April 9 - Barrie, ON
Reading from collected works at the Barrie Library, 7 p.m.

April 23 - Huntsville, ON
Television Interview with the New VR

April 26 - Port Elgin, ON
Facilitating a writers’ workshop: “On Writing the Mystery”, at the Bruce County Public Library Headquarters, 9:30 - 3 p.m. (Register by mail The Brucedale Press, Box 2259, Port Elgin, Ontario N0H 2C0, by phone 519-832-6025, by e-mail brucedale@bmts.com

May 10 - Sarnia, ON
Participating in “GenreCon” at the Lambton County Library, 11 a.m. - 5:30
Info at 519-337-3041

May 13 - Kitchener, ON
Visiting the Grade 8 class at the SERT- gifted programme, McQuarrie Enrichment Centre

June 4 - Toronto, ON
The Arthur Ellis Awards - Oscar night for the Crime Writers of Canada.
Mel will be attending this evening’s shindig in order to cheer on her fellow crime-writers as they celebrate this year’s winners.

June 7, 8 - Toronto, ON
Signing at Book Expo Canada convention with Napoleon/Rendezvous Press, at the Toronto Convention Centre

June 13 - 15 - Ottawa, ON
Participating in the Bloody Words Mystery and Crime Conference, The Lord Elgin Hotel

July 12 - 14 - Huntsville, ON
Mel Malton and co-organizers present the second annual Muskoka Novel Marathon, under the auspices of the Huntsville Festival of the Arts.

Along with a group of fellow writers, journalists, published novelists and others, the group will sweat it out for three days, each trying to write a novella as fast as they can! The public is invited to drop in and jeer, or to egg them on. This event will take place in a downtown Huntsville coffee-shop (The Bean) and includes door prizes, draws and free stuff. Proceeds will go to the Literary Council of Muskoka. To sponsor one of these insane writers, per page, or per word, or to join in the fun yourself, please e-mail hmel@vianet.on.ca. for more information.