Check this page often between now and the middle of May 2006 as our calendar fills up with lively discussions and readings from Texas mystery writers.

TEXAS MYSTERY WEEK 2006 EVENTS as of 4-23-06

May - 3 -- 27, 2006

       3   Noon University of Texas Humanities Research Center Plaza   21st and Guadalupe  Austin, Texas
           CSI: Crime Scene Interpretation - Poetry on the Plaza
           Russ Hall - "Poetry in Mystery" - along with UT Professors and The Sherlock Holmes Society
           Event Coordinator: Robert Fulton  kaspar@mail.utexas.edu
 
       4   7:00 p.m.  
University of Texas Humanities Research Center Auditorium  21st and Guadalupe  
             Austin, Texas,  "Resources for Texas Mystery Authors:
           'The Imperious Will: Lillian Hellman and the Estate of Dashiell Hammett'"
             Event Coordinator:  Robert Fulton   kaspar@mail.utexas.edu


         6  2 p.m. Remember the Alibi Bookstore   8055 West Avenue, #101 
                         San Antonio  1-210-344-7776   patsy@world-net.net
             Candy Calvert (Dressed to Keel) and Karen MacInerney (Murder on
             the Rocks) - book signings
             Event Coordinator: Patsy Asher  patsy@world-net.net
 
       7   2-4 p.m. Barnes & Nobles Booksellers 1612 South University Avenue,
                           Fort Worth, Texas
               'CSI: Crime Scene Imagination' - Local mystery authors reveal their secrets
               Participating authors: Tricia Allen, Lillian Stewart Carl, Steve Coplin,
               Cindy Daniel, Carole Nelson Douglas, Laurie Moore
               Panel Moderator: ?
               Event Coordinator: Lillian Stewart Carl   solifrax@airmail.net
 
         10 - 7:00 p.m. Borders North   10225 Research Boulevard
                                 Austin, TX 78759  1-512-795-9553   www.bordersgroupinc.com
                                 Culen Graff, Community Relations Manager (Austin, Houston,
                                 San Antonio) 1-713-529-1365
                                 cgraff1@bordersgroupinc.com              
               Topic: "Writing Opening Leads to Novels/Mysteries"
               Panel: Dave Ciambrone, Russ Hall, Susan Rogers Cooper
               Moderator:
               Event Coordinator: Toni Packard   toni.packard@dads.state.tx.us  
 
       12 -  2 p.m.   Lockhart Public Library Fundraiser
                 Topic: 'Murder in a Small Town vs. Murder in a Big City'
                 Panel - Susan Rogers Cooper (Moderator), Jan Grape, Nancy Bell,
                 Karen MacInerney, Sharon Kahn
                 Event Coordinator - Susan Rogers Cooper  srcooper@austin.rr.com
 
       13 -  2 p.m. Hill Country Bookstore 719 South Main
                             Georgetown, Texas 78626  1-512-869-4959   ?e-mail
                 Topic: Mysteries, Writing and Mysteries as Literature
                 Panel: Dave Ciambrone (Moderator), Karen MacInerney, Russ Hall,
                             Sylvia Dickey Smith, Greg Larson, Joan Hall
                 Event Coordinator - Dave Ciambrone   mysterywriter5@msn.com
 
       13 - 2 p.m. Remember the Alibi Bookstore   8055 West Avenue #101
                               San Antonio TX 78213  1-210-344-7776   patsy@world-net.net
                 Susan Wittig Albert signs Bleeding Hearts
                 Event Coordinator: Patsy Asher  patsy@world-net.net
 
       16 - 7 p.m. Borders South Mystery Book Club 4477 South Lamar suite 600
                             Austin, TX 78745   1-512-891-8974  www.bordersgroupinc.com
                             Culen Graff, Community Relations Manager (Austin, Houston,
                             San Antonio)   1-713-529-1365
                             cgraff1@bordersgroupinc.com
                 'Humor in Mystery' Panel with Susan Rogers Cooper, Nancy Bell,
                 Sharon Kahn, Laura Bradley
                 Panel Moderator: Jeanne Powell
                 Event Coordinator: Carol Burlinson  cburlinson@hotmail.com
 
       19-21 - Aspiring Writers Weekend - Barnes and Noble Westlake
                       701 Capital of Texas Highway South  Austin, Texas 78746
                       1-512-328-3155  www.bn.com
                       Jo Virgil, Community Rel. Mgr. 1-512-328-3652 crm2757@bn.com      
 
       19 - 6 p.m. O.Henry Museum Mystery Pun-Off
                 Moderator:
                 Event Coordinator:

       19-20 F 7-9 p.m., Sa 9:30-11:30 a.m., 3:00-5:00 p.m.
                     'How to Write a Mystery' Course by Julie Wray Herman
                     Event Coordinator - Sarah Ann Robertson

       21 - 2-5 p.m.  
                 Barbara Burnett Smith Aspiring Writers Event
                 Keynote Speaker - Joan Hess
                 "A Mystery in Four Parts" - Susan Rogers Cooper, Nancy Bell,
                 Karen MacInerney, Ben Rehder
                 Introduction of Mentors and Mentees
                 Mentors: Susan Baker, Dave Ciambrone, Russ Hall, Karen MacInerney,
                                 J. F. Margos, Micqui Miller, Val Taylor
                 Mentees: Joyce Arquette, Elizabeth J. Baldwin, Julie Ann Candoli,
                                 Dorothy Hyde Martin, Joan Y. Perkins, Jane Sevier,
                                 Betsy Tyson, Jo Virgil
                 Refreshment Break
                 Mentors and Mentees meet in individual pairs
                 Event Coordinator - Sarah Ann Robertson
 
       20 - 4:30 p.m.   Murder by the Book Houston
                 Linda Bingham - Who's Burning Paloma Blanca? - book signing
 
       27 - 4:30 p.m Murder by the Book Houston
                 Candy Calvert (Dressed to Keel) and Karen MacInerney (Murder on the
                 Rocks)  - book signings

 

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