(section updated 8 August 2004) |
Anthony Award nominees: Bouchercon 2004 has announced the Anthony Award nominations. The awards will be presented at a banquet at Bouchercon in Toronto on October 9.
Best First Novel:
Best Paperback Original:
Best Short Story:
Best Young Adult Mystery:
Best Historical Mystery:
Best Critical/Non-Fiction Work:
Best Fan Publication:
Barry Award nominees: Deadly Pleasures magazine has announced the nominees for the Barry Awards, which will be presented at a reception at Bouchercon in October. George Easter, editor of DP, advised that the rules for the nominations were changed this year so that some of the same names wouldn't appear year after year. If an author was nominated for Best Mystery Novel last year, that author is ineligible for this year. The nominees are:
Shamus Award nominees: The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) has announced the following nominees for the Shamus Awards, which will be given during Bouchercon in Toronto on October 8th:
Arthur Ellis Awards: The Crime Writers of Canada announced the winners of the 2004 Arthur Ellis Awards on June 9 at a gala 21st anniversary dinner on Wednesday, June 9, at the Ontario Club in Toronto. (Winners are in blue below)
Macavity Award nominees: Mystery Readers International announced the nominees for the Macavity Awards for works published in the US in 2003. Members of Mystery Readers International nominate and vote. The Macavity Awards will be given at Bouchercon, the World Mystery convention, in October in Toronto.
2003 LA Times Book Prize nomineesThe Los Angeles Times awarded the 2003 Book Prizes on April 24 in conjunction with the 2004 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
The
winner
in
the
Mystery/Suspense
category
is:
Soul
Circus:
A
Novel
by
George
P.
Pelecanos
(Little,
Brown)
2004 Agatha Award winners: Malice Domestic has announced the winners of this year's Agatha Awards, which honor traditional mysteries - books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. The Agatha Awards were presented at the Malice Domestic banquet on May 1, 2004 in Arlington, VA. (winners are in blue below).
2003 Hammett Award nominees: The North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers has announced the nominees for the annual Hammett Prize, given for a work of literary excellence in the field of crime writing by a US or Canadian author. The award will be presented at Bouchercon in Toronto in October.
The Mystery Writers of America presented the Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2004, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television and film published or produced in 2003, at the 58th Gala Banquet on April 29, 2004 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City. (winners are in blue below).
2004 Dilys Award Winner: The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association announced the following nominees for the 2004 Dilys Award, which is named in honor of Dilys Winn, founder of the first bookshop devoted to mysteries. The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association, a trade association devoted to selling mysteries, has presented this award each year since 1993. The award recognizes the book chosen by the members as the ones they most enjoyed selling throughout the year. The winner was announced at Left Coast Crime in Monterey, CA on February 21, 2004 (winner in blue below).
Left Coast Crime 2004 Awards: The membership of LCC 14 voted on the following awards, which were presented at a luncheon on February 21, 2004 (Winners are in blue below).
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A.S.A.P. Publishing (email) |
Ballantine Publishing Group |
Brilliance Audiobooks |
Capra Press |
Crippen & Landru |
Crum Creek Press |
Deadly Alibi Press |
Deadly Serious Press |
Dennis McMillan Publications |
Hard Case Crime |
Independent Mystery Publishers |
Intrigue Press |
No Exit Press |
Penguin Putnam |
Perseverance Press/ John Daniel & Co. |
Poisoned Pen Press |
Purple Moon Press |
Random House |
The Rue Morgue Press (email) |
Silver Dagger Mysteries |
Soho Press |
Spinsters Ink |
St. Martin's/Minotaur |
UglyTown |
Vintage Crime Black Lizard |
Warner/Mysterious Press/Little Brown |
