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SUMMARY:Five MWA Authors on Tap for August 9 Reading
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nFive members of Mystery Writers of America (MWA) will read aloud from their work from noon to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday\, August 9\, at the 58th Street branch of the New York Public Library. \nLyndsay Faye is the author of seven novels and two short story collections. She lives in Ridgewood\, Queens. \nMichael Northrop is the author of sixteen best-selling books for young readers. He is currently writing mysteries for adults and will read from the first novel in that new series. \nKatie Tietjen‘s Edgar-nominated debut novel\, Death in the Details\, was inspired by the mother of forensic science\, Frances\nGlessner Lee\, who created tiny replicas of death scenes called the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. Tietjen’s protagonist\, Maple\, uses her miniature-making skills to get to the bottom of a mysterious death in her small Vermont town. \nJoanna Margaret holds a PhD in history\, specifically Florentine aristocrats in sixteenth-century France. She will read an\nexcerpt from her Dark Academia novel\, The Bequest. \nHal Glatzer\, an MWA author since 1986\, is vice president of MWA’s New York chapter\, best known for historical mysteries. But his latest are set in the present day; he will read from the second book in his Friends With Benefits series. \nThe room for the Authors’ Readings is up one flight of stairs; there is no elevator. \nThe library is at 127 East 58th Street.\, between Park and Lexington Avenues. The 4\, 5\, N\, and R trains stop at 59th /Lex; the E stops at 53rd /Lex. Buses run north on Third Avenue and South on Lex. The M57 and M31 buses run crosstown on 57th Street. \nFor more information email the New York chapter of MWA: info@mwany.org
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/five-mwa-authors-on-tap-for-august-9-reading/
CATEGORIES:Readings
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SUMMARY:Mystery Authors Read Aloud Saturday June 7
DESCRIPTION:Five mystery authors will read from their work at noon\non Saturday\, June 7\, at the 58th St. branch of the New York\nPublic Library. \nRetired University of Buffalo professor Gary Earl Ross is an Edgar-winning playwright\, novelist\, short story writer (more than 100 published)\, essayist\, audiobook narrator\,and occasional actor and director. www.garyearlross.net \nDebbie Babitt was copy director for two major Manhattan publishing companies. She has worked as an  actress\, playwright\, and drama critic. Her first novel\, Saving Grace\, was named one of the most anticipated thrillers of 2021 by She Reads and voted one of the best debuts of 2021 by Suspense magazine. https://debbiebabitt.com \nCathi Stoler is an Amazon bestselling author and Derringer winner for The Kaluki Kings of Queens. Her three series include The Nick Donahue Adventures\, The Laurel and Helen NY Mysteries\, and The Murder on the\nRocks Mysteries\, all of which have been nominated for awards. www.cathistoler.com \nAward-winning romance\, mystery\, and general fiction author Catherine Maiorisi writes the NYPD Detective\nChiara Corelli mystery series featuring Corelli and her reluctant partner\, Detective P.J. Parker. The five books in\nthe series are A Matter of Blood\, The Blood Runs Cold\, A Message in Blood\, Legacy in the Blood\, and Blood of the\nInnocents. www.catherinemaiorisi.com \nCarole Buggé (aka Carole Lawrence\, C.E. Lawrence\, Elizabeth Blake) has too many pen names. She has published sixteen novels\, six novellas and several dozen short stories and poems. Her play Strings Attached was produced off-Broadway on Theatre Row by the Pulse Theatre. Her most recent novel\, Cleopatra’s Dagger (under Carole Lawrence) was nominated for an Edgar Award as Best Original Paperback. www.celawrence.com/ \nThe Manhattan Mystery Reading series is hosted by the New York Chapter of Mystery Writers of America. The\n58th St. library is at 127 East 58th St. It’s near to the 59 th /Lex stop on the 4\, 5\, 6\, N and R trains; and to the M57 and M31 crosstown buses on 57th St. For more information: info@mwany.org \n 
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/mystery-authors-read-aloud-saturday-june-7/
LOCATION:58th Street Library\, 127 East 58th Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues)\, New York\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Mystery Writers of American NY":MAILTO:info@mwany.org
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SUMMARY:Author Readings
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nMWA NY authors read from their stories at noon on Saturday\, April 5\, at the NYPL on East 58th Street\, between Park and Lex (127 East 58th Street). Kickoff is at noon. For more information please email: info@mwany.org
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/author-readings/
LOCATION:58th Street Library\, 127 East 58th Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues)\, New York\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Mystery Writers of American NY":MAILTO:info@mwany.org
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SUMMARY:COME HEAR MWA-NY AUTHORS READ FROM THEIR NEWEST WORKS!
