Winona Kent 🇨🇦
@winonakent.bsky.social
Writer, author of The Jason Davey Mysteries.
Past Chair, Crime Writers of Canada
Member of Sisters in Crime-Canada West, RCLAS, Writers Union of Canada
Rescuer of discarded and disobedient houseplants
http://www.winonakent.com
Past Chair, Crime Writers of Canada
Member of Sisters in Crime-Canada West, RCLAS, Writers Union of Canada
Rescuer of discarded and disobedient houseplants
http://www.winonakent.com
Word Vancouver-Sept 20-UBC Robson Square. My colleague Angela Douglas & I are sharing a table in the Exhibitor Hall and showing off our books!
Please drop by and have a chat! Get a book signed!
Check out all the other great events happening at Word Vancouver 2025 at www.wordvancouver.ca
Please drop by and have a chat! Get a book signed!
Check out all the other great events happening at Word Vancouver 2025 at www.wordvancouver.ca
September 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Word Vancouver-Sept 20-UBC Robson Square. My colleague Angela Douglas & I are sharing a table in the Exhibitor Hall and showing off our books!
Please drop by and have a chat! Get a book signed!
Check out all the other great events happening at Word Vancouver 2025 at www.wordvancouver.ca
Please drop by and have a chat! Get a book signed!
Check out all the other great events happening at Word Vancouver 2025 at www.wordvancouver.ca
Word Vancouver-Sept 20-UBC Robson Square. My colleague Angela Douglas and I are sharing a table in the Exhibitor Hall and showing off our books!
Please drop by and have a chat! Get a book signed!
Check out all the other great events happening at Word Vancouver 2025 at www.wordvancouver.ca
Please drop by and have a chat! Get a book signed!
Check out all the other great events happening at Word Vancouver 2025 at www.wordvancouver.ca
September 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Word Vancouver-Sept 20-UBC Robson Square. My colleague Angela Douglas and I are sharing a table in the Exhibitor Hall and showing off our books!
Please drop by and have a chat! Get a book signed!
Check out all the other great events happening at Word Vancouver 2025 at www.wordvancouver.ca
Please drop by and have a chat! Get a book signed!
Check out all the other great events happening at Word Vancouver 2025 at www.wordvancouver.ca
Word Vancouver is always fun. Please drop by to see CWC's panel of talented crime writers: Angela Douglas, Faye E. Arcand, Jaima Fixsen, and D.b. Carew. Moderated by Erik D'Souza.
The Story Behind the Story — An Author’s Masquerade
www.wordvancouver.ca/room-c420/th...
The Story Behind the Story — An Author’s Masquerade
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September 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Word Vancouver is always fun. Please drop by to see CWC's panel of talented crime writers: Angela Douglas, Faye E. Arcand, Jaima Fixsen, and D.b. Carew. Moderated by Erik D'Souza.
The Story Behind the Story — An Author’s Masquerade
www.wordvancouver.ca/room-c420/th...
The Story Behind the Story — An Author’s Masquerade
www.wordvancouver.ca/room-c420/th...
Had a fabulous time on Tuesday at VPL's Writers Showcase - Crime Writers Takeover. Thanks to everyone who came out to support us and thanks to VPL, Bob Harris, Ardelle Holden, Iona Whishaw, Tony Ollivier, Merrilee Robson, Joanna Vander Vlugt and Nena from Cross and Crows Books!
August 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Had a fabulous time on Tuesday at VPL's Writers Showcase - Crime Writers Takeover. Thanks to everyone who came out to support us and thanks to VPL, Bob Harris, Ardelle Holden, Iona Whishaw, Tony Ollivier, Merrilee Robson, Joanna Vander Vlugt and Nena from Cross and Crows Books!
Had a fabulous time on Tuesday at VPL's Writers Showcase - Crime Writers Takeover. Thanks to everyone who came out to support us and thanks to VPL, Bob Harris, Ardelle Holden, Iona Whishaw, Tony Ollivier, Merrilee Robson, Joanna Vander Vlugt and Nena from Cross and Crows Books!
August 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Had a fabulous time on Tuesday at VPL's Writers Showcase - Crime Writers Takeover. Thanks to everyone who came out to support us and thanks to VPL, Bob Harris, Ardelle Holden, Iona Whishaw, Tony Ollivier, Merrilee Robson, Joanna Vander Vlugt and Nena from Cross and Crows Books!
