The Latest News...
March 26, 2022 - Ticket to Ride, the fourth book in Winona's Jason Davey Mysteries, was released on March 26, 2022.
Please click here to read all about the novel.
Please click here to see all of Ticket to Ride's PR.
June 28, 2021 - Winona Kent, accomplished Canadian crime writer, and CWC Regional Representative for B.C., Yukon, and Northwest Territories is interviewed by Del Chatterson, author of the Dale Hunter Series and CWC Rep. for Quebec and Atlantic.
Please click here.
June 16, 2021 Meet Winona and read all about her writing career in the New Westminster Record. Please click here.
June 4, 2021 I'm excited to announce the publication of Last Shot, a new anthology featuring me and three of my excellent crime-writing colleagues, Alice Bienia, Dwayne Clayden and Peter Kingsmill. My contribution is Blue Devil Blues, and it's (of course) a Jason Davey mystery. You can read more about Last Shot HERE.
On May 12, 2021 I'll be joining Diane Bator, Janet Bolin, Peter Kingsmill, and Lynn McPherson for a Crime Writers of Canada panel 'Killing Them Softly: Cozy Mysteries' at the Ontario Association of Library Technicians 2021 conference. 12pm-1245pm EST. It's a free event but you have to register for the conference in order to attend: https://t.co/cj1qs65Yjf
April 21, 2021 - I'm thrilled to announce that my story, Salty Dog Blues, is a finalist in the Crime Writers of Canada's Awards of Excellence for Best Crime Novella.
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For more information please visit: https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/awards/annual-awards/current-contest/shortlists
If you'd like to read the story, it's included in Crime Wave, the first anthology from members of the Canada West Chapter of Sisters in Crime. The story features professional musician and amateur sleuth Jason Davey as he tries to solve the mystery of a missing (and highly annoying) Chihuahua which has been brought aboard a cruise ship by an equally infuriating passenger.
More info here.
And on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Crime-Wave-J-Barnard-ebook/dp/B08HL85TX8
Watch the full shortlist event on youtube:
https://youtu.be/9giNZiMYrlY
November 25, 2020 - I'll be doing a virtual reading on Wednesday, November 25th for Writers in Our Midst #16 - The Mystery Edition through the Port Moody Public Library. The readings will feature me along with my Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley colleagues AJ Devlin, Debra Purdy Kong, WL Hawkin, Seamus Heffernin and Erik D'Souza. The episode will be streamed on Facebook Live.
More info and author bio's at the Port Moody Library here.
October 28, 2020 - I did a 3-minute reading from Lost Time and answered questions at the Creative Academy on Saturday, November 7, between 1pm and 2pm. The event was online.
October 27, 2020 - Crime Wave, the first anthology from members of the Canada West Chapter of Sisters in Crime, is available to preorder from Amazon. Winona's contribution, Salty Dog Blues, features professional musician and amateur sleuth Jason Davey as he tries to solve the mystery of a missing (and highly annoying) Chihuahua which has been brought aboard a cruise ship by an equally infuriating passenger.
More info here.
And on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Crime-Wave-J-Barnard-ebook/dp/B08HL85TX8
October 23, 2020 - I was really thrilled and honoured to take part in the Surrey International Writers Conference (SiWC) 2020 at home Author Showcase virtual even. I had three minutes to chat about my writing and introduce everyone to the Jason Davey Mysteries, and it went very well.
October 17, 2020 - I was interviewed by Joanna Vandervlugt for her podcast JCVArtStudio - Sophisticated Creatives. I discussed everything from the peculiar neighbour who chopped down my dad’s rose bushes to the racy pole-dancer on the cover of one of my mysteries. All that and Lost Time too!
https://anchor.fm/joanna6570/episodes/An-interview-with-multi-published-author-Winona-Kent-el4cti
October 13, 2020 - I've contributed a little piece about Working With An Outline to the Writers First website.
October 11, 2020 - I'm really excited and honoured to have my short story Salty Dog Blues included in the new Sisters in Crime - Canada West Anthology Crime Wave. The anthology launches on Thursday October 29, 2020. More details soon.
October 11, 2020 - I'm also really thrilled and honoured to be taking part in the Surrey International Writers Conference (SiWC) 2020 at home Author Showcase virtual event. This will take place on Friday, October 23, 2020 from 4.30pm to 5.30pm Pacific time. The event can be accessed by conference attendees only from the SiWC conference website. I'll have a brief opportunity to share news about my books and how other conference participants can purchase my books. For more info about the SiWC please click here.
