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  • Novelist John Jantunen on Opening Scenes, Naming Murderers After Friends, & the Strange Time He Met His Protagonist in Northern Ontario
    Novelist John Jantunen on Opening Scenes, Naming Murderers After Friends, & the Strange Time He Met His Protagonist in Northern Ontario
    April 01, 2021

    Novelist John Jantunen on Opening Scenes, Naming Murderers After Friends, & the Strange Time He Met His Protagonist in Northern Ontario

    In the not too distant future, a prison filled with hardened inmates is suddenly plunged into darkness. The power has mysteriously gone out, and it's not coming back. The guards flee the prison, leaving ...

  • A.G. Pasquella Shows Readers the City's Dark Side in His Compulsively Readable Toronto Crime Novels
    A.G. Pasquella Shows Readers the City's Dark Side in His Compulsively Readable Toronto Crime Novels
    February 04, 2021

    A.G. Pasquella Shows Readers the City's Dark Side in His Compulsively Readable Toronto Crime Novels

    Toronto's dark side takes centre stage in A.G. Pasquella's Jack Palace series. Season of Smoke (Dundurn Press), the newest instalment in the series, sees Jack backed into a terrible corner when his past ...

  • Contest: Dive into Ian Hamilton's HBO-Like Uncle Chow Tung Series with a Prize Pack from Anansi!
    Contest: Dive into Ian Hamilton's HBO-Like Uncle Chow Tung Series with a Prize Pack from Anansi!
    January 11, 2021

    Contest: Dive into Ian Hamilton's HBO-Like Uncle Chow Tung Series with a Prize Pack from Anansi!

    Ian Hamilton's bestselling Ava Lee series had legions of fans cheering for the young forensic accountant turned complicated crime fighter. But an unexpected side effect of the blockbuster series was fan ...

  • "Boring the Reader is the Worst Crime of All" Meet Our October writer-in-residence Dietrich Kalteis
    "Boring the Reader is the Worst Crime of All" Meet Our October writer-in-residence Dietrich Kalteis
    September 30, 2020

    "Boring the Reader is the Worst Crime of All" Meet Our October writer-in-residence Dietrich Kalteis

    As the temperature dips, there is no better time to curl up with a piano-wire-taut pageturner. Which is why we are so excited to welcome award-winning author Dietrich Kalteis as our October 2020 writer-in-residence ...

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