Had a fabulous time on Tuesday at VPL's Writers Showcase - Crime Writers Takeover. Thanks to everyone who came out to support us and thanks to VPL, Bob Harris, Ardelle Holden, Iona Whishaw, Tony Ollivier, Merrilee Robson, Joanna Vander Vlugt and Nena from Cross and Crows Books!
August 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Had a fabulous time on Tuesday at VPL's Writers Showcase - Crime Writers Takeover. Thanks to everyone who came out to support us and thanks to VPL, Bob Harris, Ardelle Holden, Iona Whishaw, Tony Ollivier, Merrilee Robson, Joanna Vander Vlugt and Nena from Cross and Crows Books!
Thrilled to bits that the audiobook for Bad Boy is now featured on Audio Book Reviewer!
The book masterfully intertwines mystery and music, inviting fans to experience the thrill of the hunt while celebrating the indelible legacy of a bygone musical era.
www.audiobookreviewer.com/bad-boy
The book masterfully intertwines mystery and music, inviting fans to experience the thrill of the hunt while celebrating the indelible legacy of a bygone musical era.
www.audiobookreviewer.com/bad-boy
August 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Thrilled to bits that the audiobook for Bad Boy is now featured on Audio Book Reviewer!
The book masterfully intertwines mystery and music, inviting fans to experience the thrill of the hunt while celebrating the indelible legacy of a bygone musical era.
www.audiobookreviewer.com/bad-boy
The book masterfully intertwines mystery and music, inviting fans to experience the thrill of the hunt while celebrating the indelible legacy of a bygone musical era.
www.audiobookreviewer.com/bad-boy
It's tomorrow! Come on down to VPL on Tuesday, August 19, 6.30pm - 8.00pm for the LAST EVER Writers Showcase, CWC's Crime Writers Takeover.
More info: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68128...
More info: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68128...
August 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It's tomorrow! Come on down to VPL on Tuesday, August 19, 6.30pm - 8.00pm for the LAST EVER Writers Showcase, CWC's Crime Writers Takeover.
More info: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68128...
More info: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68128...
Come on down to VPL on Tuesday, August 19, 6.30pm - 8.00pm for the LAST EVER Writers Showcase, CWC's Crime Writers Takeover.
More info: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68128...
More info: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68128...
August 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Come on down to VPL on Tuesday, August 19, 6.30pm - 8.00pm for the LAST EVER Writers Showcase, CWC's Crime Writers Takeover.
More info: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68128...
More info: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68128...
Please join me and my excellent colleagues on Tuesday, August 19, at Vancouver Public Library's Montalbano Family Theatre, 6.30pm - 8.00pm for the LAST EVER Writers Showcase, CWC's Crime Writers Takeover.
More info: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68128...
More info: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68128...
July 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Please join me and my excellent colleagues on Tuesday, August 19, at Vancouver Public Library's Montalbano Family Theatre, 6.30pm - 8.00pm for the LAST EVER Writers Showcase, CWC's Crime Writers Takeover.
More info: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68128...
More info: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68128...
Marketing idea? A side gig in t-shirts?
When his audition ends in murder, Jason Davey finds the real gig is catching a killer. (Also available for US and UK Kindle) (and it's free if you have Kindle Unlimited).
Amazon Canada: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FF2SFNTC
When his audition ends in murder, Jason Davey finds the real gig is catching a killer. (Also available for US and UK Kindle) (and it's free if you have Kindle Unlimited).
Amazon Canada: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FF2SFNTC
June 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Marketing idea? A side gig in t-shirts?
When his audition ends in murder, Jason Davey finds the real gig is catching a killer. (Also available for US and UK Kindle) (and it's free if you have Kindle Unlimited).
Amazon Canada: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FF2SFNTC
When his audition ends in murder, Jason Davey finds the real gig is catching a killer. (Also available for US and UK Kindle) (and it's free if you have Kindle Unlimited).
Amazon Canada: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FF2SFNTC
When his audition ends in murder, Jason Davey finds the real gig is catching a killer. (Also available for US and UK Kindle)
Amazon Canada: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FF2SFNTC
Amazon Canada: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FF2SFNTC
June 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
When his audition ends in murder, Jason Davey finds the real gig is catching a killer. (Also available for US and UK Kindle)
Amazon Canada: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FF2SFNTC
Amazon Canada: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FF2SFNTC
Please join Iona, Erik & me for a Spoken INK Reading event sponsored by Burnaby Writers' Society! 12pm-2pm (PT) Sun Jun 22 on Zoom.