October 11, 2020 - the website has been updated to acknowledge the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Balham Underground Station on October 14, 1940. Please click here.
September 6, 2020 - I'll be taking part in Silver Dagger Book Tours blog tour to support Lost Time, starting today. You can see the schedule (and a couple of extra blog appearances) here.
August 31, 2020 - Lost Time, the second book in the Jason Davey Mysteries, was released on August 31, 2020. You can read the first two chapters here.
August 13, 2020 - Read all about me and my latest novel Lost Time in the New Westminster Record. Please click here.
August 13, 2020 - Cover reveal for Lost Time, which will be released on August 31, 2020. You can see the front and back covers here.
July 24, 2020 - My novels have been featured in "Popular Novelists Writing About Crime," a recently published video wiki from Ezvid Wiki. Founded in 2011, Ezvid Wiki was the world's first video wiki, and is now among the top 3,000 websites in the United States. Their YouTube channel has nearly 600,000 subscribers, with over 325 million views since founding. You can see the video here.
July 24, 2020 - All five of the novels that were previously published by Diversion Books are now available (with old and new covers) on Amazon as ebooks and paperbacks. Additionally, I've republished my three time travel novels (Persistence of Memory, In Loving Memory and Marianne's Memory) in an omnibus edition, which is also available as an ebook and a paperback. Beware! The paperback is 748 pages long! As for pricing, I think it's a pretty good deal! Three books for the price of two!
Please click here for more information and links to Amazon.
July 13, 2020 - I've officially severed my relationship with Diversion Books and have got all the rights back to the following five novels: Skywatcher, The Cilla Rose Affair, Cold Play, Persistence of Memory and In Loving Memory.
Diversion has advised me that they have withdrawn the titles from sale on all retailer pages but that this might take a while to be processed.
I will be getting new covers for all five books and I'll upload them to Amazon myself in the next little while. I've already started the process by republishing Cold Play with its original cover (from 2012). The ebook is currently live and the paperback will be available in the next 72 hours.
In the meantime, could I ask anyone who wants to buy Skywatcher, Cilla Rose, PoM or ILM to please hold off - please don't order the current versions that are for sale as Diversion is no longer the publisher. I'll get my own versions up as soon as I can.
I'm very excited about this and I hope you are too.
More updates as they happen!
May 13, 2020 - Due to the Corona Virus a few things were cancelled, including a reading in February at VPL and the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Shortlist Event in April. We'll see what this fall brings...but in the meantime, Kirkus Reviews has done a lovely review of Notes on a Missing G-String. Please do visit their website and have a read!
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/winona-kent/notes-on-a-missing-g-string
November 21, 2019 - I read from my latest novel, Notes on a Missing G-String, on November 6 at Noir at the Bar in Vancouver. I had an excellent time in the company of fellow writers Eileen Cook, Owen Laukkanen, Robin Spano, Dietrich Kalteis, Grant McKenzie, Derrick Carew, Don English and Aaron Chapman. Some piccies of me are below.
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October 22, 2019 - I'll be doing a reading at the Writers Showcase at the Central Branch of Vancouver Public Library, on February 23, 2020. The event is from 2.00pm-3:30pm and will be likely in the Montalbano Family Theatre on Level 8. Four or five writers will be featured and we'll each have 10 minutes to read. After each reading there will be five minutes for questions, and at the end of the event there's time to mingle and visit the table where our books and swag will be available.
October 22, 2019 - UBC's Faculty of Medicine recently featured me in a special Spotlight. You can read the original feature here or download the PDF here (in case the link disappears).
October 3, 2019 - On Wednesday, November 6 I'll be reading pages from Notes on a Missing G-String at Noir at the Bar. If you're in Vancouver, please do drop by and see us!
October 3, 2019 - A splendid time was had by all at Word Vancouver on September 29. Here's a photo of me with my colleagues in crime...moderator Iona Whishaw, me, and fellow writers Niall Howell, A.J. Devlin and Paulette McCarthy.
September 21, 2019 - A reminder that Word Vancouver, Western Canada’s largest celebration of literacy and reading, takes place at the Central branch of the Vancouver Public Library Tuesday, September 24 to Sunday, September 29, 2019, with Sunday as the main festival day.
Please visit their website here:
https://www.wordvancouver.ca/schedule
to see their schedule.
