The Landscape of Canadian Women's Crime Fiction

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  • International Women’s Day 2026: My Current Top 20 Canadian Women Crime Writers

    Most of my reading this week is about Medusa, for a project. Gratuitous photo, because she is everywhere: My list of 20 current favourite Canadian women crime writers, in no particular order, and their sub-genre/s: Amy Stuart: domestic suspense fiction set in urban and suburban areas, with a strong sense of woman-in-peril Louise Penny: what…

  • Teaching and Reading Angry Men

    Next week, I’ve offered my Creative Nonfiction students three reading options, including a brilliant essay on experiencing an eclipse by nature/science writer Annie Dillard. It’s my preferred piece, of the week’s choices. One of the essays, David Foster Wallace’s “Consider the Lobster,” I really wrestled with including. I’m thinking out loud, here, about teaching the…

  • Con Artists, Scam Artists, Escape Artists: My Zenias and Atwood’s The Robber Bride

    “You might become a detective. You might become a con artist yourself. Or, a blend of the two: you might become a novelist.” Margaret Atwood on writing “The history of the world, my sweet Oh, Mr. Todd, ooh, Mr. Todd What does it tell? Is who gets eaten, and who gets to eat” Atwood’s recent…