Crime Writers of Canada's Podcast
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.
Hosted by Erik D'Souza
Episodes
67 episodes
Kelly Young, Streets Alive on Overdrive
Kelly Young has a BA in English from the University of Waterloo and worked as a reporter for many years before becoming a swimming instructor. She has since retired.A member of Crime Writers of Canada and Sisters in Crime, she is the sel...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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15:46
Janice MacDonald, Victor & Me in Paris
Janice MacDonald is a Canadian author of mystery novels, textbooks, non-fiction titles, and stories for both children and adults. She is best known for writing seven novels featuring amateur sleuth Miranda “Randy” Craig. The Randy Craig Mysteri...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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21:21
Melodie Campbell, The Silent Film Star Murders
Called the “Queen of Comedy" by the Toronto Sun, Melodie Campbell was also named the “Canadian literary heir to Donald Westlake” by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Winner of 10 awards, including the Derringer and the Crime Writers of Canad...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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21:27
Joanna Vander Vlugt, Spy Girls
Joanna is an author, podcaster, and illustrator. her debut novel, The Unravelling, and her second novel in the Dealer’s Child were both Canadian Book Club Awards finalists, and now Spy Girls, the third novel in the Jade and Sage thriller ...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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24:58
Cheryl Freedman and The Bony Blithe Mini-Con
Cheryl Freedman is a long-time freelance editor who edits anything she finds interesting, including crime fiction, academic papers, Jewish mysticism books and articles, memoirs, and more. She was the executive director of Crime Writers of Canad...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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21:50
Robert Rotenberg, One Minute More
Robert Rotenberg is a crime author and criminal defense lawyer, recognized for his legal thrillers, many of which are set in Toronto. His debut novel, "Old City Hall," was published in 2009 and became an international bestseller. Since then, he...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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19:08
Laura Churchill Duke, Footprints in the Snow
Laura is a communication specialist and journalist in the Annapolis Valley. She is currently teaching communication to first year kinesiology students at Acadia University, focusing on writing, research and presentation skills. Her first book, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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17:02
Amber Cowie, The Off Season
Amber Cowie is a BC mystery author best known for her captivating psychological thrillers. The talented author graduated from the University of Victoria and has been working as a freelance writer for Salon, The New York Times, The Globe and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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20:45
Angela Douglas, Every Fall
Angela Douglas is a Canadian author who lives in the Okanagan (British Columbia) with her husband and kids. She writes thrillers and creative nonfiction. When she isn’t working or hanging out with her family, she hides in her studio with her bu...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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13:03
Shane Peacock, As We Forgive Others
Shane Peacock is an author published in twenty languages in eighteen countries. He has won the Junior Library Guild of America Selection seven times, the Arthur Ellis Award twice, and been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award and the TD...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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20:58
Katie Tallo, Buried Road
For three decades, Katie has been an award-winning screenwriter and director, collaborating on projects in animation, television and motion pictures. After winning an international novel contest for women writers in 2013, Katie landed a publish...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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21:48
The Mesdames and Messieurs of Mayhem, The 13th Letter
The Mesdames and Messieurs of Mayhem are a collective of established Canadian crime fiction authors and talented new writers of the genre. Visit their website, mesdamesofmayhem.com, to watch the CBC d...
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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50:48
Shane Joaquin Jimenez, Bondage
Shane Joaquin Jimenez is the author of the feminist neon-noir thriller novel Bondage. His writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Rain Taxi, The Greensboro Review, Denver Quarterly, Hunger Mountain, Bat City Review,...
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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20:55
David Wickenden: The Origami Deception
After 31 years in the Fire Service and attaining the rank of Deputy Fire Chief, David Wickenden retired to write thriller novels full time. He has published six thrillers and one YA Fantasy since 2018. He is a member of the International Thrill...
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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16:30
David W. Barber, Mugshot
David W. Barber is a journalist and musician and the author of more than a dozen books of music (including Accidentals on Purpose; Bach, Beethoven and the Boys; When the Fat Lady Sings; and Getting a Handel on Messiah) and literature (including...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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17:52
Lorne Tepperman, Deadly Donation
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, an...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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23:09
A.J. Devlin, Bronco Buster
A.J. Devlin has a BFA in Screenwriting from Chapman University, a MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute Conservatory, and has worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. COBRA CLUTCH (“Hammerhead” Book 1, published by
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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12:13
Winona Kent: Author of the Jason Davey Series & The 2024/2025 Chair of The CWC
Winona Kent was born in London, England and grew up in Regina, Saskatchewan, where she completed her BA in English at the University of Regina. After moving to Vancouver, she graduated from UBC with an MFA in Creative Writing and received her d...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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19:11
Maureen Jennings, March Roars
Maureen Jennings is the author of the beloved Murdoch mystery books, which have sold hundreds of thousands of copies in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. The first books in the series were made into films for television. Soon after, Murdoch Myster...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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22:27
J. Ivanel Johnson: Just A Stale Mate
J. Ivanel Johnson is the pen name for an author living with (dis)Ability who now resides in the Appalachian range of Northwestern New Brunswick on a small farm overlooking inspirational views of nature. Like her grandmother before her (the 'Iva...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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19:29
J. Woollcott, Blood Relations
J. Woollcott is a Canadian author born in Belfast, N. Ireland. She is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers in Toronto. She has won the RWA Daphne du Maurier Award for Mainstream Mystery and Suspense, has been long-listed in the Crime Wri...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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19:55
Jonathan Whitelaw and The Concert Hall Killer
Jonathan Whitelaw is a Scottish author, journalist, and broadcaster. He now calls Grand Prairie, Alberta home. His cozy crime novels are a delightful blend of mystery and humour. His unlikely pair of detectives, the jaded ex-newspaper journalis...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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19:02
Raye Anderson: Sing a Song of Summer
Raye Anderson is a Scots Canadian who taught Drama and ran Theatre and Community arts programs for many years, notably at Prairie Theatre Exchange in Winnipeg, in Ottawa and Calgary.Raye has been a resident of the Interlake since 2007 an...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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18:34
Delvin Chatterson and Bad Boys in Boston
Delvin Chatterson is the internationally acclaimed author of the Dale Hunter Thriller Series, an explosive mix of crime and corruption in the computer business of the 1980s. Dale Hunter and his buddy, Frank the Fixer, were introduced in 2...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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17:52
William Deverell and The Long-Shot Trial
William Deverell is a Canadian novelist, activist, and criminal lawyer. He is one of Canada’s best-known novelists, whose first book, Needles, which drew on his experiences as a criminal lawyer, won the McClelland & Stewart $50,000 Seal Awa...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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