I'll be taking part in the Crime Writers of Canada panel, Setting in Crime Fiction, 12:05 - 1:05pm, on the 8th floor in the Montalbano Family Theatre:
https://www.wordvancouver.ca/panels
I'll also be helping out at the Crime Writers of Canada info table from 3pm to 5pm. My partner in crime at the table will be Liz Bass. Liz is the CWC Director for BC/Yukon/NWT and - this is exciting news from me - I will be officially joining her as a co-director on October 1. Liz will continue to oversee the Vancouver Island area while I'll be looking after the Lower Mainland.
Other local mystery writers you'll meet if you drop by our table:
11am to 12pm: Marion Crook, Debra Purdy Kong, Jay Storey
12pm to 1pm: Marion Crook, Debra Purdy Kong
1pm to 2pm: Derrick Carew, Iona Whishaw, Benni Chisolm
2pm to 3pm: AJ Devlin, Niall Howell, Ardelle Holden
3pm to 4pm: Ardelle Holden, Winona Kent
4pm to 5pm: Winona Kent, Liz Bass
Please do drop by if you're in Vancouver on Sunday, September 29th! I'll have copies of Notes on a Missing G-String and my novella, Disturbing the Peace, for sale when it's my turn at the table.
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I'm officially retiring from my full-time job at UBC'S School of Population and Public Health on October 1, 2019. My last day is Friday, September 27th. SPPH threw a little retirement party for me on Thursday, September 19th. Thank you everyone who was there (and those who couldn't be there) for the lovely sendoff and the heartfelt messages. I will treasure them always!
A lot of people asked me what my plans were for "after retirement" but you all know that answer: I'm going to become a full-time writer at last!
In the immediate future I plan on doing some PR for G-String (I didn't have time to properly do it before now). I'm working on a short story which I hope will be included in the Canadian west coast Sisters in Crime's 2020 anthology, Crime Wave. And I'll also be working on the second novel in the Jason Davey mystery series.
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I've written two guest blogs which you can now read online:
The first is a long essay about my writing journey, Winning the Lottery. It is about 10 pages long, so be forewarned! I've been told it's very inspirational :-)
http://www.bluedevilbooks.com/index.php/winona-kent/winning-the-lottery
The second is a much shorter guest blog which focuses on my recent weight loss, Weighing In:
https://joanneguidoccio.com/2019/09/09/weighing-in/
And finally - a reminder - if you'd like to contact me, or sign-up to receive email updates and information about my writing, please send an email to:
winonakent [at] shaw.ca (replace the spaces and the [at] with @ )
August 2, 2019 - Notes on a Missing G-String is available in ebook and paperback from Amazon in all marketplaces.
https://www.amazon.ca/Notes-Missing-G-String-Winona-Kent/dp/0988082659
https://www.amazon.com/Notes-Missing-G-String-Winona-Kent/dp/0988082659/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Notes-Missing-G-String-Winona-Kent/dp/0988082659/
The first time we met G-String's hero, Jason Davey, he was entertaining passengers aboard the Alaska cruise ship Star Sapphire, Eight ‘til Late in the TopDeck Lounge. Then he came ashore, got a gig playing lead guitar at London’s Blue Devil jazz club, and gained a certain amount of notoriety tracking down missing musician Ben Quigley in the Canadian north. Now Jason’s back again, this time investigating the theft of £10,000 from a dancer’s locker at a Soho gentlemen’s club. You can read more about Jason's latest adventure here. Notes on a Missing G-String is published by Blue Devil Books.
July 1, 2019 - Word Vancouver takes place at the Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia Street, September 24-29, 2019. I'll be sitting at the Crime Writers of Canada display table on Sunday, September 29, helping to promote CWC. I'll have copies of Notes on a Missing G-String for sale during my shift. I'm also very excited to announce that I'm taking part in a panel discussion on that day, Setting in Crime Fiction. More info as I get it!
May 11, 2019 - I was at Write On Vancouver, at the Vancouver Public Library. This year I took a turn sitting at the Crime Writers of Canada table. I'm pictured here with fellow mystery writer EJ Lister. Click on the picture to see a larger version.
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January 2, 2018 - Very pleased to announce that In Loving Memory has received Honourable Mention in the 2017 London Book Festival.
December 21, 2017 - Ten Interesting Facts About Jason Davey. Please visit Joanne Guidoccio's blog here to read all about the hero of Cold Play, Disturbing the Peace and Notes on a Missing G-String.
