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August 22, 2023


I'll be reading from my new anthology, Ten Stories That Worried My Mother, at the Writers Showcase at Vancouver Public Library (Central Library) (350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver), Montalbano Family Theatre, Level 8, 6.30pm til 8.00pm, Tuesday, August 22, 2023.
More info here

Immediately following the VPL event, I'll be officially launching Ten Stories... at a separate event, the Authors Social Mixer, Library Square Public House, 300 West Georgia (corner of Homer and West Georgia) (outdoor terrace) 8:30 pm 'til closing. The authors from the Writers Showcase will be there, and we'll be joined by Sarah M Stephen, Tony Ollivier, Charlotte Morganti and Meredith Hambrock. Books will be for sale!



January 26, 2023
I appeared at the Royal City Literary Arts Society Tellers of Short Tales chatting, answering questions and reading the short story I wrote for the SinC-CW anthology Crime Wave 2: Women of a Certain Age - "Terminal Lucidity". The full video replay is about an hour long and is online here.

If you're interested in buying a copy of the anthology, Crime Wave 2: Women of a Certain Age, please click here.





December 29, 2022 - The New Westminster Anchor has given me a mention in its 2022 wrapup of stories about New Westminster creatives.

Local mystery writer Winona Kent, who lives in Quayside, talked about the kinds of inspirations her home has created in writing about Jason Davey.

“A lot of my fans, most of them are in England, and they know Jason. I’m really, really hoping people here – in places like Vancouver, and in New West – I hope they’ll get to know him, too.”  

For the entire story, please click here.

December 13, 2022 - If you're looking for a stocking stuffer...Ticket to Ride's available at Groove Cat Books and Records in New Westminster! A very cool bookstore run by Cat and John that also features vinyl music! A perfect match!
They've put it on their website as well so you can reserve your copy by checking out for pick-up in store. Please click here.



December 3, 2022 - I joined CWC author Marion Crook (writing as Emma Dakin) as she launched her new novel, Danger in Edinburgh, at the Sechelt Library on BC's Sunshine Coast. We did readings and answered questions - and there was tea and cake!



November 19, 2022 - I had an excellent day at Port Moody Public Library's Writer Fest, selling books and taking part in a dialogue workshop with Erik D'Souza, Debra Purdy Kong, and Mallee Stanley.



October 26, 2022 - Writers in our Midst
I selected and excerpted and practiced my spooky 8 minutes from Ticket to Ride for my reading at Writers in Our Midst at Port Moody Library. It's an appropriate ghost story involving an airman and Biggin Hill.
The meetup with a lovely group of local authors was organized by Erik d'Souza and featured me, Trevor Atkins, DB Carew. AJ Devlin, Carlos Lozano Gilbert and Taewon Kook.
You can watch it on Facebook - the video begins at 19:22
Please click here.


October 13, 2022 - Meet the Board (Season 2, Ep 2)
A Conversation with WINONA KENT
Meet the Board is a series of interviews with the Crime Writers of Canada’s Board Members. In episode 2 we talk to Winona Kent, the vice-chair of the CWC and BC/Yukon representative.
We chatted about my writing, how my amateur sleuth Jason Davey came to be, where I get my ideas from, fortune tellers and guardian angels and of course my work as the CWC BC rep and Vice Chair. Please click here.


October 12, 2022 - SXM The Breakdown
An excellent interview that began with my tale of breaking into a neighbour's house when I was 5 and stealing a chocolate bar out of their fridge and progressed to CWC membership renewals, AE Awards, west coast book launches and my Jason Davey mysteries! A thoroughly enjoyable 20 minutes!
3-5 PM ET on SXM Canada Talks


October 1, 2022 - I had a great time signing books on our Tri-Cities Indy Bookstore Crawl with fellow Crime Writers of Canada authors AJ Devlin, Jeremy Siemens, db Carew and Debra Purdy Kong. Big thanks to Coastal Books in Port Moody and Western Sky Books in Port Coquitlam for having us!



September 25, 2022 - Thanks to all the Crime Writers of Canada authors who sat at our table today at Word Vancouver. Thanks so much to everyone who came out to support local writing and it was lovely to see you all in person! Rick Alexander, Shoshona Freedman, Jeremy Siemens, A.J. Devlin, Marion Crook, Sarah M. Stephen, db Carew,  Paulette McCarthy, Debra Purdy Kong, Erik D'Souza, Richard Boyer, Meredith Hambrock, Bob Harris and Elizabeth Bass. Thank you all!


