Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Memorial Gathering for LOU ALLIN

From Kay Stewart:

Memorial Gathering 
For 
LOU ALLIN 

Sunday, September 14, 2014 
2-4:30 p.m. 
Victoria, BC 

With Lou Allin’s death on July 10, many of us lost a friend. 

CWC also lost a long-time member, award-winning author, and energetic supporter of Canadian crime writing. During her tenure as BC/Yukon VP and membership chair, Lou organized many CWC events and encouraged scores of new and established writers to join. She also gave generously of her time to mentor aspiring authors and to review books for anyone who asked (and some who didn’t). A dedicated conference participant, she never missed a Bloody Words and co-chaired Bloody Words 2011 in Victoria. She will be greatly missed in our community. 

The memorial gathering on September 14 will provide an opportunity to honor Lou as friend and colleague. 

You are invited to email your thoughts, anecdotes, photos, and/or favorite passages from Lou’s books (please include the title!) to kay_stewart@shaw.ca by September 7. These messages will be available for reading during the gathering and will then be collected for presentation to Lou’s partner. 

If you plan to attend, please email Kay Stewart at the above address for further details.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm wondering about the mystery authors you often recommend..or share news of..wondering why many of them do not appear in several small western Michigan
libraries. I realize e-books would be my answer but I'm still puzzled by the exclusion of authors you recommend highly.

Janet Rudolph said...

Libraries usually go with the recommendations of the librarians, and sometimes patrons, but with small libraries, it's also budget. Sad.