Monday, February 01, 2010

Morsels for Monday

• With six months still to go before the opening of PulpFest 2010, organizers of that convention have announced that their Guest of Honor this year will be William F. Nolan, “an authority on Max Brand, Dashiell Hammett, and Black Mask magazine.” PulpFest is scheduled for July 30-August 1 in Columbus, Ohio.

• Included on the Business Pundit’s new list, “7 of the Most Expensive Flops in Television History,” are two crime dramas and ... well, one crime-fiction musical.

• The January/February 2010 issue of ThugLit has been posted. Included in its contents are stories by Christopher E. Long, Nicola Haywood, and Graham Bowlin.

• Michael Carlson adds an obituary to those already honoring American actor Pernell Roberts, who died on January 24 at age 81.

• Los Angeles author Robert Ward (Four Kinds of Rain, Total Immunity) contributes the latest short story to Seth Harwood’s CrimeWAV podcast site. Click here to hear Ward read his new tale, “Out on Joppa.”

• And J. Sydney Jones interviews Matt Beynon Rees, whose new novel, The Fourth Assassin--which also happens to be his fourth book featuring Palestinian detective Omar Yussef--is being released this week by Soho Crime.

1 comment:

John McFetridge said...

I haven't followed the link yet, but I just know it's going to be Cop Rock and I just want to say I liked it a lot more than The Singing Detective. That may say more about my taste in music.