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

 

 

BONY BLITHE AWARD 2020

More news from our neighbors to the North.

The Bony Blithe Award 2020

The Bloody Words Light Mystery Award

Bony Blithe is pleased to announce the winner of the 2020 Bloody Words Light Mystery Award, a literary award for books that make us smile.

Liz Freeland for Murder in Midtown (Kensington Books)

Murder in Midtown, the second book in Liz’s Louise Faulk historical mystery series, is set in 1913 New York City. The story brings together the highest and lowest of NYC’s denizens as Louise works to solve a particularly nasty murder, all the while risking her newly acquired position as a novice NYC policewoman.

The Bony Blithe is an annual Canadian award that celebrates traditional, feel-good mysteries announce this year’s winner. 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.

Because of Covid-19, the Bloody Words mini-con/Bony Blithe Award gala was cancelled. However, the mini-con/award gala will be back next year at the High Park Club in Toronto with a double award presentation: the 2020 award to Liz and the 2021 award.

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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.

Bony Blithe Award aka The Bloody Words Light Mystery Award

The winner of the Bloody Words Light Mystery Award (aka the Bony Blithe Award), an annual Canadian award that celebrates traditional, feel-good mysteries, was announced tonight. Now in its sixth year, this award is for a “mystery book that makes us smile” and includes everything from laugh-out-loud to gentle humor to good old-fashioned stories with little violence or gore – in short, books that are fun to read.

Elizabeth J. Duncan for Murder on the Hour (St. Martin’s Press)

Elizabeth J. Duncan will receive a cheque for $1,000 plus a colourful plaque.

Congratulations!

Bony Blithe Light Mystery Award

The Bloody Words Light Mystery Award (aka the Bony Blithe Award), the annual Canadian award that celebrates traditional, feel-good mysteries announced that Victoria Abbott has won the 2016 award for The Marsh Madness, published by Berkley Prime Crime.

Now in its fifth year, the award is for a “mystery book that makes us smile” and includes everything from laugh-out-loud to gentle humor to good old-fashioned stories with little violence or gore.

Victoria Abbott is the nom de plume for the mother-daughter writing team of Mary Jane Maffini and Victoria Maffini. Both mother and daughter live in Ottawa, ON.

Bony Blithe Light Mystery Award Shortlist

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 fifth 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.

Congratulations to the five finalists for the 2016 award:

Victoria Abbott, The Marsh Madness (Berkley Prime Crime)
Elizabeth J. Duncan, Untimely Death (Crooked Lane Books)
Eva Gates, Booked for Trouble (NAL)
Victoria Hamilton, White Colander Crime (Berkley Prime Crime)
Alexis Koetting, Encore (Five Star)

The award will be presented at the Bony Blithe Gala on Friday, May 27, at the High Park Club, 100 Indian Road, Toronto. The festivities start at 2:00 p.m. with panels and afternoon nibblies, culminating with 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 bw-award@bloodywords.com or visit www.bonyblithe.com. The winner will receive a cheque for $1,000 plus a colourful plaque.

Bony Blithe Award for best Canadian Light Mystery 2015

The Bony Blithe Award for best Canadian Light Mystery 2015. 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. 

Cathy Ace, The Corpse with the Platinum Hair (Touchwood Editions)
Judith Alguire, Many Unpleasant Returns (Signature Editions)
E.C. Bell, Seeing the Light (Tyche Books)
Janet Bolin, Night of the Living Thread (Berkley Prime Crime)
Allan Stratton, The Resurrection of Mary Mabel McTavish (Dundurn Press)