Inkspot News - October 9, 2010

Three Midnight Inksters will be appearing on panels or other programs at Bouchercon in San Francisco, October 14-17, 2010:

Thursday, October 14, 4:30 p.m. - The Most Deadly Species: Women Protagonists
Cornelia Reid (M), Tasha Alexander, Meredith Anthony, Larry Light, Ronald Tierney, Keith Raffel

Friday October 15, 11:00 a.m. - Continuous Conversation
Camille Minichino, Catherine Astolfo, Lou Allin, Kathleen Ernst, Cindy Sample, Cathy Pickens.

Saturday October 16, 3:00 p.m. - No One Would Ever Do That: The Concept of Plausibility in Mystery Fiction
Cathy Pickens (M), Sophie Hannah, G.M. Malliet, Diana Orgain, Stefanie Pintoff.

Come up after the panels and say hi if you're a reader of InkSpot! Also meet Midnight Ink authors at the booth in the dealers' room.

Finally, the Anthony Awards Brunch is on Sunday, October 17 at 10:00 a.m.  Midnight Ink author G.M. Malliet is a nominee for Death and the Lit Chick.

Inkspot News - August 14, 2010

Bouchercon San Francisco is about 8 weeks away. Midnight Ink will have a booth where you can meet various MI authors throughout the day.

In other news: Joan Acocella writes this week in the New Yorker about Agatha Christie. The article is in the print version and/or available online to paid subscribers, but there is a free online quiz about Agatha's life (see below).

And the Washington Post asks if the personal library will disappear in the digital age.