Next week at Maine Crime Writers, there will be posts by Joe Souza (Monday), Vaughn Hardacker (Tuesday) , Lea Wait (Wednesday), Jen Blood (Thursday), and Susan Vaughan (Friday).

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

Maureen Milliken: I’ll be at the Albert Church Brown Memorial Library in China Village at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 18. I’ll be bringing my custom slideshow and a box of books, so come on over and check it out.

Kate Flora: We promised a give-away for February, and so here it is: A stack of crime story anthologies in this wonderful Edgar Allan Poe bag. How to win? Just leave a comment on one of our posts, and one of those lucky commenters will win the swag.

Barb Ross: As Brenda mentioned in her post, four Maine Crime Writers, Brenda Buchanan, Richard J. Cass, Barbara Ross, and Lea Wait, along with alum Chris Holm, will have a staged reading of their work by actors at the Portland Stage on Monday, March 5. Tickets are $10.00 if purchased before and $15.00 at the door. We’d love to see you there.

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