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This year’s National Book Festival was held this past Saturday, September 24th, at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Denise Neary, our longtime and intrepid reporter, attended with her husband Chris Kelly, and was more than willing to share her experience with us. Here, she discusses Festival highlights, including panels with Katherine Paterson, Geraldine Brooks, and --- by a serendipitous stroke of luck --- Stephen King.

This past weekend, thousands of booklovers, writers and publishing professionals trekked to downtown Brooklyn to paint the town read at the Brooklyn Book Festival. For the 11th year, dozens of vendors were selling discounted books and related gear at tents around Borough Hall and Cadman plazas, while hundreds of authors spread out nearby to give free talks and readings from their latest works.

This year's Bouchercon --- the world's largest mystery convention --- took place on September 15-18 in New Orleans, LA, and brought together all parts of the mystery and crime fiction community for a weekend of exciting panels and awards. Unfortunately, none of our staff was able to make it out to the Big Easy, but we once again had generous authors and friends do some sleuthing for us. Here, 12 mystery superstars --- Linwood Barclay, Laura Benedict, Jim Fusilli, our very own Joe Hartlaub, Keith Kahla, Clair Lamb, Daniel Palmer, Keith Raffel, Kelli Stanley, Wendy Corsi Staub, Otto Penzler and Lita Weissman --- share with us some convention highlights; although, like all good writers, they leave some things to our imagination.

  Brunch at Brennan's; featuring Lita Weissman, Katia Lief, Alison Gaylin   and Kristen Kittscher [submitted by Wendy Corsi Staub] The Wallet Thief; featuring Greg Herren [submitted by Wendy Corsi Staub]  

To celebrate the release of SANTORINI CAESARS, the eighth book in Jeffrey Siger's mystery series featuring Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis, we're excited to share a blog piece that Jeffrey has written exclusively for us. Here, he explores his love of Santorini: its history and geography, as well as the quirks that make this beautiful island a ripe setting for a mystery.