October 28: Hard Case Crime at the Center for Fiction
Next Wednesday, October 28, I’ll be hosting the next event in the Beatrice reading series at the Center for Fiction, and it’s an opportunity for me to pay a small tribute to one of my favorite independent publishers, Hard Case Crime. Over the last five years, it’s established itself as a consistently excellent source for hardboiled crime fiction, with a mix of rediscovered gems and sensational new stories (as well as some manuscripts that have been waiting decades to see the light of day), and next week’s reading is a perfect example of how its reputation was built.
It’s been a decade since Russell Atwood debuted with the private eye novel East of A, and we’ve finally got the sequel: Losers Live Longer. Peter Blauner’s Casino Moon was first published in 1994, but as Hard Case publisher Charles Ardai pointed out a while back, “I don’t think it got the readership or the attention it deserved the first time out, in part because the original paperback edition had one of the least appealing covers I can remember.” (That’s certainly been taken care of…) And, finally, Ardai is on hand to tell us about pulp master Lester Dent and Honey in His Mouth, a novel that’s waited more than half a century to see the light of day.
If you’re in the New York area next Wednesday, I hope you’ll join us at 7 p.m. at the Center for Fiction (17 E 47th St.) for a free reading; the books will be available for purchase, and you can mingle with the authors over wine afterwards.
21 October 2009 | events |
Beatrice Debuts on Sirius XM’s Book Radio
I recently recorded what I hope will be the first of many special interview sessions with the hosts of Sirius XM’s Book Radio Channel, bringing three authors—Julie Buxbaum, Lucinda Rosenfeld, and Jennifer Weiner—into the studio to talk about their new novels, womens’ fiction, female friendships, and a slew of other topics.
That interview will be broadcast on Book Radio tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern, and if you don’t have Sirius XM yet, you can try it for free online. I’m on air to introduce the authors, but the really great questions come from Book Radio’s Kim Alexander, Maggie Linton, and Pia Lindstrom; it was great to be in the studio with them and, as I say, I hope we can make it happen again soon! (And believe me, we’re trying!)
(I also hope you’ll take a look at everybody’s latest novels: Julie’s After You, Lucinda’s I’m So Happy for You, and Jennifer’s Best Friends Forever.)
19 October 2009 | events |
Our Endless and Proper Work is my new book with Belt Publishing about starting (and sticking to) a productive writing practice. 