September 17, 2022 - I had a fabulous time at Chapters Nanaimo signing books with fellow author Joanna Vander Vlugt!



September 2, 2022 - A lovely new review of Ticket to Ride by Valerie Green at The BC Review
"The author has managed to intertwine the tale of a band touring England in 2018 with mystery, history, murder, a ghost and even a Guardian Angel thrown in for good measure. This bizarre combination makes for a page-turning book which holds your attention until the very end."
Please click here.

August 12, 2022 For those of you familiar with When Words Collide, you'll know all about this wonderful annual festival bringing together readers and writers. This year it was once again 100% online (August 12 to 14, 2022) and Crime Writers of Canada and Sisters in Crime-Canada West were very involved in the planning and scheduling of a number of of the mystery and crime writing panels. I took part in a panel called Dying to Travel on Friday August 12 at 1pm (MT) / 12pm (PT).

What makes authors set their crime novels in exotic locations and why are readers willing to pack up their emotions and go on that journey with them? In this panel, moderator Anthony Bidulka and panelists Marion Crook, Karen Dodd and Winona Kent will discuss what goes into making the magic that causes readers to say, “I can feel, taste and smell where this story takes place.”


July 31, 2022 - Another excellent day signing books - this time at Indigo Langley!



July 30, 2022 - Rick Alexander and I were at Chapters Coquitlam Sat July 30 1pm-3pm. We were signing our books and giving away free sweets!




July 28, 2022 - I'm introducing Chinatown at VIFF's Crime Scenes series Thursday July 28 at 8.30pm. My CWC colleagues Sam Wiebe AJ Devlin Erik D'Souza and Iona Whishaw are introducing other films in the series throughout July and August!
• Winona Kent (Chinatown - Roman Polanski, USA, 1974) July 28 8.30pm

July 11, 2022 - Introducing "Terminal Lucidity" by me! One of the sixteen fabulous stories that range from light-hearted to heart-breaking, from romantic to treacherous, in Sisters in Crime-Canada West's second anthology, Crime Wave: Women of A Certain Age.
Please click here.



June 11 and 12, 2022 - If you live in Vancouver and you love mystery and crime fiction, Rick Alexander Jr and I will be at Indigo's flagship store on Robson, Sat June 11 & Sun June 12, 1pm-3pm. We'll be signing copies of our latest books!


June 9, 2022 - Today in the New Westminster Record...
New Westminster author holds Metro Vancouver Indigo signings
Love mysteries? Get to know Winona Kent and her Jason Davey mystery series.
Please click here.

May 27, 2022 - Last day of my blog tour! Please visit Dear Reader, Love Author whereI'll tell you all about Jason Davey and why I love writing his mystery series. Please click here.

May 26, 2022 - Really thrilled to be taking part in the ‘Cozy Corner' panel at the 2022 Maple Leaf Mystery Conference.
Everything from cozies to amateur sleuths to lighter mysteries. No gore or grime but lots of grit. Fun, easy, breezy reading. Moderator: Lynn McPherson Panelists: Winona Kent, Ginger Bolton, Diane Bator, Sharon Crawford
Thursday, May 26th 8:15pm (Eastern) 5.15pm (Pacific)
Conference is May 24-28 online! Please click here.


May 24, 2022 - I'm featured today on Blogging Authors, chatting about the return of Jason's guardian angel, Jilly, in Ticket to Ride. Please click here.

May 18, 2022 - I'm featured today on Literarily Speaking...chatting about the music in Ticket to Ride and Lost Time. See which tunes I made up, and which ones are real! I had a lot of fun with that. Please click here.

May 10, 2022 - I'm quite proud of this book trailer I made for Lost Time last year. It really brings the book to life. Created with Lumen 5 and their royalty-free music and graphics package. You can click on the image or the link here to watch it on YouTube.

May 9, 2022 - Today I'm featured on Nuttin' but Books, chatting about why I decided to write mysteries and what inspired Ticket to Ride.
Please click here.

May 4, 2022 - I'm featured on My Bookish Pleasures, chatting about how my mum's declining health and eventual passing impacted the writing of Ticket to Ride. Please do drop by and have a read here.

May 2, 2022 - Today I'm featured on The Writer's Life, chatting about how I came up with the idea for Ticket to Ride, ghosts, and what part was most fun to write.
Please click here.

May 1, 2022 - I'm featured on The Storyreading Ape Blog, chatting about ... everything, really.
Please click here.

