Tickets are still available for the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Banquet in Cleveland during Bouchercon on Friday night, October 5. Tickets are a steal at $60 for dinner, a cruise, and awards. Email Bob Randisi at RRandisi@sbcglobal.net for tickets and details. (Hat tip to James Reasoner for the reminder.)
Author Marcus Sakey is teaming up with the Team Julian Foundation, a not-for-profit that raises research funds for childhood cancer, to raise money through e-book sales of his story collection, Scar Tissue (available at Amazon). During the month of September, Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, 100% of the proceeds will go directly to the Team Julian Foundation.
A new story is up at Beat to a Pulp, titled "Too Many Crocketts" by Evan Lewis, who talks about the genesis for the story on his blog.
Poisoned Pen Press is starting a new imprint just for young adult crime fiction, titled The Poisoned Pencil. They are looking for manuscripts between 45,000 and 90,000 words with a protagonist between 12 and 18. All the submission details are on the publisher website.
An Agatha Christie essay from 1945 praising British crime fiction will be published for the first time. The Wall Street Journal placed the essay in context and how it was written at a time when hardboiled fiction a la Raymond Chandler was dominating American crime fiction, and British Golden Age detective fiction was under attack.
The Q&A roundup this week includes Aldo Calcagno, editor of online zines Powder Burn Flash and Darkest Before the Dawn; Australian-born author Michael Robotham talks with the Crime Fiction Lover blog about his latest thriller featuring psychologist Joe O’Loughlin and former cop Vincent Ruiz; and Sons of Spade chats with British author Keith Dixon about his Sam Dyke series.
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