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The Crime Writers of Canada handed out the annual Arthur Ellis Awards, recognizing excellence in Canadian crime fiction. The nod for Best Crime Novel went to Until the Night by Giles Blunt, while the Best First Crime Novel was given to The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James. For all the categories, check out the CWC website.
The Crime Writers Association of the UK announced the shortlists for several of its awards, including the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger; The International Dagger; the Dagger for Non-Fiction; the Dagger in the Library; the Short Story Dagger, and the Debut Dagger.
The inaugural Petrona Award winner, announced at the CrimeFest dinner June 1, went to Last Will by Liza Marklund. The award is handed out for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year and was established in memory of Maxine Clarke, who blogged as Petrona and specialized in Scandinavian crime fiction.
Although Canada's Bloody Words mystery conference is skipping 2013, the conference still presented the Bloody Words Light Mystery Award at the Bony Blithe Gala held in Toronto. The winner was Elizabeth J. Duncan for her fourth Penny Brannigan mystery, A Small Hill To Die On. The full conference will return next year to Toronto and in 2015 to Halifax.
The Audio Publishers Association handed out its 2013 Audie Awards, recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. The Audio Book of the Year Awards went to The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, as read by by Colin Firth; the winner in the Mystery category was The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny, read by Ralph Cosham; and the award for Best Thriller went to Red, White, and Blood by Christopher Farnsworth as read by Bronson Pinchot.
Poisoned Pen announced the winner of their second annual Discover Mystery Contest for unpublished novels. The award went to Eileen Brady for her cozy mystery, Dog Shows Are Murder. Finalists included Peggy McKeep Barnhill, Judy L. Murray, and Carmen Will.
Whodunnit?: Murder in Mystery Manor, from CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker, will hit the airwaves on ABC in June, but Zuiker announced a tie-in novel series based on the show to be released one week before the series premiere. The premise of both is an putting amateur sleuths’ investigative skills to the test in a mystery reality competition, with players employing crime scene investigation techniques to discover who among them is the "killer."
The Q&A roundup this week includes Reed Farrel Coleman joining the Mystery People to talk about their "pick of the month," the author's latest novel Onion Street; and Scandinavian crime writer Jens Lapidus talked with the Wall Street Journal about his Stockholm Noir trilogy and the secret criminal side of Sweden.
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