Baltimore Book Festival – Saturday Recap
From the Booking Desk: Yesterday, I attended some of the Saturday events at the Baltimore Book Festival. While only two of the topics fit into the parameters of this blog, I shall share some highlights from the entire day....
Bouchercon 2013 – BOLOBooks Recap
From the Booking Desk: Another year and another Bouchercon gone. This year's event in Albany NY was another successful convention, albeit, with a few hiccups (which are always expected). Below I will outline where I have been, what I have done, and who I have seen...
Anthony Award Winners – Bouchercon 2013
From The Booking Desk: This information has already appeared on multiple internet locations, but just in case you missed it, the winners of this year's Anthony Awards were announced at the closing ceremony festivities at Bouchercon 2013 - Albany on Saturday, September...
Brief Bouchercon Update
From The Booking Desk: Hi folks. I know the blog has been unusually quiet this week, but that is only because I am having such a great time at Bouchercon. Wi-Fi around the convention center is iffy at best, so I have decided to save my posts about the convention...
Hank Phillippi Ryan – BOLOBooks Interview
From the Booking Desk: I am a huge fan of the Charlie McNally series by Hank Phillippi Ryan. Refusing to rest on her laurels, last year Hank launched an ambitious new series with The Other Woman. No surprise, she succeeded once again and the book has gone on to win...
Bouchercon 2013 Plans:
Take One
From the Booking Desk: Now that the panel assignments have gone out, the schedule has been posted and folks are being notified of their volunteering positions, it's time to let you know where BOLOBooks will be hanging out in Albany. Later, I'll try to update you on...
Frankie Y. Bailey –
BOLOBooks Interview
From the Booking Desk: Way back in my undergraduate days, I was an English major with a primary focus on minority literature. This meant that I was reading many African American, Latin American, and Native American authors; but it also meant that I was reading (and...
Susan M. Boyer – BOLOBooks Interview
From the Booking Desk: BOLOBooks is happy to welcome Susan M. Boyer to the blog today. Susan's first novel, Lowcountry Boil, won the Agatha Award for best first novel and the follow-up will officially be released shortly (but Susan has tweeted that copies are...
Vicki Delany –
BOLOBooks Interview
From the Booking Desk: BOLOBooks is pleased to welcome Vicki Delany to the blog. I first met Vicki at the Canucks evening event celebrating Canadian authors at last year's Bouchercon. Then she also attended this year's Festival of Mystery at which I interviewed...
Alex Marwood – BOLOBooks Interview
From the Booking Desk: This past weekend I read The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood and it quickly became clear that this book was likely to be one of my favorites for the year. I couldn't be more excited to introduce Alex to all of you, so I asked her if she would...