DESCRIPTION:Seven local authors will read from their latest books\,\nstarting at noon on Saturday November 2\, in the 58th\nStreet Library\, 127 East 58th St. \nTom Coffey will read from Public Morals\, the first novel of\nhis new trilogy that examines the arc of law enforcement in\nNew York from the 1980s to the present. \nMariah Fredericks will read from her new locked-room\nmystery set in 1920 New York and involving Zelda\nFitzgerald. \nPenelope Karageorge will read from Lovers and Other\nKillers\, in which a journalist\, suspected of murder\, seeks a\nfiendishly twisted and brilliant killer. \nDavid Bushman will read from the true crime book he’s\ncurrently working on\, about an unsolved 2022 murder\,\ntentatively titled Murder on Black Friday. \nTheresa Varela will read from Murder in Red Hook: a tale\nof mishaps and treachery in Brooklyn. \nCarole Bugge will read from Cleopatra’s Dagger\, which\nwas nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Original\nPaperback. \nJeffrey Markowiz will read from The Other\, a novel that\nasks the question\, What would you do to protect your\nfamily when the Nazis come to town? \n  \n 
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/come-hear-mwa-ny-authors-read-from-their-newest-works/
LOCATION:58th Street Library\, 127 East 58th Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues)\, New York\, United States
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SUMMARY:Next Manhattan Mystery Reading Saturday\, September 7! (Immediately Followed by Proofreading Slam!)
DESCRIPTION:Come hear three MWA-NY authors read from their work on Saturday September 7\, starting at noon in the 58th Street Library (127 East 58th Street\, between Park and Lexington Avenues):  Philip Cioffari (novelist\, playwright\, and writing teacher ); Nancy Good (author of New York-based humorous mysteries; and Ken Jaworowski (New York Times editor whose first novel was an Edgar nominee this year). \nThen stay for our first Proofreading Slam\, a new in-person and online initiative to support members who have a work-in-progress. Board member Nev March\, Sheila Mayhew\, or Beth Mannion will sit with you to proofread up to twenty pages of your WIP. All participants must attend with printed pages (1″ margins\, double-spaced). If your WIP is already under contract\, please also attend with your press’s style sheet (this need not be printed if it’s long; you can call it up on your laptop or tablet … just not on a phone\, please\, too small!). We’ll be sending out an email blast closer to the date with more details and for members to register. We expect to be able to accommodate 6-9 authors in this first Slam.
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/next-manhattan-mystery-reading-saturday-september-7-immediately-followed-by-proofreading-slam/
LOCATION:58th Street Library\, 127 East 58th Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues)\, New York\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Mystery Writers of American NY":MAILTO:info@mwany.org
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SUMMARY:Manhattan Mystery Readings
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nBring your friends to the first of our “Manhattan Mystery Readings!” \nWHEN: Saturday\, March 2\, 2024 (@2 – 4 pm)\nMeet and greet after book reading & signing. \nNEW LOCATION: 53rd St Library\, part of The New York Public Library\n18 West 53rd St\, New York\, NY 10019 \n(Open to the public\, so bring your friends!) \nContact Hal@halglatzer.com
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/manhattan-mystery-readings/
LOCATION:53rd Street Library\, 18 West 53rd St\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings
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SUMMARY:Member readings at KGB Bar (also Zoomed)
DESCRIPTION:Join us to listen to member readings in person at KGB Bar or online.\nHere’s the Zoom link.  \n \nThe bios of the authors reading: \nJoseph Amiel \nJoseph Amiel is an internationally best-selling novelist (A Question of Proof\, Deeds\, Birthright and others)\, but recently has been writing short stories\, some of which are collected in Death Can Delight:A Trio of Murderous Mysteries. He attended Amherst College and Yale Law School\, but has not practiced law since the publication of his first novel. \nDavid Bushman \nDavid Bushman is the author of five books\, including this year’s Murder at Teal’s Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks (Thomas + Mercer) and Forget It\, Jake\, It’s Schenectady: The True Story Behind ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ (Fayetteville Mafia Press). He spent twenty-five years as a television curator at the Paley Center for Media and before that was a TV editor at Variety. He is also cofounder and editor at Fayetteville Mafia Press\, an indie publisher specializing in pop culture\, true crime\, and sports. \nGary Cahill \nGary Cahill writes short stories revealing themselves from the decidedly shady side of the street. His first effort\, That Kind Of Guy\, was published as a Black Mask selection in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. His second foray into the dark\, Corner Of River And Rain\, appeared in Short-Story.Me Genre Fiction and was an editor/publisher nomination for the storySouth Million Writers Award\, honoring the best online short stories. Subsequent work has appeared in print\, online\, and audio formats with Pulp Empire\, The First Line Literary Magazine\, Pulp Magazine’s print anthology The Kennedy