Noir at the Bar comes to Hillsborough, North Carolina on April 11 at the King Street Bar. The event is hosted by Tracey Reynolds and will feature readings from authors S.A. Cosby, Grant Hetherton, Dolores Chandler, David Terrenoire, Scott Blackburn, Warren Moore, Eryk Pruitt, and J.D. Allen.
In a surprise deal that might signal a shift within the publishing industry, Blackstone Publishing — the largest independent publisher in the multi-billion dollar audiobook business — has set up a partnership with The Story Factory to expand in the print and e-book markets. The centerpiece is a three-author deal with New York Times and Edgar Award-winning authors Steve Hamilton, Reed Farrel Coleman, and Meg Gardiner. All three authors, who are Story Factory clients, are leaving Penguin Random House to join Blackstone. At a time when even well-established authors are seeing advances and promotional budgets slashed, the three authors will receive career best paydays in a deal in the seven figures as well as get creative and promotional approvals, and guaranteed publicity budget for each book launch.
Last week, we lost another crime fiction blogger when Margot Kinberg decided to close down her blog, Confessions of a Mystery Novelist after ten years. Unfortunately, even her archives will no longer be available, but fellow blogger Bill Selnes posted a tribute.
The new issue of the online crime 'zine Mysterical-E is out, with new eight new short stories, media columns by Anita Page and Gerald So, and a brand new feature edited by Kay George called, “What’s Your Process?” which asks writers to explain how they go about moving from an idea to a finished product.
Did you know there is a Pulp Magazine Archive? It's free and features over 11,000 digitized issues of classic detective, sci-fi, and fantasy 'zines from the late 1800s to the present.
The spring edition of Suspense Magazine is out and features interviews with Nancy Bilyeau, Lars Kepler Mark Shaw, Shaun Meeks, and Mike Lawson. There's also a profile of debut author Samantha Downing, as well as book excerpts, a Crime and Science Radio feature where D.P. Lyle and Jan Burke interview Marc Cameron, and new reviews and short stories.
The latest poem at the 5-2 crime poetry weekly is "Dying a Slow Death" by J.H. Johns.
In the Q&A roundup, Criminal Element spoke with Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, screenwriters and showrunners (best known for creating the iconic series Smallville), who are embarking on a new creative endeavor with the publication of their debut thriller, Double Exposure, which introduces "the Indiana Jones of film restoration"; CE also snagged Jane Stanton Hitchcock, whose latest novel Bluff, draws on her passion for poker; and the Mystery People chatted with Joe R. Lansdale about his latest Hap & Leonard novel, The Elephant of Surprise.
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