The Landscape of Canadian Women's Crime Fiction

Tag: writing

  • Academic Crimes and Misdemeanours, and the Acute Vulnerability of Grad Student Researchers

    This blog post was inspired by The Guardian‘s top-ten 2025 list of long-form features. This article, by Scott Sayare, is fascinating: The curse of Toumaï: an ancient skull, a disputed femur and a bitter feud over humanity’s origins. I’d missed it, back in May when it appeared, during my busiest teaching season. It’s necessary reading…

  • My 2025 Crime Fiction Highlights

    In 2025, the highlight was the Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling, which featured prominent crime writers like Kate Atkinson and Ian Rankin, as well as opportunities for emerging authors. Alongside notable events, Louise Penny enjoyed major achievements, including a café opening and a new book release. However, some disappointments arose from missed appearances and underwhelming…

  • Considering Alice Munro

    I’ve been spending a fair amount of time working on a Munro chapter, in my Canadian women’s crime fiction book. The revisions since the spring have been rather more extensive than I’d anticipated. I thought I was writing about how Munro depicts violent crime, or suspicion that crimes have been committed, in a range of…