur Ellis shortlist, and the Capital Crime Writers’ Audrey Award shortlist.
Topic: Canada’s Security and Intelligence Community: Responding to Terrorist Threats
Speaker: Dr. Martin Rudner
When: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 7:00 pm
Location: Honeywell Room, Ottawa City Hall
The focus of this month’s presentation is the contemporary terrorist threat environment facing Canada, including religious extremism, violent secessionist movements, state-sponsored terrorism and domestic extremism. Dr. Martin Rudner, professor emeritus at Carleton University will examine Canada’s national security strategy, outlining the statutory framework, the architecture of the Security and Intelligence system, policy mechanisms, and operational activities. These will cover intelligence collection, analysis, policy coordination, law enforcement, threat disruption, and international liaison. Attention will be paid to accountability and oversight mechanisms. The talk will conclude with a review of lessons that need to be learned.
Martin Rudner is Professor Emeritus and a distinguished professor at Carleton University in Ottawa. Before his retirement from Carleton in 2007, he was a professor in the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and a founding director of the Canadian Centre of Intelligence and Security Affairs. His article “Intelligence-Led Air Transport Security: Pre-Screening for Watch-Lists, No-Fly Lists to Forestall Terrorists Threats” was recently published in the International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. Dr. Rudner is the author of over one hundred books and scholarly articles. He is also an associate editor of Frontline Security. While supposedly retired, he attends and organizes conferences and seminars and is frequently consulted for his ideas and opinions on security and intelligence issues. Dr. Rudner has also served as an expert witness at the behest of the Crown in national security cases before the Federal Court.
CCW MONTHLY MEETING
March 11, 2015, Honeywell Room, (2nd floor) Ottawa City Hall, 7 pm
Jon Willing & Tony Spears, both of the OTTAWA SUN.
TOPIC: Police beat & Court Reporting
Jon will speak about police reporting & Tony will speak about court reporting
Jon Willing spoke briefly at ‘Capital Mayhem’ (organized by CCW & OPL) last year. That limited his time to provide insights into courtroom procedures and action. He is currently the City Hall reporter for the OTTAWA SUN, but before that was their police beat reporter. Jon did his undergraduate work at the University of Waterloo then obtained his Masters in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario in 2003. Before coming to Ottawa in 2006, he worked at the WOODSTOCK SENTINEL-REVIEW and the GUELPH MERCURY.
Tony Spears is the OTTAWA SUN courts reporter, providing vivid sketches of fraudsters and murders to the delight of a tabloid readership. He’s covered three federal budgets, which caused him to consider taking up murder himself. He has also worked as a general assignment reporter for the OTTAWA SUN & OTTAWA CITIZEN
GOAL! MOTIVATION AND CONFLICT: THE FOUNDATION OF COMMERCIAL FICTION
Next meeting, February 11th, 2014, Ottawa City Hall, Honeywell Room.
Madeline McBride will present this workshop. Writers , are your characters’ goals and conflict strong enough to carry the story? This interactive craft workshop will help you describe what your characters want, the stakes, and what’s stopping them from reaching their goals.
In an exercise using a simple template, you’ll identify your hero/heroine’s internal and external goals, motivations, consequences/stakes and conflict (GMCC). Those willing to share will have the opportunity to get feedback on their work-in-progress GMCC’s. The resulting comprehensive GMCC sentences, one for each character can be key elements of pitches
This workshop is based on Debra Dixon’s GMC: Goal, Motivation & Conflict, arguably an essential craft resource for writers of commercial fiction genres such as mysteries, thrillers, sci-fi, fantasy, romance etc.
Madeline McBride (Presenter) is currently President of Ottawa Romance Writers Association, writes as Madelle Morgan. She’s completed six books, although three were for practice as she honed her craft! She won or placed in several writing contests.
Erika Chase (pen name of Linda Wiken) has been nominated for an Agatha Award
for Best First Novel, for A Killer Read, the first in the Ashton Corners
Book Club Mysteries, from Berkley Prime Crime. The awards will be given out
at Malice Domestic in Bethesda, MD, May 4th.
A Mysterious Celebration!
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To announce the nominees for the 2013 Arthur Ellis Awards for the best in Canadian Crime Writing
and
The shortlist for the Audrey Jessup short story contest.
Join Ottawa’s top crime writers for an entertaining evening of celebration of Canadian crime writing.
o Refreshments
o Hard-Boiled or Laughs: What makes a great mystery?
o No-holds-barred debate
The announcements take place at 8:45 pm
Thursday April 18. 7:00 PM
Auditorium, Main Branch, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch.
120 Metcalfe St.
Books for sale from Books on Beechwood