December 20, 2017 - Lovely 5 star review by Joanne Guidoccio of Disturbing the Peace. Please click here to read the review!
December 17, 2017 - Disturbing the Peace featured in the Peace River Gazette! Please click here to read the story!
December 10, 2017 - Very excited to announce the publication of Disturbing the Peace, a 22,000 word novella featuring professional musician and amateur sleuth Jason Davey. It's currenly available as an ebook and paperback on Amazon worldwide. Please click here to download the ebook (link will take you to Amazon.com but it's available in many different countries - just navigate to the Amazon where you live!) Please click here to order the paperback. (Canadian readers – unfortunately if you want the paperback you’ll have to buy it from the American site Amazon.com, but the ebook is downloadable from the Canadian site Amazon.ca)
December 10, 2017 - Please read my blog entry which gives some fascinating background to the story behind Disturbing the Peace. Please click here to read the blog.
September 30, 2017 - I'm excited to present Perhaps an Angel, a short adventure featuring Charlie and Mr. Deeley as they travel back to 1846 Stoneford with the help of a Tarot-reading Gypsy named Esmerelda. Please click here to download the short story (link will take you to Amazon.com but it's available in many different countries - just navigate to the Amazon where you live!)
November 7, 2016 - October 14, 2016 was the 76th anniversary of the tragedy at Balham Underground Station where 68 people - including 17 family groups and 4 members of London Transport staff - lost their lives. On October 14 a new plaque was unveiled at the station as a tribute to those who died. Please click here to view the plaque (scroll to the bottom of the page).
October 15, 2016 - On October 8 I took part in the Indie Author Day at Vancouver Public Library. Thanks to everyone who came up to support me and my fellow writers. Here's a photo of me reading from In Loving Memory (click on the picture to see a larger version) (photo by Erin Smith).
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October 2, 2016 - I'll be taking part in the first annual Indie Author Day at Vancouver Public Library (main branch, downtown), Saturday October 8, from 11am til 2pm. Please drop by my table and say hello, and stay for readings from me and my fellow Vancouver-area indie writers! For more info please visit the VPL website.
July 30, 2016 and ongoing - please click on the Reviews for In Loving Memory to see the latest!
July 29, 2016: Ten Interesting Facts about Shaun Deeley featured in On the Road to Reinvention
July 27, 2016: In Loving Memory is featured in Fraser Valley News
July 27, 2016: Burnaby Now sends kudos to In Loving Memory
July 26, 2016: An excerpt from In Loving Memory is featured in USA Today
July 26, 2016: In Loving Memory is released by Diversion Books
July 24, 2016: New blog - The Eleventh Interesting Fact about Shaun Deeley
July 24, 2016: In Loving Memory is featured in Publishers Weekly Picks: Books of the Week, July 25, 2016
July 15, 2016: Online launch party for In Loving Memory! Please join me on Tuesday July 26 for 1940s music, Ration Book delectables and free party favours! 12pm Pacific, 3pm Eastern, 8pm UK. RSVP here: Facebook
July 8, 2016: New blog - In Loving Memory - Betty's house
July 1, 2016: New blog - In Loving Memory
June 21, 2016: Persistence of Memory has a new cover! You can see it on the main page, and on the Persistence of Memory page if you click on this Read More... link.
June 10, 2016: In Loving Memory has a new cover! EverAfter Romance hosted the exclusive cover reveal, along with some excited comments from me! You can read all about it here.
June 10, 2016: On a personal note, I'm really pleased and excited to announce that I've been chosen as one of two recipients of the 2016 UBC Faculty of Medicine Applegarth Staff Service Award. This award recognizes outstanding contributions by UBC staff members to the Faculty of Medicine and is a very strong affirmation of my work on behalf of the Faculty. (In my other life, I'm a Graduate Programs Assistant at the School of Population and Public Health at UBC). I'll be presented with my award at the Faculty Awards Reception, which will be held on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at the University Golf Club.
May 31, 2016: In Loving Memory got a lovely starred review in Publisher's Weekly! (in case the link disappears, you can also find it here)
May 23, 2016: We're on track for a July 26 release of In Loving Memory. You can preorder the paperback or ebook now from Amazon (the link is to amazon.com but it's also available from Amazon in all other countries).
On April 30, 2016, I joined other local Vancouver writers at the UBC Bookstore to help celebrate Authors for Indies Day. We had an excellent time chatting with customers, signing books and giving out swag!
Below are some photos from the event. Please click on each of them to see larger images.
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