Bouchercon 2005 Fever

Thanks to Sarah for giving me this chance to chat with you.

I am taking a train to Bouchercon in Madison. Which of the following shoud I read?

1.  The Sleeping Car Murders (Japrisot)

2.  …

George Easter has posted his report of the convention on the Deadly Pleasures website, warning all that he will drop many names — and quite cheerfully, at that. Although I must say that I like …

This may well be my favorite BCon related exchange ever, as taken from the blog of Michael Simon, author of DIRTY SALLY and BODY SCISSORS:

On arrival back home [from Bouchercon], I got an email from …

So every year, the Private Eye Writers of America, in tandem with St. Martin’s Press, runs a contest for the best unpublished PI manuscript. The winner gets his or her work published and a …

But these things were just too good not to share.

On the serious front, Duane Swierczynski uses his recent BCon experience as a jumping off point for a very important topic: how to balance marriage …

Paul Guyot asked, Lee Goldberg concurred, and so must I: where does all the money that attendees pay into each and every Bouchercon actually go? Do they, as allegedly they are supposed to, get passed …

So in the midst of getting caught up with what happened over the weekend, there’s one thing that either I completely missed noticing, or people aren’t talking about it as much in the …

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So first, to those who …

So you want to know who won all those awards? Well, I stole the lists from Jiro Kimura, but what the hell:

ANTHONY AWARDS

Best Novel: William Kent Krueger, Blood Hollow (Atria/S&S)
Best First …

Nothing from me till Labor Day but not surprisingly, Jiro Kimura is first out of the gate to report that the Hammett Prize, given by the IACW for the Best Crime Novel in 2004, was won by Chuck Hogan …

From Laurie King:

Why go to Bouchercon?

I ask myself this every year, this being the fifth or sixth year in a row that I’ve attended.  I started with the 2001 DC …

So in the age of podcasting, constant updates and other techno-gadgetry, how will those of us not going to Bouchercon stay informed and in touch with those that are?

Fortunately, there are a few …

It’s three days to BCon, and already some folks from across the Atlantic are slowly making their way to the Windy City. And several of you fine folks have chimed in with your reasons for …