Our Latest Podcasts

• 2023 002 Collision Reconstruction: Canadian Crime Writers

  Are Canadian crime writers pigeon-holed? Can they "break through" with non-Canadian (read: U.S.) readers. Panelists from the 2012 and 2018 festivals offer their thoughts in another Collision Reconstruction. Anthony Bidulka, Dwayne Clayden, J. E. Barnard, David A. Poulsen, Susan Calder   

• 2023 001 Collision Reconstruction: Editing

  To whet your appetite for our first in-person festival in three years, we're dipping into the archive to revisit some past encounters, Collision Reconstructions if you will. First is a mash-up of editing panels from 2012 and 2018. "We've Been Edited" featured Carrie Mumford, Peter V. Brett, Edward Willett, E. C. Bell, and Raina Schnider.…

• 2019 027 Writing Facts In Fiction

  Some of the best ways to get it right and make all the difference in the effectiveness of your story. (NB: embarrassingly, in a panel about facts, one fact is wrong--the Russian Tsar was Ivan the Terrible, not Peter the Great!) Barb Galler-Smith, Ann Marston, Tony King, Shelley McAneeley, Michaela Ritchie (M)

• 2019 026 Self Published vs. Traditional

  Join prolific authors, Jonas Saul and Tracy Cooper-Posey, who've both had (or still have) literary agents and who have (and still do) self-publish. This interactive discussion covers the pros and cons of self-publishing and the ups and downs of having a literary agent. Get a feel for which direction to go in your own journey…

• Is Plot King

  Does a satisfactory mystery depend on plot? Or has the classic whodunit evolved into a mainstream novel with a murder or other significant crime? Panelists debate the elements of a good crime/mystery book (e.g. plot, character, action) and which elements are most important to the story. Alice Bienia, Jim Jackson, P. J. Vernon, David Poulsen…