Yearly Archives: 2026

April 2026 Meeting

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What Authors Want, What Publishers Want with Ron Corbett on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 7 pm.

Ron Corbett is a writer, journalist, broadcaster and co-founder of Ottawa Press and Publishing. He is the author of seven nonfiction books, including Canadian bestseller The Last Guide. His fiction work includes the Danny Barret crime novels (The Sweet Goodbye; Cape Rage) as well as Edgar®-nominated Ragged Lake, part of the Frank Yakabuski mysteries.

As a publisher, Ron has published some of the most popular local books in Ottawa, including the Ottawa Road Trips series, the Ottawa Rewind series, and the Sgt. Windflower mystery series. He lives in Ottawa, Canada.

Author Ron Corbett
(Photo by Julie Oliver)

March 2026 Meeting

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Craig Johnson’s Journey as a Writer: An Interview with Craig Johnson on Thursday March 26, 2026 at 7 pm.

Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Walt Longmire mystery novels, the basis for Longmire, the hit Netflix original drama. His books have won numerous awards in America and abroad: The Western Writers of America’s Owen Wister and Spur Awards, the Wyoming Historical Association Book of the Year, the Will Rogers Medallion Awards, Publishers Weekly’s Book of the Year, Library Journal’s Best Book of the Year, Le Prix du Polar Nouvel Observateur/Bibliobs, Le Prix 813, and the SNCF Prix de Polar. The Spirit of Steamboat, Johnson’s first novella was selected by the Wyoming State Library as the inaugural One Book Wyoming. Craig Johnson lives in Ucross, Wyoming, population 26.

Craig Johnson’s 22nd novel in the Walt Longmire mystery series, The Brothers McKay, will be available on May 26, 2026.

The format of this meeting will be a structured Q&A session (with Art Pittman interviewing Craig Johnson), followed by an opportunity for other members to ask their own questions.

February 2026 Meeting

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Shaking It Up: How Vicki Delany Kept Her Writing Career Growing By Moving Between Genres by Vicki Delany, Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 7 pm.

Vicki Delany is one of Canada’s most prolific crime writers and a national bestseller in the U.S; author of more than fifty books. She is currently writing the Tea by the Sea mysteries, the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series, the Year-Round Christmas mysteries, and the Lighthouse Library series (as Eva Gates).

She is a past chair of the Crime Writers of Canada and co-founder and organizer of the Women Killing It Crime Writing Festival.  She is the recipient of the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award for contributions to Canadian crime writing and will be the Cozy Guest of Honor at Bouchercon in Calgary in 2026.  Vicki lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario.

January 2026 Meeting

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Writing Crime-Fiction in the First-Person by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson, Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 7 pm.

Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson is a writer living in Toronto. His novella “The Man Who Went Down Under” won the Black Orchid Novella Award and the Crime Writers of Canada Best Novella Award. His first novel, The Road to Heaven, was nominated for an Edgar Award and a Shamus Award.