Cartoon of the Day: The Other coast

The Other Coast by Adrian Raeside

 

Hat Tip to Janet Appel

Book Bytes: How To Open a New Book, Smell of Books

Those of you with e-Readers will appreciate the following:

I found this on Stephen's Lighthouse Blog. In this age of e-books (is there an informational page for librarians?), it's a reminder of days past.

Miss the smell of a new book when you open your e-Reader? Here's what you need:

Smell of Books™ is available in five designer aromas. There’s a Smell of Books™ scent for every type of book lover.

New Book Smell
Classic Musty Smell
Scent of Sensibility
Eau You Have Cats
Crunchy Bacon Scent

Barbara Corrado Pope: Literary Salon in Berkeley 9/15

Join Mystery Readers International in Berkeley (CA) on September 15 at 2 p.m. for an afternoon with critically acclaimed author  Barbara Corrado Pope. She is the author of The Blood of Lorraine and Cezanne's Quarry. 

Barbara Corrado Pope has a PhD in the Social and Intellectual History of Europe from Columbia and has taught history and women's studies in Hungary, Tuscany, the University of New Mexico and Harvard Divinity School. Her longest teaching stint was at the University of Oregon where she was the founding director of Women's Studies.

Publishers Weekly gave The Blood of Lorraine a starred review: "Pope improves on her 2008 debut, Cézanne's Quarry, which also featured magistrate Bernard Martin, in this fascinating look at the rise of anti-Semitism in France after the arrest of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus for treason in 1894... Pope, a historian, gives us a complex lead and with great skill makes the anti-Semitic atmosphere of the times both palpable and tragically prophetic."

All welcome. Please RSVP for Directions. 

Labor Day Mysteries III

Seems like there aren't a lot of mysteries set during the Labor Day Holiday. I've posted pretty much the same title for the past three years. So there's definitely an unfilled niche for crime writers.

Lee Harris' Labor Day Murder remains the only title. Let me know if I've missed another one out there. On the web: "The Labor Day Mysteries" by Nicole Williams (short story). Also Chantelle Osman recommended the Desert Sleuths Chapter of Sisters in Crime How NOT to survive a Vacation anthology.

Sorry to see the Summer go? Relive (or redie) those days with my June Lazy, Hazy Murderous Days of Summer list.

Have a great Labor Day Holiday!

2010 Ned Kelly Award Winners

Ned Kelly Award Winners: 2010

CRIME WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA  15th Ned Kelly Awards honoring the past year’s best Australian Crime Writing. The Awards were presented at the Melbourne Writers' Festival.

Best Fiction: Wyatt by Gary Disher (Text Publishing)

Best First Fiction: King of the Cross by Mark Dapin (Macmillan)

True Crime: Pitcairn: Paradise Lost by Kathy Marks (HarperCollins)

Lifetime Achievement Award: Peter Doyle

For the Short List, go HERE.
For the Long List, go HERE.

Congratulations to all!

Laura Lippman chats with Craig Ferguson

In case you missed this, you'll love this clip of Laura Lippman chatting with Craig Ferguson. I read her latest book I'd Know You Anywhere last weekend, and I couldn't put it down.