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April 30, 2006

Raven Award, Edgars 2006

Ken Bruen making the presentation of the Raven Award.

Bonnie Claeson and Ken

Joe Gugliemelli and Ken

Bonnie and Joe

Bonnie and Joe are the owners of The Black Orchid Bookstore, a fantastic mystery bookstore in NYC. The award recognizes their support of established and emerging authors since it opened twelve years ago.

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Edgar Awards 2006

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Edgar Awards Cocktail Pary

Maggie Griffin

Martin Meyers

Sheila York

Sheila York

Daniel Judson

Kate Stine

Sarah Weinman

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April 29, 2006

PEN World Voices Festival - The Global City

Alaa Al-Aswany's book, The Yacoubian Building, depicts life in a Cairo apartment building.

Carlos Monsivais' books include Mexican Postcards.

Melania Mazzucco sets her books in both New York and Rome. Vita: A Novel is set in 1903 New York.

Orhan Pamuk's book, Istanbul, paints a compelling journey through the city.

Paolo Lins' City of God will be translated into English later this year.

Suketu Mehta's Maximum City explores Mumbai's underbelly.

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PEN World Voices Festival - Whose News? A Global Perspective on What Makes News and Why

Panel Description:
How are journalism and news media influenced by cultural and political factors that vary widely from one region to another? Do media moderate or reinforce these differences? What responsibilities do these factors impose on journalists reporting for an international audience?

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Black Orchid Edgar Party (Part Two)

Jim Born and Tess Gerritsen

Dave White and Sarah Weinman

Lauren Henderson

Laura Lippman and Dave White

Danielle Bartlett, Bonnie, and Kevin Baker

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Black Orchid Edgar Party (Part One)

Reed Farrel Coleman and PJ Parrish (Kelly)

Megan Abbott

I guess Jeff Cohen wanted to be sure everyone behind him knew who he was ;-)

Ken Bruen

Jennifer Jordan

Margery Flax

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Taking Crime Fiction Seriously - PEN World Voices Festival

Boris Akunin's latest Erast Fandorin mystery, The Death of Achilles, is set in 1882 and finds the detective in Moscow investigating the death of a national hero.

Henning Mankell writes the Kurt Wallander series set in Sweeden. The tenth book in the series, Before the Frost , takes a turn from his usual character of Kurt Wallander and instead features his daughter Linda.

Lawrence Venuti, translator. His translations include the work of Massimo Carlotto. Carlotto is often called the master of Mediterranean noir. His latest is The Goodbye Kiss.

Panel description:
How do writers of crime fiction manage to combine literary prowess with white-knuckle reading? Why do people love to read crime novels? Authors reflect on their key influences and the role this genre plays in the collective imagination.

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April 28, 2006

The remaining pictures from Faith & Reason: Writers Speak, held Wednesday April 26

Gioconda Belli is from Nicaragua. Her memoir The Country Under My Skin was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2003.

Roberto Calasso's work includes The Forty-Nine Steps

Elias Khoury was awarded the Palestine Prize for Gate of the Sun

Yusef Komunyakaa is a professor at Princeton University. His writings on contemporary poetry and music can be found in Blues Notes

Ayu Utami's first novel Saman was awarded the Best Novel from Dewan Kesenian Jakarta in 1998.

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April 27, 2006

More pictures from the PEN World Voices Festival

Jeanette Winterson wrote her first novel Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit at age 23.

Duong Thu Huong's work, including No Man's Land, have been translated into more than ten languages.

Toni Morrison received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Her novel Beloved won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988.

Zadie Smith's On Beauty was nominated for a Booker Prize

PEN World Voices Festival

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Chinua Achebe at PEN World Voices

Chinua Achebe read from his first novel Things Fall Apart. Published in the late 50's it depicts life in Nigeria before and after colonialism.

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Martin Amis at the PEN World Voices Festival

Martin Amis' 1991 novel Time's Arrow was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

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Salman Rushdie at PEN World Voices Festival

You are likely very familiar with Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses. His upcoming book Shalimar the Clown, will be published in October 2006.

There were a lot of fantastic writers at this event. I'll put the rest of them up later in the week. Gotta rest up for the Edgars ;-)

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April 19, 2006

Sunset under Riverside Drive, NYC

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April 18, 2006

Declan Hughes at Partners and Crime Bookstore

His first book is called The Wrong Kind of Blood

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April 17, 2006

Christopher Moore at Barnes & Noble, NYC

Christopher Moore is the author of some fantastic books. His most recent is A Dirty Job.

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April 16, 2006

One last set from the Easter Parade

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More kids from the Easter Parade

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Easter Parade, NYC

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April 15, 2006

Street Musicians at Columbus Circle, NYC

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April 14, 2006

A last batch from Left Coast Crime

Adrian Muller

One more of Adrian

Ayo Onotade

Barry Eisler and Ayo

Steve Brewer

Adrian Muller, Peter Guttridge, and Zoë Sharp

Greg Rucka

And another one of Greg

Al Guthrie

Lee Child and Simon Kernick

Lee Child

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A few more shots from Left Coast Crime

Peter Lovesey

Dreda Say Mitchell

Nick Stone

John Rickards

James Twining

Laura Wilson

Michael Z. Lewin

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Left Coast Crime Award Winners

Peter Guttridge, Lefty Award for Cast Adrift

Tony Broadbent, Bruce Alexander Award for Spectres in the Smoke

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April 13, 2006

Left Coast Crime banquet

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April 12, 2006

The Guys from Shots Magazine at Left Coast Crime

Shots Magazine

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More from Left Coast Crime

Jeffrey Deaver

Anne Perry

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Champagne reception at Left Coast Crime

Ayo Onatade

Stephen Booth

Stuart MacBride

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April 11, 2006

Finally, pictures from Left Coast Crime

Bill Fitzhugh

Declan Hughes

Liza Cody

Danuta Reah

John Rickards

Richard Burke

Stuart MacBride

Zoë Sharp

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April 10, 2006

Mr. Orange Monkey at Left Coast Crime, Bristol, UK

Mr. Orange Monkey has his own website. Check it out to see photos from some of his other adventures.

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April 9, 2006

Spring

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April 5, 2006

Water feature in Bristol

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Clean up in Bristol, UK

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April 4, 2006

An unlikely sight on the streets of New York

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April 1, 2006

Seu Jorge at Beacon Theatre

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