Toronto Hyatt
Here's where to find me:
CWC AGM: Friday, 2:30-3:30, Salon A
CWC MEMBER RECEPTION: Friday, 3:30-4:30
BLOODY WORDS RECEPTION: Friday, 5:30-6:30
BOOKS WITH LEGS, Friday, 10 pm
PANEL: THAT'S NOT SICK, THAT'S FUNNY!, Saturday 1:30-2:30
MC: BLOODY WORDS BANQUET, Saturday 7 PM
For your convenience, the entire schedule is posted below. See you there!
Friday, June 6
2 p.m. – 9 p.m. Registration. The registration/information desk is on the east side of the escalators.6:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. Agent/editor appointments (you’ll be given your appointment time a week or two before the conference)
| Time | Track 1 | Track 2 | Mystery Café |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:30-6:30 PM | Reception — Welcome to Bloody Words! | ||
| 7:00-7:50 PM | Blood, blood, glorious blood… (forensic hematology) | Romantic suspense & cozies: No longer what you expect (new approaches to these subgenres) | The Sage, the saint, and the sleuth (religion, philosophy, and the “modern” sleuth) |
| 8:00-8:50 PM | CSI: Toronto (the reality of crime scene investigations) | Are short stories the new black? (short story panel) | Law & order with sword & gun (1320s England or 1919 Toronto: a cop is a cop…or is he?) |
| 9:00-9:50 PM | The many worlds of crime (a look at crime from neighbourhood-level to the Supreme Court of Canada) | Indie publishing: We’re here to stay (non-traditional publishing) | EVEning the Odds (women sleuths, past & present) |
| 10:00-11:00 PM | Books with Legs (books published in the last 6 months struttin’ their stuff on the catwalk in our literary fashion show) | ||
Saturday, June 7
8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. Registration. The registration/information desk is on the east side of the escalators.| Time | Track 1 | Track 2 | More Track 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00-9:50 AM | Ask them anything: Agents & editors (Q&A with agents & acquiring editors) | Split personality (writing more than one series, or a series & stand-alones, or different subgenres…) | It’s Number One! (first novel panel) |
| 10:00-10:50 AM | From rocks to Glocks (weapons thru the ages) | You are what you write…or are you? (character = author…true or false) | An hour with Michael Jecks (interview with our international GoH) |
| 11:00-11:50 AM | Shoot-out at the digital corral (computer crime & digital forensics) | Fifty shades of cop (various takes on police procedurals) | Reinventing history (historical mysteries) |
| 12:00-1:30 PM | Lunch – see you back at 1:30 for the afternoon sessions | ||
| 1:30-2:20 PM | Pssst, wanna be a professional author? (tips on doing readings, fielding interviews, body language, & more) | That’s not sick; that’s funny (humour panel) | Setting: More than trees & houses (getting characters’ attitudes & beliefs correct as part of the setting) |
| 2:30-3:20 PM | Death & taxes & contracts…oh my! (what authors should know about taxes & contracts) | Old sins cast long shadows (how past wrongs impact present-day characters) | An hour with Vicki Delany (interview with our Canuck GoH) |
| 3:30-4:20 PM | Bloody Idol (BW attendees’ story openings judged by an agent, 2 editors, & a reviewer) | Is the female of the species more deadly than the male? (men & women authors discuss how women are portrayed in crime fiction) | The science of murder (premature murder meets science, medicine, & hi-tech) |
| 4:30-5:20 PM | The cinematic Sherlock Holmes, 1922–2014 (Holmes on the silver & small screen) | The evil that men do (writing about societal evils like genocide, racism, child abuse, slavery, etc.) | Heroes with feet of clay; villains with hearts of gold (multi-dimensional characters) |
| 5:30-7:00 PM | Meet & greet and mass autograph session | ||
| 7:00-10:00 PM | Banquet & awards ceremony | ||
Sunday, June 8
| Time | Presentation | Workshop | Mystery Café |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 AM-1:00 PM | Costumes & clothing (slide show & talk on historical clothing & theatrical & film/TV costumes) | Reality check (from cussin’ to names to wounds & more – getting your facts, etc. right) | Who sees what & how? (point of view & structure in your book) |
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