The Australian Crime Writers Association announced this year's winners of the Ned Kelly Awards: 2019 Best Fiction, The Lost Man by Jane Harper; 2019 Best True Crime, Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee; and 2019 Best First Fiction, The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan. For all of this year's shortlisted winners, head on over to the ACWA website.
This year's recipients of the 2019 Pinckley Prizes for Crime Fiction are Megan Abbott (for Distinguished Body of Work) and Sarah St. Vincent (Debut Novel). The awards, which will be presented October 10 at the Louisiana Humanities Center in New Orleans, were established for women writers to honor the memory of Diana Pinckley (1952-2012), a longtime crime fiction columnist for The New Orleans Times-Picayune, and her passion for mysteries. (HT to Mystery Fanfare.)
The four finalists were revealed for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year: Breakers by Doug Johnstone; A Treachery of Spies by Manda Scott; Conviction by Denise Mina; and The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry. The winner will be presented at the opening reception of Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival at the Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling on September 20. (HT to Shots Magazine)
In conjunction with the Creatures, Crimes & Creativity (C3) Con in Columbia, Maryland, ten authors will read from their work at the latest Noir at the Bar event this Friday, September 13, which is free and open to the public. Hosted by E.A. Aymar, the event will include readings from Debbi Mack, Adam Meyer, Alan Orloff, Ellen Butler, Austin S. Camacho, David Mack, S.A. Cosby, Matty Dalrymple, and Weldon Burge - all of whom are competing for an engraved trophy, with attendees choosing the winner.
Gallery 88 in Mount Ephraim, New Jersey, is hosting an exhibit by Chris Cote, titled "Neo Noir Philadelphia," and there will be an opening reception this Friday from 6-9 pm. Chris Cote is an art director and graphic designer by day and street photographer by night, who is known for his cover art and production design for Philadelphia area comic book publisher Zenescope Entertainment, as well as his street photography project inspired by the neo-noir genre.
Speaking of things noir-ish and pulp-ish, Pulp Adventurecon is coming up on November 2 in Bordentown, New Jersey. Pulp Adventurecon (a one-day show held annually in two locations: Fort Lauderdale in February and Bordentown in November), hosts collectors and vendors of rare pulp magazines, vintage paperbacks, golden age comic books, movie memorabilia, and related paper collectibles.
Kirkus Reviews's mystery correspondent, Radha Vatsal, took at look at how Sisters in Crime is helping to diversify crime fiction by supporting and promoting under-represented voices.
In a plot straight out of a crime novel, Richard Danney, the son of author Frederic Dannay (who, along with his cousin penned the Ellery Queen mystery series), discovered his late mystery-novelist father’s signed books had been stolen, after seeing them go up for auction at Soetheby’s. Richard Danney claims 33 of his dad’s signed books were stolen by his step-mom Rose, passed to her son Terry Koppel and eventually given to Sotheby’s for auctioning, according to a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit filed last week. After Frederic died in 1982, his third wife, Rose, allegedly fought his will but ultimately gave her right to Frederic’s literary works and agreed to turn over property from their house including "all Literary papers," the court documents claim. Sotheby’s is safeguarding the books and agreed to suspend any sales until the dispute was worked out.
This week's crime poem at the 5-2 is "The Hunt" by Larry Chavis.
In the Q&A roundup, Hallie Ephron interviewed Lee McIntyre, an author best known for his nonfiction books, about his first work of crime fiction, The Sin Eater; Hank Phillippi Ryan and Paddy Hirsch sat down for a conversation on journalism and writing fiction; Alexander McCall Smith chatted with Event about his writing routine and the "value of civilisation"; and the Mystery People interviewed Reed Farrel Coleman about The Bitterest Pill, his latest continuation of Robert B. Parker’s character, Paradise Massachusetts Police Chief Jesse Stone.
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