Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast
Erik D'Souza
A bi-weekly podcast by a national professional association for mystery and crime writers in Canada.
Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) is a national non-profit organization for Canadian mystery and crime writers, associated professionals, and others with a serious interest in Canadian crime writing. Our mission is to promote Canadian crime writing and to raise the profile of Canadian crime writers with readers, reviewers, librarians, booksellers, and media.
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Craig H. Bowlsby: Requiem for a Lotus
Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast
05/13/24 • 29 min
Craig H. Bowlsby’s story, REQUIEM FOR A LOTUS is nominated for The Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript
Born and raised in Vancouver, Craig has a BFA in creative writing from UBC and has studied extensively with the brilliant and celebrated author William Deverell.
Last year, he won the Award of Excellence for the Best Crime Short Story, sponsored by Mystery Magazine, for his story, THE GIRL WHO WAS ONLY THREE QUARTERS DEAD. In 2014, he won the Brian McFarlane Award from the Society for International Hockey Research. Craig has also written articles for the Vancouver Province, the Seattle Times, The Hockey News, and the Vancouver Courier.
Learn more about Crime Writers of Canada at: crimewriterscanada.com
Find past video interviews at: youtube.com/@crimewritersofcanada1279
H & A Christensen and The Ultimate Identity Theft
Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast
01/10/24 • 19 min
Alie and Hejsa Christensen are a mother-daughter writing duo based in Ontario, Canada. They discovered their affinity for working together when they were in-house writers for a film production company. They have now made the leap from silver screen to printed page. Stealing John Hancock, is their first novel.
Learn more about Alie and Hejsa Christensen at hachristensen.com
Learn more about Crime Writers of Canada at: crimewriterscanada.com
Find past video interviews at: youtube.com/@crimewritersofcanada1279
donalee Moulton: Troubled Water
Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast
05/16/24 • 14 min
donalee Moulton’s story, Troubled Water, has been nominated for an Award of Excellence in The Best Crime Short Story category.
Donalee has been writing professionally for over 25 years. She has been published in The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Maclean’s, Canadian Business, and The National Post. Her short story, “Swan Song,” is in the CWC anthology Cold Canadian Crime and was also nominated for an Award of Excellence.
Her first mystery book, Hung Out to Die, was published in 2023, and her second novel, Conflagration, was published in 2024.
Donalee is the Atlantic Provinces Regional Rep for the CWC.
Previous interviews with donalee:
Cold Canadian Crime: https://youtu.be/nKvb6cYTcN8
2023 Awards of Excellence: https://youtu.be/C27PiyqYpYs
CWC podcast discussing Conflagration: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2232876/14823840
Learn more about Crime Writers of Canada at: crimewriterscanada.com
Find past video interviews at: youtube.com/@crimewritersofcanada1279
Laurie McLure and Mountain Shadows
Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast
03/06/24 • 19 min
Laurie McLure has a passion for crime fiction and for those who read it, write it, edit it, represent it and publish it. Laurie garnered significant writing experience throughout her career with government and through working and volunteering with not-for-profit organizations. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and the Crime Writers of Canada. The great loves of Laurie's life are her family, animals, travel, books and potato chips.
Learn more about Crime Writers of Canada at: crimewriterscanada.com
Find past video interviews at: youtube.com/@crimewritersofcanada1279
Lorne Tepperman, Deadly Donation
Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast
10/23/24 • 23 min
Lorne Tepperman, a long-time resident of Toronto and distinguished figure in academia, ventures into the realm of fiction with his debut work. As a Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, Tepperman authored, co-authored, edited, and co-edited 88 academic books, delving into topics ranging from social inequality to families to gambling addiction, deviance, and crime.
Deadly Donation, Tepperman’s first novel, draws inspiration from his extensive research on families, crime, and gambling addiction. The Rachel Tile Mystery Series promises to captivate readers with its exploration of these themes within the framework of mystery and suspense.
Lorne has recently been voted in as a CWC director for Ontario Southwest/North/Greater Toronto Region.
Learn more about Crime Writers of Canada at: crimewriterscanada.com
Find past video interviews at: youtube.com/@crimewritersofcanada1279
Melissa Yi, The Shapes of Wrath
Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast
05/25/24 • 18 min
Melissa Yi’s novel, Shapes of Wrath, was nominated for The Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada sponsored by Charlotte Engel and CWC.
