Coming up beginning October 22nd are two terrific events for fans of crime fiction, especially if you happen to live in a more northerly latitude. As reported on the Women of Mystery blog, the inaugural Astoria/LIC International Film Festival will take place in the New York area, with a variety of events. Although not specifically devoted just to noir or crime-themed books, plays and movies, there are several such offerings included, such as Saturday's readings by members of the New York/Tri-State Sisters in Crime chapter at The Secret Theatre in Queens. Terrie Farley Moran, Laura Joh Rowland, Lina Zeldovich, Elizabeth Zelvin, Cathi Stoler, Kenneth Wishnia and Peggy Ehrhart will all be on hand.,
Even farther up north, the International Festival of Authors in Toronto includes the IFOA Noir event, starting off with an interview/reading featuring R.J. Ellory and Jeff Lindsay and including other bestselling authors such as Louise Penny and Peter Robinson. Ahead of the festival, the Toronto Star online asked each of the participants to detail "what led them to a life of crime" (writing, that is). I love Don Winslow's comment, "People sometimes ask me if, as a crime genre writer, I live in a 'literary ghetto.' My response is, 'Yes, and I love my neighbourhood.'"