April 29, 2022 - Today I'm featured on Deborah-Zenha Adams blog chatting about how one of my baddies completely surprised me, my first novels and advice for new writers.
Please click here.

April 25, 2022 - I'm featured today on Book Bloggin' Princess, chatting about my main characters, toughest criticism and advice to my younger self.
Please click here.

April 23, 2022 - Thank you so much to Colleen Tsoukalas for the fabulous review!
"A series of small incidents cause so much inconvenience and disruption...they eventually stop being inconveniences and become murder. There is rage, a simmering family resentment, that has boiled from the early beginnings of the band until the present. Rage is the underlying poison and then there is insulin, a medicine, but also deadly if misused. Should you fancy reading a mystery full of dreams, visions, ghosts, coincidences, things that drop, good music and delectable food, and should you like following the advice to look up and look forward, you should pick up a copy of Ticket to Ride."
Read the full review here.




April 21, 2022 - Today I'm really excited to be featured on Debra Purdy Kong's blog, Mystery Deb, chatting about getting older, losing weight, and how my intimate familiarity with insulin became a crucial storyline in Ticket to Ride.  Please click here.

April 18, 2022 - How and why I wrote Ticket to Ride - today on "The Story Behind...."
Please click here.

April 13, 2022 - I'm featured today on Blogging Authors.
Twenty questions... including... plotter or pantser, favorite place to write, most exciting experience (hint: Paul McCartney). Please click here.

April 11, 2022 - Chatting today on As The Page Turns...who are my main characters, why I chose specific locations, pivotal moments. Please click here.

April 7, 2022 - "What makes your book stand out from the rest?"
Read my answer on The Literary Nook here (clue: Musical Mystery).

April 3, 2022 - Truly honoured that my piece, Behind the Scenes: Google Street View, which was originally featured on Judy Penz Sheluk's blog, has also been showcased by Christopher Graham 's Story Reading Ape blog in the UK.
Judy's blog is here.
The Story Reading Ape is here.

April 3, 2022 - I was honoured and excited to be featured on Cozy Up with Kathy's blog. Read all about my experiences with ghosts and the paranormal here.

April 2, 2022 - I was thrilled to be featured on Joanna Vandervlugt's JCVArt Studio podcast. The interview was done while I was recovering from The Cold from Hell, hence my Marlene Dietrich impersonation (thankfully my voice held out). Have a listen...and discover my Sean Bean connection (Death by Cow)... why Ticket to Ride was so difficult to write... and why I created the 'official' Figgis Green Tour website.
The podcast is here.
The Figgis Green website is here.

March 27, 2022 - I was featured on Diane Bator's wonderful blog, Escape With a Writer, talking about how Ticket to Ride battled me every step of the way.
You can read it here.

March 26, 2022 - Ticket to Ride, the fourth book in my Jason Davey Mysteries, was released on March 26, 2022.

August 10, 2021 - I took part in New Westminster Public Library's Live Online Author Talk.
Unfortunately, I don't think it was recorded, but the announcement is here.



August 4, 2021 - I'm featured today on Diane Bator, Author 's blog Escape With a Writer! Thanks, Diane, for letting me reveal a few little secrets about my writing journey.  Please click here.

August 3, 2021 - I took part in a panel - The Western Wing, Episode 1 - Amateur Sleuth
With Winona Kent, Debra Purdy Kong and Judee Fong
Moderated by Erik D'Souza. You can watch it on YouTube here.



June 28, 2021 - I was interviewed by Del Chatterson, author of the Dale Hunter Series and CWC Rep. for Quebec and Atlantic.
Please click here.

June 26, 2021 - A new story all about me and my writing career in the New Westminster Record. Please click here.

June 4, 2021 - I'm excited to announce the publication of Last Shot, a new anthology featuring me and three of my excellent crime-writing colleagues, Alice Bienia, Dwayne Clayden and Peter Kingsmill. My contribution is Blue Devil Blues, and it's (of course) a Jason Davey mystery.

May 12, 2021 - I'll be joining Diane Bator, Janet Bolin, Peter Kingsmill, and Lynn McPherson for a Crime Writers of Canada panel 'Killing Them Softly: Cozy Mysteries' at the Ontario Association of Library Technicians 2021 conference. 12pm-1245pm EST.

April 21, 2021 - I'm thrilled to announce that my story, Salty Dog Blues, is a finalist in the Crime Writers of Canada's Awards of Excellence for Best Crime Novella.



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