Curse\, the fabulous Shotgun Honey\, volumes I\,II and III\, the ahead of it’s time podcast\, and the print omnibus of the lamented Plan B Magazine\, and a featured cover story of rampant nefarity in Manhattan’s Chinatown and at a Cape Cod beach with Mystery Magazine\, among other venues.He is currently prepping for an assortment of baking and cooking faceoffs\, and is hoping to present as gritty\, funny\, horrific\, and poetic in his victory\, and/or concession\, speeches.He can be found as a full-time staff member at the Weehawken N.J. Public Library\, and hanging out at an Upside Pizza near you. \nT.M. Dunn \nPATRICIA DUNN\, aka T.M. DUNN\, is author of  Her Father’s Daughter\, a psychological thriller (Crooked Lane Books\, July 18\, 2023)\, Rebels by Accident (Sourcebooks Fire)\, and Last Stop on the 6 (Bordighera Press). Dunn has served as Senior Director of the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College\, where she holds an MFA in creative writing. She teaches and coaches aspiring and established writers. Dunn lives in Stamford\, Connecticut  where she is currently working on her next novel\, with her rescue puppy Blanqui snuggled at her side. \nTeel James Glenn \nTeel James Glenn has killed hundreds and been killed more times–on stage and screen\, as he has traveled the world for forty-plus years as a stuntman\, swordmaster\, storyteller\, bodyguard\, actor\, and haunted house barker. He is proud to have studied sword under Errol Flynn’s last Stunt double and been beaten up by Hawk on Spenser for Hire TV show. He has published dozens of novels and his poetry and stories have been printed in over two hundred magazines including Weird Tales\, Mystery\, Pulp Adventures\, Blazing Adventures and Sherlock Holmes Mystery. His novel A Cowboy in Carpathia: A Bob Howard Adventure won best novel 2021 in the Pulp Factory Award. He is also the winner of the 2012 Pulp Ark Award for Best Author. And he was a finalist for the Derringer short mystery award in 2022. and his novel “Callback for a Corpse” was a second place winner in the CWR Poll as best mystery. \nA.J. Sidransky \nA.J. Sidransky writes about ordinary people faced with extraordinary situations and events.  His work has been well received by both readers and reviewers.  Genres include mystery\, thriller\, and historical fiction.  His work has been described as mystery wrapped in history and tied in a bow with a little romance.  His publish works include\, Forgiving Maximo Rothman\, The Interpreter\, and Stealing a Summer’s Afternoon.  His next book\, Incident at San Miguel\, a thriller set during the Cuban Revolution will be released in May 2023. His name is pronounced Sid-RAN-ski.  His preferred pronouns are he/him/his.
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/member-readings-at-kgb-bar-also-zoomed-2/
LOCATION:KGB Bar\, 85 E 4th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003
CATEGORIES:Readings,Virtual Reading Series
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SUMMARY:Member readings at KGB Bar (also Zoomed)
DESCRIPTION:There are five reader spots left for the February MWA-NY readings at the KGB Bar. \nThose interested contact ajsidranskyauthor@gmail.com. \nYou get six to eight minutes to dazzle with your latest or greatest—your choice. Bring yourself and an audience! \nThis calendar item will be updated with the Zoom link.
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/member-readings-at-kgb-bar-also-zoomed/
LOCATION:KGB Bar\, 85 E 4th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003
CATEGORIES:Readings,Virtual Reading Series
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SUMMARY:Live readings at KGB Bar (also Zoomed)
DESCRIPTION:Our next reading event at KGB Bar is coming up. \nJoin us to listen to the readings in person or online:\nWhere: KGB Bar\, 85 E. 4th St.\, NY 10003\nAttend virtually: Register in advance for this event.\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \n \n 
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/live-readings-at-kgb-bar-also-zoomed-3/
LOCATION:KGB Bar\, 85 E 4th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T190000
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SUMMARY:Live readings at KGB Bar (also Zoomed)
DESCRIPTION:Our next reading event at KGB Bar is coming up\, and reading slots are still open.\nShare your work with your peers\, friends and family.\nReach out to our organizer\, AJ Sidransky at ajsidranskyauthor.com\, if you’d like to claim a slot. You must read your own work—something old or new\, not borrowed\, but it can be ‘blue’ or any color you like. \nJoin us to listen to the readings in person or online:\nWhere: KGB Bar\, 85 E. 4th St.\, NY 10003\nAttend virtually: Register in advance for this meeting.\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \n \n 
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/live-readings-at-kgb-bar-also-zoomed-2/
LOCATION:KGB Bar\, 85 E 4th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220412T190000
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SUMMARY:Live readings at KGB Bar (also Zoomed)
DESCRIPTION:MWA NY Chapter members will read their work at KGB Bar. The event will also be live via Zoom. There are openings available to read. Interested members\, let us know at aj@ajsidransky.com.
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/live-readings-at-kgb-bar-also-zoomed/
LOCATION:KGB Bar\, 85 E 4th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003
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