Meeting May 17
Our guest speaker is Joshua Knelman, the author of the acclaimed Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives Through the Secret World of Stolen Art. Hot Art is a finalist in the Nonfiction category for the Arthur Ellis Awards, which take place on May 31.
Join us at 7 p.m. at the Northern District Branch of the Toronto Library at 40 Orchard View Blvd (just a block north of Yonge and Eglinton).
Everyone is welcome to attend our meetings. A $5 fee is charged for non-members. Please note our meeting room is on the second floor of the library -- take the elevator in the lobby up to the meeting rooms.
Join Us!
Interested in dinner? Join us about 5:30 p.m. at the Ho Su Bistro (Japanese and Korean food, reasonably priced) at 2352 Yonge Street. Located north of Orchard View Blvd. on the west side, just around the corner from the library.
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Rap Sheet
Bloody Good Lunch! Sisters in Crime is hosting a lunch after Bloody Words, & you don't have to be registered at the con to attend. Time: 1:30 p.m. Place: Spring Rolls, 240 Queen St. W. (upstairs). Menu options for meat eaters and vegetarians, plus coffee/tea & a cash bar. Cost: $30 with the cheque due by May 31. Check your email for more details or contact our chapter.
Congrats! to Toronto SinC members on the CWC/ Arthur Ellis Awards shortlist: Catherine Astolfo & Melodie Campbell for Best Crime Short Story, Madeleine Harris-Callway for Best Unpublished First Novel. Awards will be presented at the Arthur Ellis Awards Dinner on May 31. Good luck & may the odds be ever in your favour!
Superagent Donald Maass presents an intensive, hands-on workshop for advanced fiction writers on June 9 at North York Memorial Hall, 5110 Yonge St., from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $75 for Toronto Romance Writers members. $100 for nonmembers/guests. Lunch included. Registration for non-members/ guests available after May 15. For info, go here