chris fournier

Crime writer, author of The Freelancer, and The Pathfinder, Books 1 and 2 in the Denny Durant Montréal Crime Series.

[chris fournier @fournierwire]

https://t.co/FP7Uj5wHIG

[Peggy Blair @peggy_blair]

It's a great read everyone! Be sure to drop by and buy a book!

[chris fournier @fournierwire]

Ottawa — I'm signing books at @Indigo Rideau tomorrow, Saturday July 4, 1–4 PM.
The Pathfinder won the 2026 Toby Award for Best Canadian Mystery. Come say hi and grab a signed copy. 📚🏆

[Peggy Blair @peggy_blair]

Chris Fournier (winner of the Toby Award this year) and Gary Coffin (shortlist/honourable mention) will be joining me on Alan Neal's ALL IN A DAY on CBC Radio today at 4:30 to talk about the Tobys! Be sure to tune in (and buy their books)!!!

[chris fournier @fournierwire]

The Pathfinder wins the 2026 Toby Award for Best Canadian Mystery. 🏆
"Effortlessly good...some of the best writing we've seen in this competition."
Thanks to @peggy_blair & ReBound Press. Congrats to Gary Coffin for his Honourable Mention. https://t.co/xySlrT2HKZ

[chris fournier @fournierwire]

@peggy_blair @TheTobyAward It's an honour to be included on this list with such talented writers. Thank you @Peggy and ReBound Press

[Peggy Blair @peggy_blair]

Very happy to announce this year's Toby Award shortlist! The Toby Award celebrates exceptional writing by Canadian self-published mystery authors. The winner will be announced May 24. Congrats to all these wonderful storytellers! @TheTobyAward

[chris fournier @fournierwire]

Thrilled to share that The Pathfinder has been shortlisted for the 2026 Toby Award for self-published Canadian mystery writers. 🎉 Judged by authors, journalists, editors & librarians. Winner announced May 24. Huge thanks to @peggy_blair and ReBound Press.
https://t.co/h1uwEKJv22

[chris fournier @fournierwire]

Pop-up reminder: I’m signing books TODAY, Saturday, Nov. 22, 12-5pm at Indigo Rideau! If you’ve been waiting for a signed copy (or want to start your holiday shopping with a personal touch), I’d love to see you at the Rideau Centre. Come say hi!
#Ottawa #BookSigning #DennyDurant

[chris fournier @fournierwire]

In #Ottawa? Like #crime #fiction? Pick up your signed copy of The Pathfinder tomorrow at @IndigoRideau

[Eleanor Wachtel @EleanorWachtel]

Here's a link to my first interview with #AliceMunro about one of my favourite of her books, "Friend of My Youth" back in 1990, the 1st season of #WandC
https://t.co/uSeB67BpS1

[chris fournier @fournierwire]

It’s official: This Montreal street ranked one of the coolest in the world https://t.co/sKl0UPacXp

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Kurt Vonnegut's 8 rules for writing:
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1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.⁣
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2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.⁣
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3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.⁣
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4. Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.⁣
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5. Start as close to the end as possible.⁣
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6. Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them-in order that the reader may see what they are made of.⁣
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7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.⁣
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8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To hell with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.⁣

[Montreal Expos @Montreal_Expos]

This weekend in New York City, Tom Brady made an appearance at the MLB Store wearing a No. 12 Montreal Expos jersey.

Brady was drafted by the Expos as a catcher in 1995 and has mused about bringing the Expos back - with him as owner.

Would you like to see that happen?

[chris fournier @fournierwire]

Calling #Ottawa #crimefiction fans! See you at Indigo Pinecrest this Sunday, Oct. 1
@ottawa_events

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

I dig deeper into the controversy in my latest #Straphanger dispatch:

https://t.co/r5dLd2C5DS

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

Parks are not for cars!

One of North America's great urban parks, #Montreal's Mont-Royal, was conceived in 1876.
Cars weren't included in original plans. (People got to the top by trolley, funicular, or on foot.)

Now Montreal's mayor has announced cars will be kicked out... 🧵

[Montréal @Montreal]

The iconic Notre-Dame Basilica of Montréal. ⛪️

📷 Taki Eddine Alimat #montreal

[John Hodge @JohnDHodge]

Thrilled to cross this game off my bucket list.

A brilliant atmosphere for today’s game between the Montréal Carabins & the Laval Rouge et Or.

#USports | #Laval | #Montreal | #RSEQ

[Montréal @Montreal]

We agree. 😎