2023 Winers of Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence

What a day for crime fiction in Saskatchewan! Two of the Awards of Excellence by the Crime Writers of Canada went to Saskatchewan books.

I am so glad Anthony Bidulka won the Best Crime Novel with Going to Beautiful. In my review I said it was his masterpiece. At the end of 2022 it was my choice for Best Fiction of the year. I am sure Anthony and Herb are sharing champagne tonight.

I regret I have not read A Snake in the Raspberry Patch by Joanne Jackson which won the Best Crime Novel Set in Canada. It will be my next purchase.

It is striking that both Anthony and Joanne are Saskatoon residents.

Just as striking, both books were published by Stonehouse Publishing of Edmonton.

Congratulations to all the winners:

Best Crime Novel sponsored by Rakuten Kobo, with a $1000 prize Anthony Bidulka, Going to Beautiful, Stonehouse Publishing Best Crime First Novel sponsored by Melodie Campbell, with a $1000 prize Sam Shelstad, Citizens of Light, TouchWood Editions The Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada sponsored by Charlotte Engel and CWC, with a $500 prize Joanne Jackson, A Snake in the Raspberry Patch, Stonehouse Publishing The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery sponsored by Jane Doe, with a $500 prize Thomas King, Deep House, HarperCollins Canada Best Crime Novella sponsored by Mystery Magazine, with a $200 prize Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson, The Man Who Went Down Under, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazines Best Crime Short Story sponsored by Mystery Magazine, with a $300 prize Craig H. Bowlsby, The Girl Who Was Only Three Quarters Dead, Mystery Magazine Best French Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction) Richard Ste-Marie, Monsieur Hämmerli, Éditions Alire Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction) sponsored by Shaftesbury, with a $500 prize Jo Treggiari, Heartbreak Homes, Nimbus Publishing Limited The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book sponsored by David Reid Simpson Law Firm, Hamilton, with a $300 prize Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation, HarperCollins Canada The Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript sponsored by ECW Press, with a $500 prize Mary Keenan, Snowed