We hope all our members near (and far!) have been enjoying the fantastic line-up of speakers we've been able to present in 2023.
See below and on our Upcoming Events page for our powerhouse presenters over the next several months.
These Zoom meetings are (normally) a Members Only event. This September, however, we have made it an OPEN MEETING! But you do have to Register in advance on the SinC-US Zoom site to be sent a link to join us, even if you are a Member.
Why not take this moment to renew your membership?
For your $25 fee, you will enjoy all the Chapter benefits and be supporting the Toronto Chapter in promoting the ongoing advancement, recognition, and professional development of Canadian women crime writers. This will cover you for the entire year of 2024, whether the meetings are Zoom or in-person! Plus you will get discounted admission to our in-person events.
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>>>Our Upcoming Events<<<
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Our Writers Read!
It's September when temperatures cool off but publishing heats up. We kick off the autumn crime fiction season with "The Plot Thickens," readings from Sharon Crawford, Alice Fitzpatrick, Lynne Murphy, and Carolyne Topdijan, who will read from their recent work and talk about their writing journeys.
For this meeting only it will be an open meeting: everyone is welcome, member or not! However, even if you are a Member you must register in advance on the SinC-US Zoom site to be sent a link to join us. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing your Zoom link and information about joining the meeting.
Tune in to hear:
- Sharon A. Crawford: A former journalist, Crawford is a freelance memoir and fiction writer, writing consultant/ instructor, blogger, book reviewer, editor, and actor. She hosts the online TV show Crime Beat Confidential. Sharon’s most recent book is The Enemies Within Us: a Memoir (Blue Denim Press, 2020). She runs the East End Writers’ Group.
- Alice Fitzpatrick: The author of The Secrets in the Water, the first of the Meredith Island Mystery series. Fitzpatrick also writes literary and mystery short stories. Her summers, spent with her Welsh family in Pembrokeshire, inspired the creation of Meredith Island. The psychology of the traditional mystery appeals to her when it asks: what makes seemingly ordinary people commit murder?
- Lynne Murphy: Born in Saskatchewan, Murphy regularly references that province in her writing. She worked as a print and radio journalist and was the first woman editor hired by CBC Radio News (1960). The author of Potluck and Other Stories, her short fiction has been published by Sisters in Crime (Toronto), the Mesdames of Mayhem, and Carrick Publishing. A founding member of Sisters in Crime, Toronto, she belongs to Crime Writers of Canada and Mesdames of Mayhem.
- Carolyne Topdjian: A suspense writer and author of the gothic novels The Hitman's Daughter and The Black Moth. A professor in the Faculty of Media, Creative Arts and Design at Humber College in Toronto; Topdjian has published short fiction in PRISM International, Dreamers Magazine, and Firewords Quarterly. She was shortlisted for the Ghost Prize by Fractured Literary.
When you join us/renew for the low, low price of $25, it will give you access to our meetings for all of 2024 (both Zoom and in-person) and discounts to our various in-person events. We will add you to the Members Only mailing with the Zoom codes.
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