Lorna Poplak is a Toronto-based writer, editor, and researcher.
With two award-nominated non-fiction publications with Dundurn Press, articles appearing on the TV Ontario website and in other publications, and inclusion in a new short story anthology, Lorna is establishing herself as an authority on the history of crime and punishment in Canada.
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CAPITAL CRIME WRITERS (VIRTUAL PRESENTATION) – MARCH 12
More details available on the CCW website at https://capitalcrimewriters.com/
IN THE CITY’S PICTURESQUE NECROPOLIS, FIND A WHO’S WHO OF 19TH-CENTURY TORONTO
The Toronto Necropolis (Greek for “city of the dead”) opened on Winchester Street in Cabbagetown in 1850.
Between 1850 and 1899, 22,307 people were buried at the Necropolis. Weathered grave stones scattered higgledy-piggledy throughout the cemetery’s 18.25 acres bear mute testimony to battles and disease, heartbreak and loss, and lives cut short.
Many famous — and infamous — individuals whose stories fuelled the headlines found their resting place in this non-sectarian cemetery.
Read the full article on the TVO website!
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A sober reflection by Austin Sarat on the death penalty in the U.S. A death by firing squad is imminent. The bottom line: the history
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Next up: a capital talk I'll be guest speaker at the March meeting of Ottawa-based Capital Crime Writers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12,
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It’s Flashback February in the County! Prince Edward County, that is. Join me for this virtual presentation on the grim history of the death penalty
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Two online presentations on the history of death penalty coming up in February! #1 is on Saturday, February 15 at 2 pm. It will include
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Kudos to Claire A. Murray, who reviewed each and every story in “The 13th Letter” for Kings River Life Magazine's News & Reviews. Her review
"The 13th Letter" By Les Mesdames & Messieurs of Mayhem: Review/Giveaway
The letter M conjures up many wonderful words for mystery writers.
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If by any chance you crooned (or slurred) the words of "Auld Lang Syne" at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day, you may
Do Americans Sing ‘Auld Lang Syne’ Because of a Frat Party?
Or maybe it was the cigars that gave us this New Year's Eve staple.
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Look for Drop Dead in the Dundurn Press Holiday Bookshop! Use code BOOKGIFT until December 10 to save 25% on hundreds of books by Canadian
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Celebrating the launch of “The 13th Letter” with the Mesdames of Mayhem at Sleuth of Baker Street Mystery Book Store
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It's happening on Saturday! The launch of Mesdames of Mayhem's latest anthology, which is all about the letter M. I'm delighted to let you know
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A full house to see Lorna’s presentation this evening!
