Podcasts & Webcasts
Recent additions include:
WWC 2021 Keynotes. Following a brief welcome by the festival chairman, Randy McCharles, each of this year's festival guests speaks on a topic of their choice. (2021 online festival)
2021 GUESTS OF HONOUR
CATHY ACE
Cathy Ace was born and raised in Wales, migrating to Canada at the age of forty where she turned her back on her previous life in marketing and turned to a life of crime...fiction. Her latest release is THE CORPSE WITH THE IRON WILL, which is set in British Columbia in a location inspired by Cathy's own rural neighborhood. Website:
www.cathyace.com/
VICKI DELANY
Vicki Delany is one of Canada's most prolific and varied crime writers and a national bestseller in the U.S. Her work has been nominated for the Derringer, the Bony Blithe, the Ontario Library Association Golden Oak, and the Arthur Ellis Awards. Vicki is the recipient of the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award for contributions to Canadian crime writing. Website:
http://vickidelany.com/
STEENA HOLMES
Steena Holmes is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author with over 2 million copies of her titles sold world wide. She won the National Indie Excellence Award and the USA Book News Award. To find out more about her books and her love of travel, visit her Website:
www.steenaholmes.com/
FONDA LEE
Fonda Lee is the author of the Green Bone Saga, beginning with Jade City (Orbit), which won the 2018 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. She won the Aurora Award, Canada’s national science fiction and fantasy award, twice in the same year for Best Novel and Best Young Adult Novel. Fonda is a recovering corporate strategist, black belt martial artist, and action movie aficionado residing in Portland, Oregon. You can find Fonda online on Twitter @fondajlee. Website:
www.fondalee.com/
DAVE REYNOLDS
Dave has been the Associate Category Manager, Local Authors – Western Canada for Indigo/Chapters/Coles since January 2016. Dave started with Chapters as a bookseller in 1997 and has held various positions in the stores and Home Office since that time. Website:
www.indigo.ca/
MORGAN RHODES
Morgan Rhodes is the New York Times bestselling author of the Falling Kingdoms series, which has been described as "Game of Thrones for Teens." A former president of Toronto Romance Writers, Morgan lives in Mississauga, Ontario, where she refills her creative well by watching trashy reality TV and drinking a lot of delicious coffee. Website:
www.michellerowen.com
It's a Bold Business, Making the Mental Shift to Being a Career Author. Being a career author takes more than writing books, it requires you to successfully position yourself and take effective action. Are you where you want to be? Where do you want to go? Join us as entrepreneur, business coach and author,
James Kademan, leads us through the matrix of shifting your mindset from someday to now. More than business savvy, this presentation dares you to be BOLD and live the life, and writing career, you
dream of. (2020 online festival)
Awakening to Social Sensitivity. Panelists
Brandy Ackerley, Diane Terrana, Erin Weir, & Jay Martin discuss writing about other genders, races, classes, and cultures with honesty and sensitivity. How can a writer be inclusive without appropriating or creating token characters. (2019 in-person festival)
Where In the World. Location, location, location! applies not only to real estate. Your setting impacts tone, plot, character. It can include both time and space. Learn how and why our panelists chose their setting, from prosaic to exotic, city to wilderness, modern to historical time period. Panelists: Jonas Saul, Jayne Bernard, Jim Jackson, Axel Howerton, Robert Bose (M) (2019 in-person festival)