More info on FB: www.facebook.com/events/67229...
Open mic will follow the reading time permitting.
More info on FB: www.facebook.com/events/67229...
Open mic will follow the reading time permitting.
June 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Please join Iona, Erik & me for a Spoken INK Reading event sponsored by Burnaby Writers' Society! 12pm-2pm (PT) Sun Jun 22 on Zoom.
More info on FB: www.facebook.com/events/67229...
Open mic will follow the reading time permitting.
More info on FB: www.facebook.com/events/67229...
Open mic will follow the reading time permitting.
Lovely review of Bad Boy in the latest issue of Stringendo, from the Australian Strings Association...
www.austa.asn.au/stringendo-o...
www.austa.asn.au/stringendo-o...
June 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Lovely review of Bad Boy in the latest issue of Stringendo, from the Australian Strings Association...
www.austa.asn.au/stringendo-o...
www.austa.asn.au/stringendo-o...
Please join Iona, Erik & me for a Spoken INK Reading event sponsored by Burnaby Writers' Society! 12pm-2pm (PT) Sun Jun 22 on Zoom.
More info on FB: www.facebook.com/events/67229...
Open mic will follow the reading time permitting.
More info on FB: www.facebook.com/events/67229...
Open mic will follow the reading time permitting.
June 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Please join Iona, Erik & me for a Spoken INK Reading event sponsored by Burnaby Writers' Society! 12pm-2pm (PT) Sun Jun 22 on Zoom.
More info on FB: www.facebook.com/events/67229...
Open mic will follow the reading time permitting.
More info on FB: www.facebook.com/events/67229...
Open mic will follow the reading time permitting.
Here's fabulous Nick Johnson reading my latest Jason Davey mystery, Bad Boy. A mysterious thief takes his own life... but not before stealing priceless scores by Sir Edward Elgar. 1/2
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May 2, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Here's fabulous Nick Johnson reading my latest Jason Davey mystery, Bad Boy. A mysterious thief takes his own life... but not before stealing priceless scores by Sir Edward Elgar. 1/2
www.canva.com/design/DAGkQ...
www.canva.com/design/DAGkQ...
Thanks to all who came out to celebrate CWC's Awards of Excellence Shortlist last night at the Book Warehouse. Congrats to all the shortlisted authors & special congrats to Bill Deverell, 2025 recipient of the Derrick Murdoch Award.
Full shortlist here:
crimewriterscanada.com/index.php/en...
Full shortlist here:
crimewriterscanada.com/index.php/en...
April 27, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Thanks to all who came out to celebrate CWC's Awards of Excellence Shortlist last night at the Book Warehouse. Congrats to all the shortlisted authors & special congrats to Bill Deverell, 2025 recipient of the Derrick Murdoch Award.
Full shortlist here:
crimewriterscanada.com/index.php/en...
Full shortlist here:
crimewriterscanada.com/index.php/en...
RCLAS is in New Westminster, BC, but you don't need to be a New West resident or an RCLAS member to enter.
Details, submission rules, etc here:
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
Deadline May 4th
o Non-Fiction (1500 words max)
o Fiction (1500 words max)
o Poetry (1 page)
Deadline May 4, 2025
Details, submission rules, etc here:
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
Deadline May 4th
o Non-Fiction (1500 words max)
o Fiction (1500 words max)
o Poetry (1 page)
Deadline May 4, 2025
April 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
RCLAS is in New Westminster, BC, but you don't need to be a New West resident or an RCLAS member to enter.
Details, submission rules, etc here:
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
Deadline May 4th
o Non-Fiction (1500 words max)
o Fiction (1500 words max)
o Poetry (1 page)
Deadline May 4, 2025
Details, submission rules, etc here:
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
Deadline May 4th
o Non-Fiction (1500 words max)
o Fiction (1500 words max)
o Poetry (1 page)
Deadline May 4, 2025
Check out this wonderful magazine! I've got an article in the Spring 2025 issue of Mystery Readers Journal. "Jason Davey's London" chats about where he works (Soho),lives (Angel, Islington) and all of the places he investigates in the novels.
Mag's available here:
mysteryreaders.org/journal-inde...
Mag's available here:
mysteryreaders.org/journal-inde...
April 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Check out this wonderful magazine! I've got an article in the Spring 2025 issue of Mystery Readers Journal. "Jason Davey's London" chats about where he works (Soho),lives (Angel, Islington) and all of the places he investigates in the novels.
Mag's available here:
mysteryreaders.org/journal-inde...
