North Shore Writers Festival 2017
Sat 8th April, 10-11.30-am. I'm a panellist at the North Shore Writers Festival, alongside Alexander Boldizar and Lawrence Verigin. We'll be talking about 'Setting and Character Development' in novels. Later, you can join the three of us at the Writer's Cafe in the Lunch Break Lounge. Chat about writing, ask questions - ...
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Noir at the Bar, May 4th 2016
I will be reading at the Shebeen Whisky House, Gastown, Vancouver as part of the 'Noir at the Bar' series on May 4th, 2016. Have a wee dram with myself, Owen Laukkanen, Dietrich Kalteis, Linda L. Richards, Robin Spano, Sam Wiebe and Debra Purdy Kong. ...
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Savour shortlisted for 2015 ReLit Awards
SAVOUR has been shortlisted for the 2015 ReLit Awards in Canada. The awards recognise the best novels, short stories and poetry published by independent publishers in Canada in a given year. The CBC announcement is ...
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Crime Writers Lunch
I will be reading at the Crime Writers Lunch on Sat 17th October, as part of the Whistler Writers Festival. Along with William Deverell, Dietrich Kalteis, and Linden MacIntyre, I'll be chatting with Feet Banks about the depths of villainous creativity. Looking forward to mulling over evil, murder, mystery and other good ...
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The ‘Lizzy Trilogy’ Optioned for TV
The 'Lizzy Trilogy' (the first two books Nondescript Rambunctious and Savour, have been published to date) has been optioned by Vancouver-based Calypso 35 Films. Jeff Murphy, who won Best Writer Award at the 2014 Welsh BAFTAs for Hinterland, will be writing what is intended to be a multi-episode television series with ...
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Vancouver Writers Fest Contest
My story 'The Corners Fade' won 2nd place in The Vancouver Writers Fest fiction contest, 2014. The story can be read ...
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Quill & Quire reviews ‘Savour’
"… a unique and unsettling perspective to the otherwise hoary trope of the relationship between a serial killer and his victim….The narrative development, driven by character rather than expected machinations of the plot, is a genuine pleasure…Savour contains enough information about the events of Nondescript ...
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