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Announcement of Writing Contest Winners

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Due to COVID-19 and the need to maintain safe physical distancing, CCW is unable to have our end of year dinner to announce the results of the Audrey Jessup writing contest and socialize. But rather than end on a low note, we’ve decided to celebrate virtually, using Zoom.

DATE: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 7:00 pm, EST.

There’ll be readings and wine. Our contest finalists will provide the readings, you will provide your own wine (or beverage of choice).

If you’re interested in attending, please RSVP to madonaskaff@gmail.com, and the Zoom link will be sent to you.

Member News

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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!

Finalists for the Capital Crime Writers Short Story Contest

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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:

  • A Confidential Donation – Kevin Coleman
  • Sometimes Crime Pays – Ruth Latta
  • I Smell a Mystery – Adrienne Stevenson
  • The Perseids – Joe Sornberger
  • Midnight at Rocky’s – Wynn Quon

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.

November Meeting

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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.

 

CCW Festive Dinner

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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.

FEBRUARY MEETING

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Tom Murray is a retired Ontario Provincial Police officer who founded the OPP’s K-9 detection programme in 1978. During his time with the OPP, he and his team worked on a number of high-profile cases and provided security and detection services for a number of VIPs in Canada, including the Pope, the Queen, and more than one president. He also assisted a number of other police departments and services including the RCMP and Maryland State Police in developing their K-9 programmes. After leaving the OPP, Tom founded Canadian Canine Detection Services, which provided and trained dogs for governments and the private sector.

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).

Book launch for latest offerings by Fradkin and Wiken

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Barbara Fradkin, CCW author and two-time winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel, is set to launch, Fire in the Stars, the first book in a new series. The book introduces Amanda Doucette, a former foreign aid worker who has returned to Canada to recover from a traumatic experience in Africa and finds herself searching for a fellow survivor gone missing in Newfoundland.

 

Although it’s a different setting and cast of characters, Fradkin hopes that readers who enjoy Inspector Green will find Amanda’s commitment, determination, and compassion equally engaging.

 

The launch also features Ladies’ Killing Circle compatriot Linda Wiken, who is also launching a new series.

 

Enjoy the refreshments while listening to these authors read excerpts from their newest work.

When and where

  • September 28, 7 – 9 p.m.
  • Mother McGinty’s Stage of the Heart and Crown Pub, 67 Clarence St.
 The best parking is in the parking garage right across the street, but you can also try street parking.
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