Ian Hamilton's Blog, page 3
April 24, 2012
Ian Hamilton Named a Finalist for an Arthur Ellis Award
On April 20, 2012, the Crime Writers of Canada announced the finalists for the 29th annual Arthur Ellis Awards, which celebrate the best in crime writing of the past year.
Ian Hamilton was named as a finalist in the Best First Novel category for The Water Rat of Wanchai. Other finalists include Norm Foster for Watching Jeopardy; Fraser Nixon for The Man Who Killed; Sean Slater for The Survivor; and Roger White for Tight Corner.
The nominees for Best Novel are Alan Bradley for I Am Half-Sick of Shadows; William Deverell for I’ll See You in My Dreams; Louise Penny for A Trick of the Light; Peter Robinson for Before the Poison; and Robert Rotenberg for The Guilty Plea.
The winners will be announced on May 31 at a gala ceremony in Toronto.
April 18, 2012
Ian Hamilton will be in Mississauga on April 27 for a Book Club Event
Ian will be the special guest at Eden United Church on April 27, 2012 when four local Mississauga book clubs, First Edition, Sequel, Trilogy and Chapter of Readers, host a reading by the Burlington resident. Members of a book club from Mississauga Valley will also attend.
Tickets for the event are $8, available at the door or by calling Brenda Harrison in advance at 905-821-0941.
For more, read the story from the Mississauga News.
March 19, 2012
CBC Bookie Awards – Vote Today for the Water Rat of Wanchai!
The Water Rat of Wanchai has been shortlisted for a CBC Bookie Award for Best Mystery/ Thriller! As this is a Reader's Choice Award, we need all Ava Lee fans to vote, and vote often.
Bookmark the link to the CBC Website. You can only vote once per day in each category, but you can vote daily up to midnight on March 31st. We have been in a tight race with the other nominees, so remember to vote!
February 15, 2012
Award winning screenwriter, Karen Walton, to adapt The Water Rat of Wanchai for the big screen
Strada Films is looking to create a film franchise based on the Ian Hamilton book series that has sold widely internationally.
TORONTO – Karen Walton has been tapped by Strada Films to turn the Ava Lee crime novel series by Canadian writer Ian Hamilton into possibly the next The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo book to screen adaptation.
The Canadian producer has chosen Hamilton's debut Ava Lee book, The Water Rat of Wanchai, as the first film in a possible franchise.
Walton has been charged with transporting Ava Lee, a fictional Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant character to the big screen as a globe-trotter who uses unorthodox methods to recover multi-million debts for her clients.
Her fictional partner is an elderly Hong Kong–based "uncle" with seeming ties to the Triads.
Sandra Cunningham and Robin Cass will produce for Strada Films.
As published in the Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/karen-walton-adapt-canadian-ava-289340) on February 10, 2012.
January 13, 2012
Now Available in Canada! The Wild Beasts of Wuhan – Book 3 in the popular Ava Lee series
The Wild Beasts of Wuhan, the third novel in the Ava Lee series, is now available in book stores in Canada. The book is also available for pre-order online at Amazon.ca and at chapters/indigo.ca.
eBook versions are also now available.
In The Wild Beasts of Wuhan, Uncle and Ava are summoned by Wong Changxing, "The Emperor of Hubei" and one of the most powerful men in China, when he discovers that the Fauvist paintings he recently acquired are in fact forgeries. Ava uncovers a ring of fraudulent art dealers and follows their twisted trail to Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Dublin, London, and New York. But the job is further complicated by Wong"s second wife, the cunning and seductive May Ling, who threatens to interfere in Ava"s investigation. Will Ava find the perpetrators and get the Wongs" money back? Or will May Ling get to them first . . .
Fans won't have to wait too long for the fourth installment in the series. The Red Pole of Macau is set for Canadian release in the Fall of 2012.
The Water Rat of Wanchai – Accolades in 2011
2011 was a big year for Ian Hamilton with the launch of the Ava Lee Series. The books also received great reviews as fans eagerly await the 2012 release of the third book in the series, The Wild Beasts of Wuhan.
The first book in the series, The Water Rat of Wanchai, was chosen by the Quill and Quire as one of its top 15 books of 2011. The ranking including all types of fiction (including kids, comics etc.) and non-fiction. This was announced in the December issue of Quill and Quire.
The Water Rat of Wanchai was also named one of Amazon Canada's Top 100 Books of the Year for 2011. The list is chosen from every book released in Canada from anywhere in the world, and includes fiction, non-fiction and all genres.
The Water Rat, and the second book in the series, The Disciple of Las Vegas, were named on the Booksellers' picks of the year in the crime and mystery division.
"Other top 2011 titles at Whodunit? include Quill & Quire book of the year The Water Rat of Wanchai and The Disciple of Las Vegas, both from Ian Hamilton's Ava Lee series published by Spiderline, the new crime fiction imprint from House of Anansi Press."
And the accolades continued when The Water Rat of Wanchai , was chosen by the Toronto Star as one of the top five best reads of 2011.
The debut Ava Lee novel was also chosen by iBooks as #2 in list of the top ten mystery/thrillers of 2011.
September 28, 2011
German Reviews for Die Wasserratte von Wanchai are coming in!
Early book reviews are coming in from the German launch of the Water Rat of Wanchai (Die Wasserratte von Wanchai) and we are getting lots of positive buzz! Here are some translated comments:
"Brilliant researched and incredibly exciting!"
"Page-turning till the end of the book!"
"Ava Lee is the upcoming crime-star."
August 29, 2011
Amazing review for The Deadly Touch of the Tigress
Promoting Crime Fiction has always been the passion of Lizzie Hayes. Founding member of Mystery Women, Lizzie writes reviews on her blog: Promoting Crime. Although not due to launch in the UK until October 6, 2011, Lizzie wrote a fantastic review for The Deadly Touch of the Tigress, the first novel in the Ava Lee series (The Water Rat of Wanchai in Canada).
"For whatever reason you pick up this book, don't put it down unless it is safely in your tote bag and you are taking it home. It is a not to be missed read. I just can't wait for the next one."
Read more: http://promotingcrime.blogspot.com/2011/07/deadly-touch-of-tigress-by-ian-hamilton.html
Check out Ian Hamilton on CBC Radio's Fresh Air
Ian Hamilton joined fellow authors Andrew Pyper and Maureen Jennings on CBC Radio's Fresh Air on Sunday, August 28, 2011. The authors discussed mystery writing and the writing process. Hamilton, Pyper and Jennings will also be at the International Festival of Authors on September 1st at 5:30 p.m. at the CNE in Toronto participating in a reading and panel discussion.
CBC Radio – Fresh Air
What does it take to write a mystery novel? We put that question to three accomplished mystery novelists, Ian Hamilton (The Disciple of Las Vegas), Maureen Jennings (Season of Darkness) and Andrew Pyper (The Guardians). They're taking part in the 2011 International Festival of Authors at this year's CNE.
http://www.cbc.ca/freshair/episodes/2011/08/28/sunday-aug-28/
Deadly Touch of the Tigress chosen as Book of the Month by Dymnocks Books
Dymnocks, an Australian book store chain, and the largest English language book chain in Hong Kong, has chosen The Deadly Touch of the Tigress as its Book of the Month for October 2011. This announcement comes in advance of the international launch of the first Ava Lee series novel in September and October.
International rights have been sold into the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Germany and worldwide Spanish and French rights.
http://www.dymocks.com.au/VirtualStore/LandingPage.aspx?Store=Book&Ne=10&N=4294967292
Ian Hamilton's Blog
- Ian Hamilton's profile
- 346 followers
