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Want To Join Me In Dublin’s Fair City?

The Dublin book launch of Pull Focus, postponed last fall due to Ireland’s strict Covid lockdowns, has been rescheduled for July 12th. I’m entirely delighted. As readers of this newsletter know, I hold dual Canadian and Irish citizenship, and have spent a lot of time in Ireland over the years, visiting friends and family (and my father’s grave, who’s buried in his hometown of Mallow alongside my grandparents). I also partially wrote Pull Focus during two residencies at the Tyrone Guthrie at Annaghmakerrig, […]

The Cozy Mystery of Spirited Ex-Pats & Other Happenings

Recently, we watched the first episode of Murder in Provence, a cozy mystery series produced by ITV, airing on BritBox. A Cozy Mystery Worth Watching Set in Aix-en-Provence, France, the scenery will leave you drooling, nose pressed against the television, as cars wind through breathtaking lavender fields, or pull up in front of 16th-century chateaus. Then there’s the restaurant scenes where middle-aged characters (yay!) drink rosé and eat charcuterie during long lunchtime meetings, while the sun beams beatifically on the […]

WOW – An Afternoon of Literary Entertainment, Sunday Dec 5, 2021, 2-3pm ET

Join us virtually for the annual Words the Orangeville Way literary event, produced in partnership with local independent bookstore, BookLore.  This year attendees are invited to enjoy an afternoon of literary entertainment featuring part-time Mono resident and author Helen Walsh and part-time Caledon resident and author Suzanne Hillier. The panel discussion will be moderated by Orangeville’s own freelance writer Bernadette Hardaker. It will dive into the powerful themes in each author’s most recent book: Pull Focus by […]

Massey College Pull Focus Literary Salon – October 18th, 4:30-6pm

October 18, 2021, 4:30-6pm, Massey College,4 Devonshire Pl, Toronto, ON M5S 2E1 Please join us for this free hybrid event featuring Helen Walsh and Nalini Stewart in conversation, moderated by Doug Gibson. Registration for in-person attendance can be found HERE. Additionally, the event will be broadcast on Massey College’s YouTube Channel with access HERE.

Ramsay Talks: Sept 27/21, 6-7pm (virtual). FREE with registration.

Join us for this free, book launch with Helen Walsh, author of Pull Focus. A thriller about dirty money and weaponized sex at a film festival. What fun! Helen Walsh’s new mystery isn’t even published and it’s already drawing raves, listed as a must-read Fall 2021 book. Deepa Mehta said: “I fell deeper and deeper into the complex and intricate mystery so artfully created by Helen Walsh. Pull Focus is like a shot of adrenaline: with every page, […]

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