Thursday, January 24, 2019

Upcoming Events. 2019


February 1 (Friday). OLA (Ontario Library Association) Superconference. Crime Writers of Canada members present short pitches (2 to 3 min) on their current books -1 to 2 p.m. Metro Convention Centre Toronto

February 20 (Weds) The Writers Union of Canada (TWUC). Panel on Writers' Groups. Glad Day Bookshop.  Church & Wellesley. Patricia Westerhof., Allan Weiss,  Heather Wood, & MLD
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February 28 (Thurs) Noir at The Bar.. 7 pm  Wallace Gastro Pub. Reading (Christian Baines, Mary Lou Dickinson, Michael Januska, Kim Moritsugu, Jon Sheppard, Jennifer Soosas)
954 Yonge St., at Davisville, Toronto.

March 7 (Thurs.) Novel Idea Books 7 pm (Kingston, ON). Readings and Q&A with Lisa de Nikolits, Mary Lou Dickinson, Ursula Pflug, & Elizabeth Greene

March 12 (Tues)      Book Club (Toronto)  Private

March 21 (Thurs)    University Women’s Club, East York  Speech 7.30 pm

March 31 (Sun)       Famous Last Words (to be confirmed) evening

 April 10 (Weds)     Book Club (Toronto) evening Private

April 18 (Thurs)     Panel 7 pm (Authors from Crime Writers of Canada whose mysteries are set in Toronto at Sisters in   Crime meeting) Sharon Crawford, Lisa de Nikolits, Mary Lou Dickinson, &  Desmond Ryan. With special guest, Maureen Jennings.. At Northern District  Library. Open to the public. $5.non members of SINC..


Tuesday, January 1, 2019

A Writer's Life. A New Year. And it begins on an especially good note.

What a gift to arrive home late on New Year's Eve to find this on Facebook as part of a post by Jeffery Round about books he had read an liked over the season. Many thanks to Jeffery, a fine writer himself.

"The White Ribbon Man by Mary Lou Dickinson (Inanna) – every once in a while you come across a book that has so much heart you just want to hug it. This is one of them, but the surprise is that it’s also an adroitly told whodunit. Dickinson takes Toronto’s famous Church of the Holy Trinity (behind the Eaton Centre) and creates not only an intimate portrait of the community that revolves around it, but also the prickly details of a murder and its suspects, including the church's sleep-walking pastor. A highly enjoyable read, it also offers some perceptive insights into the psychic ills of our times."

Jeffery Round on Facebook. Dec. 31, 2018.