- A King by Any Other Name by JENNIFER JORGENSEN
- Bronwyn by WYNN QUON
- Frank’s Wife by ANDREW KOHUT
- Naomi Wise by ADRIENNE STEVENSON
- Three Sides to the Story by CAROLYN INCH
Winners will be announced on June 13, 2018.
CCW CONTEST FINALISTS & ARTHUR ELLIS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Emcee Mary Jane Maffini welcomes you to an evening with Barbara Fradkin, Jim Napier, Linda Wiken, Patricia Filteau, Melissa Yi, Brenda Chapman, Mike Martin, Madona Skaff and Jim Napier. The Arthur Ellis Awards shortlist will be announced. In addition the shortlist for the Audrey Jessup Short Story Contest will be announced.
The event is on Wednesday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. at Chapters Rideau (47 Rideau St ).
1000 ISLANDS WRITERS FESTIVAL
Experience a fabulous weekend of Reading by the River at the 1000 Islands Writers Festival with some of Canada’s favourite authors on April 27-29, 2018!
For more information e-mail at: 1000islandswritersfestival@gmail.com, or visit the website at: http://1000islandswritersfestival.ca.
APRIL MEETING
Speaker: Donald G. Mahar, author of SHATTERED ILLUSIONS: KGB COLD WAR ESPIONAGE IN CANADA
Where: Honeywell Room (second floor), Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West
Date: Wednesday April 11, 2018, 7:00 pm
Donald G. Mahar served 41 years in the RCMP Security Service, Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Communications Security Establishment both in Canada and abroad. He currently serves as National President of the Pillar Society, the retirement/alumni organization for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the former RCMP Security Service.
MARCH MEETING
TOPIC: Private Investigations: the fact and the fiction, what investigators can really do in Canada (and what they can not!.)
DATE: Wednesday March 14, 2018, 7 p.m.
WHERE: Honeywell Room, second floor, Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa.
SPEAKER: Chris Warrender:
Ex police from the UK, Chris has been involved in the security industry via law enforcement, private detective, security guard and private investigator for most of his working life save for a ten year period when he headed up CompuServe’s online shopping, ran Sony’s online division in the UK and started a host of internet companies. Now living in Ottawa he runs his own Private Investigation agency: Pi Investigations.
FEBRUARY MEETING
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).
Capital Crime Writers Short Story Contest
With the cold weather now upon us, maybe you feel like huddling inside where it’s warm and cozy, while enjoying a good book. Or, you could start thinking about entering our annual short story contest.
The contest is open to all residents of the National Capital Region and to all members of Capital Crime Writers.
Click here for more details.
Jim Napier’s Favourite Crime Fiction of 2017
CCW member Jim Napier, who writes Deadly Diversions has chosen his favourite crime fiction from 2017. Check out his list on The Rap Sheet blog edited by J. Kingston Pierce.
Crime Writers of Canada
Come celebrate 35 years with us in the Nation’s Capital!
Saturday, December 2, 2017
Three deliciously themed events
Thirteen Criminal Minds
A SERVING OF MURDER
Books on Beechwood
11:00 – 12:30 T.E. Wilson & Melissa Yi
12:30 – 2:00 Robin Harlick & Katherine Prairie
2:00 – 3:30 Brian Lindsay
A PERFECT CRIME
Perfect Books(Elgin St)
12:00 – 1:15 Barbara Fradkin
1:15 -2:30 Patricia Filteau
2:30 – 3:45 Mike Martin
3:45 -5:00 Melissa Yi
PLENTY OF CRIME FOR CHRISTMAS
Chapters South Keys (South Keys Shopping Centre)
12:00 – 1:00 Victoria Abbott (aka Mary Jane Maffini) & Linda Wiken (aka Erika Chase)
1:00 – 3:00 Madona Skaff & Linda Wiken
3:00 – 5:00 Jim Napier & Nick Wilkshire
CCW Festive Dinner
WHEN: Wednesday December 13, 2017
TIME: 6 p.m.
WHERE: TONY CAPONE’S ITALIAN GRILL, 2369 Carling Ave., Ottawa.
Come for dinner & conversation about mysteries. Our after dinner speaker is CCW member Jim Napier. Jim worked in academia teaching writing and crime fiction. He also runs the web site www.deadlydiversions.com. Upon his retirement, Jim took up writing full time. His first Colin McDermott mystery, entitled LEGACY: SOMETIMES GOOD INTENTIONS AREN’T ENOUGH was published in 2017. Copies will be available for purchase.
Seating is not unlimited. PLEASE EMAIL Michael Murphy at m.murphy345@hotmail.com if you wish to reserve seats. Include your name and the number of people in your party. PLEASE RESERVE BEFORE WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6, 2017 AT 5 P.M.