Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Maureen Milliken (Monday), Lea Wait (Wednesday), Barb Ross (Thursday) and Vaughn Hardacker (Friday) with a special guest post by Bruce Coffin on Tuesday.

In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly at Maine Crime Writers:

Check this out. Many of us are planning to attend Murder By The Book in Bar Harbor Friday, September 18 and Saturday, September 19 and you can be there, too. Get your tickets now!

Lea Wait: On Sunday, August 30, I’ll be interviewed by host Harry Rinker of “What’ve You Got?” a nationally syndicated radio equivalent of Antiques Road Show. To check when the show airs in your city, check Harry’s website.

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson: If you’re on Goodreads, starting August 31st you can enter a giveaway for advance reading copies of the next Liss MacCrimmon mystery, The Scottie Barked at Midnight. Number nine in the series, it will be in stores October 27th. Also, the trade paperback edition of the first in the Mistress Jaffrey series, Murder in the Queen’s Wardrobe, will be available in the U.S. on Tuesday, September 1st. The second Mistress Jaffrey Mystery, Murder in the Merchant’s Hall is already out in the UK. Publication date in the U.S. for both the hardcover and the ebook is December 1st.

An invitation to readers of this blog: Do you have news relating to Maine, Crime, or Writing? We’d love to hear from you. Just comment below to share.

And a reminder: If your library, school, or organization is looking for a speaker, we are often available to talk about the writing process, research, where we get our ideas, and other mysteries of the business. Contact Kate Flora: mailto: kateflora@gmail.com