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Toronto Public Library Coffee and Books discussion

December 30, 2017December 30, 2017 Anna Leave a comment

January 17 TPL book club discussion on my books and the uses of the Gothic http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT325319&R=EVT325319&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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Praise from Kirkus Reviews for The Au Pair:

December 7, 2017 Anna 2 Comments

“An aspiring private investigator uncovers a mystery when she takes a job as an au pair. Ashley Smeeton always dreamed of becoming a sleuth. When she was 9, she witnessed her first investigation when a murder mystery unfolded in her hometown. Now in her mid-20s, she has set up an agency in Montreal, but she […]

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Gothic Suspense

December 1, 2017 Anna 1 Comment

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Joanne Guidoccio I’m happy to welcome Canadian mystery author Anna Dowdall to the Power of 10 series. Today, Anna shares her extensive knowledge of Gothic suspense and her novels, After the Winter and The Au Pair. What the heck is it anyway? Everybody knows this type of story! It […]

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Two Book Giveaway

October 11, 2017October 16, 2017 Anna Leave a comment

Yes, that time has come.  The Au Pair is released today, and to celebrate there’s a giveaway.  If you sign up to receive email notifications from this website (my occasional blogs, basically) you’ll be in the running for a prize of two nice trade paperbacks of both my books, After the Winter and its sequel […]

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Kirkus Reviews approves: AFTER THE WINTER

September 21, 2017October 24, 2017 Anna Leave a comment

The discovery of a secret half sister leads a woman into a web of deception and intrigue in this debut novel. At 23, Sally Ryder finds herself unmoored following a betrayal by an unfaithful fiance. Then an article in a Montreal paper brings news of a sudden loss. Helena Lane, Sally’s half sister, was killed […]

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The Middle of the Night

September 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Anna Leave a comment

Popular Montreal newspaper columnist Bernard Mendelman has been kind enough to recommend my book to Hillary Clinton, which is of course him being nice to a new writer, and also dangling a hook for his readers.   But Hillary’s taste in Eastern Townships murder mysteries must be familiar to most Canadians now, since her recent […]

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My Conversation with Joanne Guidoccio

September 14, 2017September 11, 2017 Anna 6 Comments

In which I chat with Joanne Guidoccio, Canadian author of the Gilda Greco mystery series Tell us a little bit about your series, including where the idea originated? Too Many Women in the Room is the second book in the Gilda Greco Mystery Series. Based in Northern Ontario, these books feature a fifty-something Italian woman, […]

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When Your Hometown Newspaper Recognizes You

September 6, 2017 Anna Leave a comment

New novel a unique pleasure for former Cornwallite Anna Dowdall By Todd Hambleton, Cornwall Standard-Freeholder Tuesday, September 5, 2017 7:36:11 EDT PM An author who grew up in Cornwall has had her first novel published. Anna Dowdall, who was born in Montreal and currently lives in Toronto, has written After the Winter, a crime novel […]

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Book Review

September 2, 2017September 2, 2017 Anna Leave a comment

When you get your first good book review, and not from some writer to whom you will be reciprocating, bless their hearts, but from a celebrated writer like Joan Barfoot, I’m afraid there’s no end to your desire to reblog it and mention it at the drop of a hat.  So here is the beginning […]

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Toronto Public Library Free Writing Workshop

August 26, 2017September 10, 2017 Anna 1 Comment

Writing Workshop:  Light Fiction, Serious Themes Presenter: Anna Dowdall   Does light have to be trivial?  Does serious have to be boring and strident? Are you a beginning or aspiring writer interested in exploring how genre fiction (romance, mystery, humour, science fiction, fantasy—the kind we all love to read!) can also express the things that […]

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