Bony Blithe/Bloody Words Light Mystery Award 2021

The Bony Blithe/Bloody Words Light Mystery Award

Iona Wishaw, A Match Made for Murder (Touchwood Editions)

 

The Bony Blithe is an annual Canadian award celebrating traditional, feel-good mysteries. Now in its 10^th year, the award includes everything from laugh-out-loud to gentle humour to good old-fashioned stories with little violence or gore – in short, books that are fun to read.

 

Other Bony Blithe News: 

 

Bony Blithe will be retiring and the 2021 award is the final one. There will be a Bony Blithe newsletter called Bare Bones which will be about the world of light mysteries. 

 

There is still the intent to have an event to celebrate the 2021 Bony Blithe winners as well as Bony Blithe's 10th birthday, but no exact plans yet.

 

 

Bony Blithe/Bloody Words Light Mystery Award Shortlist

The Bony Blithe/Bloody Words Light Mystery Award Short List

Vicki Delany, There’s a Murder Afoot (Crooked Lane Books)

Candas Jane Dorsey, The Adventures of Isabel (ECW Press)

Liz Ireland, Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings (Kensington Books)

Thomas King, Obsidian (Harper Collins Canada)

Iona Wishaw, A Match Made for Murder (Touchwood Editions)

 

As announced in March, the 2021 Bloody Words Mini-con/Bony Blithe Award Dinner, originally scheduled for Friday, May 28. However, they will be announcing the 2021 Bony Blithe winner online on May 28 , so watch for an email or check Facebook or the Bony Blithe Website

 

 

The Bony Blithe Award Shortlist 2019

More news from our neighbors to the North. Congrats to all!

The Bony Blithe Short List: 2019: 

The Bloody Words Light Mystery Award

Thanks, Caro, for the great video!

The Bony Blithe Shortlist 2018

More news from our neighbors to the North.

The Bony Blithe Short List: 2018: 

The Bloody Words Light Mystery Award

Cathy Ace, The Case of the Unsuitable Suitor
E.C. Bell, Dying on Second
Rickie Blair, Digging up Trouble
Vicki Delany, Hark the Herald Angels Slay
Elizabeth J. Duncan, Much Ado About Murder

The award will be presented at the Bony Blithe Mini-con  & Award Gala on May 25th, at the High Park Club, 100 Indian Road, Toronto, Canada. 11:00 a.m. to 9 p.m. includes lunch, panels and/or round-table discussions, afternoon nibblies, a dealers room, loot bags, and the award banquet where the monarch of merry murder will be crowned. 10 hours of criminous capering, all for $65. For more information or to buy a ticket for the mini-con/gala, go to event@bonyblithe.com or go to the Registration page. The winner will receive a check for $1,000 plus a colourful plaque.

Bloody Words Light Mystery Award aka The Bony Blithe Award Shortlist

Murder Is Nothing to Laugh About...Or Is It?
The Bloody Words Light Mystery Award Announces Finalists

(Toronto, ON) April 13, 2017 – The Bloody Words Light Mystery Award (aka the Bony Blithe Award), an annual Canadian award that celebrates traditional, feel-good mysteries is pleased to announce this year’s finalists. Now in its sixth year, the award is for a “mystery book that makes us smile” and includes everything from laugh-out-loud to gentle humour to good old-fashioned stories with little violence or gore – in short, books that are fun to read.

Congratulations to the five finalists for the 2017 award:

Cathy Ace, The Corpse with the Garnet Face (Touchwood)
Ryan Aldred, Rum Luck (Five Star)
Alan Bradley, Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d (Doubleday Canada)
Elizabeth J. Duncan, Murder on the Hour (St. Martin’s Press)
Mike Martin, A Long Ways from Home (Friesen Press)

The award will be presented at the Bony Blithe Mini-con & Award Gala on Friday, May 26, at the High Park Club, 100 Indian Road, Toronto. The festivities run from 11:00 a.m. to 9 p.m. and include lunch, panels and/or round-table discussions, afternoon nibblies, a dealers room, loot bags, and the award banquet where the monarch of merry murder will be crowned. For more information or to buy a ticket for the gala, contact us at event@bonyblithe.com or www.bonyblithe.com

The winner will receive a cheque for $1,000 plus a colourful plaque.

2015 Bony Blithe Award Winner

The Bony Blithe Award for best Canadian Light Mystery 2015:

Cathy Ace for The Corpse with the Platinum Hair (Touchwood Editions)

The Bony Blithe Award was created by the Bloody Words Board to shine a spotlight on light mysteries, an area of the genre that is often overlooked.The award for "mysteries that make us smile" celebrates traditional feel-good mysteries ranging from cozies to capers to light-hearted humor.

The Bony Blithe Award

Bloody Words, the Canadian crime-fiction convention, has announced its nominees for a new annual award, the Light Mystery Award. This prize “celebrates traditional, feel-good mysteries ... The award--aka the Bony Blithe--is for a ‘book that makes us smile,’ which includes everything from laugh-out-loud, to gentle humour, to good old-fashioned stories with little violence or gore.”

Nominees
Dire Threads, by Janet Bolin (Berkley Prime Crime)
A Red Herring without Mustard, by Alan Bradley (Doubleday Canada)
Cheat the Hangman, by Gloria Ferris (Imajin Books)
The Busy Woman’s Guide to Murder, by Mary Jane Maffini (Berkley Prime Crime)
Champagne for Buzzards, by Phyllis Smallman (McArthur & Company)

The Bony Blithe will be given at Bloody Words XII Banquet at the Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, on June 2.

Hat Tip: The Rap Sheet