Melissa Yi, also known as Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes, is an emergency physician with an active practice and an award-winning writing career. She is a Derringer Award winning author and was a CWC Award of Excellence Finalist in 2022.
She studied emergency medicine at McGill University in Montreal. She was so shocked by the patients crammed into the waiting area, and the examining rooms without running water, that she began to contemplate murder. And so, she created Dr. Hope Sze, the resident who could save lives and fight crime.
Learn more at: melissayuaninnes.com/
Previous interview from 2022: https://youtu.be/dvMlOmr0qPw
Learn more about Crime Writers of Canada at: crimewriterscanada.com
Find past video interviews at: youtube.com/@crimewritersofcanada1279
Steve Urszenyi: Thinker. Writer. Author. Storyteller.
Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast
05/08/24 • 12 min
Steve Urszenyi’s debut international thriller, Perfect Shot, is nominated for Best Crime First Novel sponsored by Melodie Campbell
Steve served for many years as a paramedic and a police tactical medic. He is an expert in chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE) incident response. When not writing, Steve loves international travel and touring on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle with his wife, Lynne.
Learn more about Crime Writers of Canada at: crimewriterscanada.com
Find past video interviews at: youtube.com/@crimewritersofcanada1279
Marcelle Dubé, Reversion
Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast
05/25/24 • 11 min
Marcelle Dubé writes mystery and speculative fiction novels and short stories. She grew up near Montreal, lived in the Yukon for 35 years and now calls Alberta home. Her short fiction has appeared in several magazines and anthologies. In 2021, she won the CWC award for Best Short Story. Her story, Reversion, published in April 2023 edition of Mystery Magazine has been nominated once again for an Award of Excellence in the Short story category, and was shortlisted for a Deringer Award.
Learn more about Marcelle at: marcelledube.com/
2022 interview with Marcelle Dubé: https://youtu.be/v1JBTJ0FA6U
Learn more about Crime Writers of Canada at: crimewriterscanada.com
Find past video interviews at: youtube.com/@crimewritersofcanada1279
Vicki Delany: The Queen of Cozy
Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast
05/09/24 • 15 min
Vicki Delany has been nominated twice in The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery sponsored by Jane Doe category. Steeped in Malice (published by Kensington Books) and The Game is a Footnote (published by Crooked Lane Books) are both on the shortlist.
Vicki is one of Canada’s most prolific and varied crime writers and a national bestseller in the U.S. She has written more than fifty books: clever cozies to Gothic thrillers to gritty police procedurals, to historical fiction and novellas for adult literacy. She is currently writing four cozy mystery series: the Year Round Christmas books for Crooked Lane, the Tea by the Sea mysteries for Kensington, the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series for Crooked Lane Books, and the Lighthouse Library series (as Eva Gates) for Crooked Lane.
Vicki is a past president of the Crime Writers of Canada. Her work has been nominated for the Derringer, the Bony Blithe, the Ontario Library Association Golden Oak, and several Awards of Excellence.
Vicki is the recipient of the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award for contributions to Canadian crime writing. She lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
Learn more about Crime Writers of Canada at: crimewriterscanada.com
Find past video interviews at: youtube.com/@crimewritersofcanada1279
Maureen Jennings, 2024 Grand Master
Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast
05/02/24 • 25 min
An Interview with Maureen Jennings, the 2024 recipient of the Grandmaster Lifetime Achievement Award from Crime Writers of Canada. This prestigious award recognizes her long-term contribution to Canadian and international mystery writing. Established in 2014, the Grand Master Award is given to a Canadian crime writer with a substantial body of work that has garnered national and international recognition.
Visit her website at maureenjennings.com
Learn more about Crime Writers of Canada at: crimewriterscanada.com
Find past video interviews at: youtube.com/@crimewritersofcanada1279
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How many episodes does Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast have?
Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast currently has 54 episodes available.
What topics does Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast cover?
The podcast is about Mystery, Fiction, True Crime, Novels, Reading, Writing, Writers, Cozy, Podcasts, Crime, Noir, Canadian and Authors.
What is the most popular episode on Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast?
The episode title 'Alice Bienia and Her Gutsy Heroine, Jorja Knight' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast?
The average episode length on Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast is 20 minutes.
How often are episodes of Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast released?
Episodes of Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast?
The first episode of Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast was released on Sep 13, 2023.
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