It's the final countdown!

In just a few short hours, the 2013 winner of the prestigious Bony Blithe Award will have been announced.

In just a few short hours, one author will be called up to the podium at the National Club to accept their award (oh and yes! a nice little cheque to go along with it!) and stand in front of their peers and loved ones to accept the award and have their moment in the spotlight.

In just a few short hours, all of the months of hard work and effort of a team of fabulous collaborators will all come together in a glorious room, in an amazingly historic building that's full of it's own mysteries and intrigue.  In just a few short hours, perhaps a brand new Bony Blithe entry will be born...!

Blood Bath & Beyond; It's love at first bite!

Before we get to the good stuff (you know, the stuff you actually come here to read!) I'd like to take a quick moment to express how excited we are for next Wednesday!

Wait!  You don't know what next Wednesday is?  Oh no!  You should definitely click here, right now and find out!

Oh!  So you know what's happening next Wednesday - only one of the most exciting, ticketed events in the Canadian Mystery writing community, the Bony Blithe Award Gala, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR TICKETS YET?  eeeeeeeeeeeek!  We need to fix that.  Like, now!   Click HERE!

You're welcome!

Friday is the deadline for purchasing tickets.  Don't miss out on this sure to be incredible evening!

The Threadville Effect

Another week brings us not only one week closer to the big night (that is most definitely a gentle reminder - ok, not so gentle reminder, that if you don't have your tickets yet, you should GET THEM NOW!) but it brings us to, well another Write About it Wednesday!

This week finds us featuring Janet Bolin.  A lover of reading, writing, sewing and beautiful 4-legged furry friends, she is the author of the Threadville series.  Dire Threads, Berkley Prime Crime, the first novel in the series, was nominated for both the Bony Blithe Award and the Agatha Award in 2012.  The second novel in the series, Threaded for Trouble, is the book for which she has been nominated for the 2013 Bony Blithe Award.

The path to publication sometimes runs smooth

Wow!  It's May.  And not just May, like the first couple of days.  We're fully into the first full week of May.  You know what that means?  Well, that the anticipation, the excitement, the mystery and the intrigue are all soon about to come to an amazing and spectacular end!  

Of course, I could have just said that means that the Bony Blithe Gala is coming up quickly!  That however would have taken all of the fun out of that intro!  If you don't have your tickets yet, please don't wait!  This is a limited, ticketed event.  For more information head on over to ticket page on the website   

Also, we are pleased to announce that on the evening of the gala, A Novel Spot will be setting up a mobile bookstore full of the shortlisted titles so that you can not only add them to your library, but have them signed by the authors as well!  This will be CASH ONLY.

It took just the right recipe to make Food for the Gods!

It's Wednesday, and you know what that means!  We're writing - about...it!  The it, of course is, well another incredible shortlisted title for the prestigious Bony Blithe Award.

More specifically, this week, we are featuring a guest post by Karen Dudley, a woman of many, many interests and talents!  With a resume that includes things like field biology, palaeo-environmental studies, production art, writing and maker of gourmet meals, it's no wonder that she's created such an incredible work of fiction!  

The making of A Private Man

This week on the Bony Blithe blog, we are excited to feature a guest post by the amazing and talented, Chris Laing.  Not only has Chris been shortlisted for our coveted Bony Blithe Award, but newly added to his list of nominations for this, his first novel, is a nomination for the Arthur Ellis Award.

How absolutely outstanding to be nominated for not one, but two awards for your very first novel, congratulations Chris!

Welcome, welcome, welcome!

Thank you for stopping by our bony little blog!  We're so excited to launch this new outlet for the voices of the Bony Blithe Award!

If you aren't familiar with Bony Blithe and who she is, please visit our fabuloso new website to get the inside scoop on all things Bony and Blithe!

The purpose of this space is to allow our Judges, our shortlisted Authors and our fabulous contributors an outlet. A place to share the stories of how their stories came to be.  We will be featuring guest posts from the 6 nominated authors of 2013 over the next few weeks leading up to the highly anticipated Gun Club & Quilting Bee Award Gala on May 29th - more details?  Oh sure!  See that link right...up...there? Yup, the one that says fabuloso new website?  Click there and you'll get details for the gala too!