2016 CrimeFest Award Winners

by | May 28, 2016 | Awards

Last Weekend, at Crimefest 2016, the following awards were presented. AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD The Audible Sounds of Crime Award is for the best unabridged crime audiobook first published in the UK in 2015 in both printed and audio formats, and available for...

GREEN ROOM Reviewed

by | May 27, 2016 | Films

Green Room Written and Directed by Jeremy Saulnier Starring: Anton Yelchin, Imogene Poots, Patrick Stewart A punk rock band (The Ain’t Rights) have had no success, but when they are offered a gig in the woods of Oregon, they take it. The gig is at a dive bar and...

Greed Is God

by | May 27, 2016 | Books

Greed stalks desperation. The desire to exploit can slither down through the cracks and find people hidden from sight and in the greatest need. In an industry driven by greed, the desperate are fodder. That moment, where greed finally catches up with desperation, is...

Winners of the 2016 Arthur Ellis Awards

by | May 26, 2016 | Awards

The Crime Writers of Canada have announced the winners of the 2016 Arthur Ellis Awards tonight. Best Novel Peter Kirby, Open Season, Linda Leith Publishing Rest of the shortlist: Peggy Blair, Hungry Ghosts, Simon & Schuster John Farrow, The Storm Murders, Minotaur...

Rebirth Begins – First Issue Reviewed

by | May 25, 2016 | Comics

For a few years now when I talk comics with my friends, Dan and my sister Jennifer in particular, when we talk about DC comics the observation we seem to agree on more than anything else is that what has been missing is the fun, this light and the hope. From all...

Not Just a Man in a Bat Costume

by | May 24, 2016 | Comics

The day came when I refused to go back to CCD classes. I knew every Sunday when I learned about how mad God was at me my sister was home watching Batman. The unfairness rankled. I put my tiny foot down (I was a truly small, itty kid) and my mom shocked my by agreeing....