Classes and Awards Announcements

On Thursday, April 22nd, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm,  there will be an Arthur Ellis Awards short list announced at the W.R. Castell Central Library in downtown Calgary.

Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA) and Writers Guild of Alberta (WGA): Albertan writers and publishers will toast the best in Alberta books with the 2010 Alberta Book Awards Gala on Friday, May 14 in Edmonton. Among the awards at stake will be the inaugural Reader Choice Award. More details on this event will be available soon on the BPAA’s website and the WGA’s website. 

Reminder: Ink's Master Class on the Mystery Novel with Garry Ryan 

Saturday afternoons - April 17, 24, May 1, 8 - at Louise Reilly Branch in the annex. Free to Ink members but you must register your intent to attend with Anne Jayne or email info@mysterywritersink.com to reserve your seat. You must submit some writing for critique and put your best effort into critique of other participants' writing (minimum and maximum page limits will apply). 

Bloody Words 2010 - Toronto Canada's Crime and Mystery Conference May 28-30, 2010

Online Classes of Interest:

Creating a Web Presence for the Techno-Challenged

Understanding Scene: How Goal, Motivation, Conflict and Disaster Factor into it