Mag's available here:
mysteryreaders.org/journal-inde...
A mysterious thief takes his own life...but not before stealing priceless scores by Sir Edward Elgar. Can Jason Davey outsmart a Russian thug and Soho crimelord to recover the stolen masterpieces? The clock is ticking. The game is on.
Ebook, paperback & audiobook.
www.winonakent.com/badboy.html
Ebook, paperback & audiobook.
www.winonakent.com/badboy.html
April 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A mysterious thief takes his own life...but not before stealing priceless scores by Sir Edward Elgar. Can Jason Davey outsmart a Russian thug and Soho crimelord to recover the stolen masterpieces? The clock is ticking. The game is on.
Ebook, paperback & audiobook.
www.winonakent.com/badboy.html
Ebook, paperback & audiobook.
www.winonakent.com/badboy.html
Cool! Bad Boy's #3 in British Detectives in the Canadian Kindle store :) (and #8 in International Mysteries in the US Kindle store). Woo-hoo!
amazon.ca/dp/B0F2Q26ZBD (Canada)
amazon.com/dp/B0F2Q1Y7R4 (US)
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2PNWY13 (UK)
amazon.ca/dp/B0F2Q26ZBD (Canada)
amazon.com/dp/B0F2Q1Y7R4 (US)
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2PNWY13 (UK)
March 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Cool! Bad Boy's #3 in British Detectives in the Canadian Kindle store :) (and #8 in International Mysteries in the US Kindle store). Woo-hoo!
amazon.ca/dp/B0F2Q26ZBD (Canada)
amazon.com/dp/B0F2Q1Y7R4 (US)
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2PNWY13 (UK)
amazon.ca/dp/B0F2Q26ZBD (Canada)
amazon.com/dp/B0F2Q1Y7R4 (US)
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2PNWY13 (UK)
It's here! The brand new audiobook for my 5th Jason Davey mystery, Bad Boy. Narrated by Nick Johnson. BONUS get the ebook FREE Mar 28 and 29.
Support Canadian Authors :)
www.amazon.ca/dp/B0F2Q26ZBD (Canada)
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2Q1Y7R4 (US)
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2PNWY13 (UK)
Support Canadian Authors :)
www.amazon.ca/dp/B0F2Q26ZBD (Canada)
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2Q1Y7R4 (US)
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2PNWY13 (UK)
March 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It's here! The brand new audiobook for my 5th Jason Davey mystery, Bad Boy. Narrated by Nick Johnson. BONUS get the ebook FREE Mar 28 and 29.
Support Canadian Authors :)
www.amazon.ca/dp/B0F2Q26ZBD (Canada)
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2Q1Y7R4 (US)
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2PNWY13 (UK)
Support Canadian Authors :)
www.amazon.ca/dp/B0F2Q26ZBD (Canada)
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2Q1Y7R4 (US)
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2PNWY13 (UK)
Please join Vancouver's own Literary Love Cowboy A.J. Devlin as he hosts Noir star Christa Faust and J.T. Siemens tomorrow at The Irish Heather Shebeen. A HammerSkall production by Magnus Skallagrimsson. 248 East Georgia (downstairs). Doors at 7pm. @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Please join Vancouver's own Literary Love Cowboy A.J. Devlin as he hosts Noir star Christa Faust and J.T. Siemens tomorrow at The Irish Heather Shebeen. A HammerSkall production by Magnus Skallagrimsson. 248 East Georgia (downstairs). Doors at 7pm. @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social
My Bad Boy audiobook release is imminent. And I'm looking for reviewers. If you love a good amateur sleuth mystery and you have a US or a UK subscription to Amazon Audible, I'll have coupons for a free download that I'll be offering in exchange for a review. .../2
March 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My Bad Boy audiobook release is imminent. And I'm looking for reviewers. If you love a good amateur sleuth mystery and you have a US or a UK subscription to Amazon Audible, I'll have coupons for a free download that I'll be offering in exchange for a review. .../2
News about the audiobook for "Bad Boy", plus Jeanne Basone's "Hooray for Hollywood" ... and how to make home-made butter! My March newsletter is here:
winonakent.substack.com/p/march-2025...
winonakent.substack.com/p/march-2025...
March 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
News about the audiobook for "Bad Boy", plus Jeanne Basone's "Hooray for Hollywood" ... and how to make home-made butter! My March newsletter is here:
winonakent.substack.com/p/march-2025...
winonakent.substack.com/p/march-2025...