A Very Busy Week - First, Bytown Bedlam

Last week, otherwise known as National Crime Writing Week, kept me hopping and my Jeep eating gas as the odometer racked up the kilometers.

Bytown Bedlam, Ottawa's NCWW celebration, kicked off the week on the Sunday night, June 5th at the Royal Oak Pub on Echo Drive. And we must've been a pretty hot event for we managed to bring on a heat wave. So while trying to think cool, seven local authors, including myself, read from our latest books. We had a fun time, even managed to attract a reasonable crowd despite the lack of air conditioning and we sold some books, a necessary part of a writer's life. A photographer from the The Ottawa Citizen took pictures of all of us for an upcoming article on Crime Writing. So check out the June 26 Citizen Weekly.

For the event itself, I nominated myself as the unofficial photographer. But, unfortunately because I was so caught up in taking everyone else's picture, I forgot to have someone take my own. The authors that participated in the event were Alex Brett, Vicki Cameron, Brenda Chapman, Thomas Rendell Curran, David Hoffman, Rick Mofina and myself. Sadly Mary Jane Maffini and Barbara Fradkin were caught up in an event in Toronto, otherwise they would've joined us. So please check out the photos.

Click to view Bytown Bedlam album