The Landscape of Canadian Women's Crime Fiction

Tag: Margaret Atwood

  • Tarot Cards, Dark Academia, and Atwood

    Image: Eight Tarot Cards from the Whitney Museum’s Pamela Colman Smith collection. Things I don’t believe in: magic and divination; astrology and second sight; ghosts and haunting. Things that have, very occasionally, prompted me to pause and re-think my assumptions: all of the above. Victoria is a west coast woo-woo place, and I have only…

  • 2026 Reading and Writing Resolutions

    Not all of my resolutions are linked to crime fiction. I’ve also picked up some new sheet music so I can learn more pieces by female composers, and that will be a welcome break from writing. I’m looking forward to teaching creative nonfiction and to trekking out to our college’s new suburban campus to teach…

  • Louise Penny’s A World of Curiosities, Donna Decker’s Dancing in Red Shoes Will Kill You, and the Fictional Portrayal of the Montreal Massacre

    Louise Penny’s A World of Curiosities, Donna Decker’s Dancing in Red Shoes Will Kill You, and the Fictional Portrayal of the Montreal Massacre

    This week, a fellow seeking to be the next Prime Minister of Canada had to apologize to Nathalie Provost. A survivor of the Montreal Massacre, she has been a vocal advocate for gun control and is running for the federal Liberal party. Great non-partisan news! However, Mark Carney referred to the site of the violence…