Walker & Company ** click here to see info on Walker's discontinuance of their mystery line ** |
(section updated 3 February 2004) |
The Cluelass Home Page |
The DorothyL Home Page ** updated web link ** |
The Rara Avis Home Page |
The Gumshoe Site |
The Thrilling Detective Site |
The Mysterious Home Page ** updated web link ** |
Sisters in Crime |
Mystery Writers of America |
Private Eye Writers of America ** new web link ** |
Crime Writers of Canada |
Crime Writers Association (UK) ** updated web link ** |
Crime Writers' Association of Australia |
International Association of Crime Writers (IACW) |
Mystery Readers International |
The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association |
Some of Anthony Mason's CBS Sunday morning interviews |
And another CBS Sunday Morning link (including a video link) |
American Crime Writers League |
Plots with Guns |
Jewish Mystery bibliography |
The Murder Squad (A virtual collective of seven crime writers from the North of England) |
The Wolfe Pack (is a forum to discuss, explore, and enjoy the 72 Nero Wolfe books and short stories) |
The Nero Wolfe Database and Merely A Genius (a couple more sites devoted to the Nero Wolfe books and stories) |
Mystery Radio Network (haven't tried it but looks interesting...) |
Hardluck Stories |
Murder Out There (Canadian Noir - fiction, reviews, etc) |
Not
Mystery sites, but of interest to readers: |
A.Word.A.Day |
BookSense |
Holt Uncensored |
Publishers Weekly |
The Book Group List |
Waterboro (Maine) Public Library Weblog ** updated web link ** |
Literary Locales - More than 1,000 picture links to places that figure in the lives and writings of famous authors |
CSPAN2 Book TV schedule |
IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association |
Book Sale Finder -- a site that lists book sales that are mostly sponsored by non-profits, including Friends of the Library groups |
(please patronize them - we love them all!) (Section
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Accessories
to Murder Redondo Beach, CA |
Email:
info@accessoriestomurder.com Phone: 310-792-0972 |
Aunt
Agatha's Ann Arbor, MI |
Email:
auntagathas@mailexcite.com Phone: 734-769-1114 |
Black
Orchid Book Shop New York, NY |
Email:
borchid@aol.com Phone: 212-734-5980 |
Book
Tree Richardson, TX |
Email:
BookTree@aol.com Phone: 972-437-4337 |
Books
& Co. Oconomowoc, WI |
Email:
info@booksco.com Phone: 800-280-6428 |
Changing
Hands Bookstore Tempe, AZ |
Email:
chbookstore@qwest.net Phone: 480-730-1142 |
The Cloak
and Dagger Princeton, NJ |
Email:
info@thecloakanddagger.com Phone: 609-688-9840 |
Clues
Unlimited Tucson, AZ |
Email:
info@cluesunlimited.com Phone: 520-326-8533 |
Dark
Carnival |
Email:
books@darkcarnival.com Phone: 510-654-7323 |
Dead End Books Hicksville, NY |
Email:
info@deadendbooks.com Phone: 516-942-8340 |
High
Crimes Boulder, CO |
Email:
highcrimes@earthlink.net Phone: 303-443-8346 |
Mechanicburg
Mystery Book Shop Mechanicsburg, PA |
Phone: 717-795-7470 |
Murder
by the Book Portland, OR |
Email:
books@mbtb.com Phone: 503-232-9995 |
Murder
by the Book |
Email:
murderbk@swbell.net Phone: 713- 524-8597 |
Murder
Ink New York, NY |
Email:
info@murderink.com Phone: 800-488-8123 |
Mystery Book
Store Omaha, NE |
Email:
hudunit@radiks.net Phone: 402-342-7343 |
The
Mystery Bookstore Los Angeles, CA |
Email:
orders@mystery-bookstore.com Phone: 310-209-0415, 800-821-9017 |
The
Mystery Company Carmel, IN |
Email:
Jim Huang Phone: 317-705-9711 |
Mystery
Loves Company Baltimore, MD |
Email:
crosemlc@aol.com Phone: 410-276-6708 |
The
Mystery Nook Peoria, IL |
Email:
mystnook@ocslink.com Phone: 309-685-3840 |
Once
Upon a Crime Minneapolis, MN |
Email:
OnceUponCrime@aol.com Phone: 612-870-3785 |
The
Poisoned Pen Scottsdale, AZ |
Email:
sales@poisonedpen.com Phone: 480-947-2974 |
Remember
the Alibi San Antonio, TX |
Email:
patsy@rememberthealibi.com Phone: 210-829-1356 |
San
Francisco Mystery Books San Francisco, CA |
Email:
sfmybooks@aol.com Phone: 415-282-7444 |
Scotland
Yard Books Winnetka, IL |
Email:
jduhl@avenew.com Phone: 847-446-2214 |
The
Sly Fox Virden, IL |
Email:
info@theslyfox.com Phone: 877-848-3100 |
Whodunit? Mystery Bookstore Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Email:
mystery@whodunitcanada.com
Phone: 800-468-4216 |