Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Brenda Buchanan (Monday), John Clark (Tuesday), Jule Selbo (Thursday), and Joe Souza (Friday).
In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly at Maine Crime Writers:
Kate Flora is thrilled that she’s a finalist for the Claymore Award for her police procedural The Darker the Night
Find Us in Readfield on the 10th!

Matt Cost kicks back into high gear on the 10th for a busy finish to July. On that day he will be at the Readfield Community Library in Readfield, Maine, with Kate Flora and Maureen Milliken, making a mystery with audience participation, starting at 6 p.m.
On Friday, July 11th, Cost will be signing and selling books at the Second Friday in Brunswick, Maine, from 4-7 p.m.
On Wednesday, July 16th, he will be back at the Readfield Community Library at 6:30 p.m. giving a COST TALK on the Evolution of a Book with an emphasis on The Not So Merry Adventures of Max Creed.
On Saturday, July 19th, Cost will be signing books at Shermans Maine Coast Bookshop in Freeport, Maine, from 1-3 p.m.
On Sunday, July 20th, at 1 p.m., he will be at East Madison Days in East Madison, Maine, giving a COST TALK on the Evolution of a Book with an emphasis on The Not So Merry Adventures of Max Creed.
On Wednesday, July 23rd, he will be at the Shaw Public Library in Greenville, Maine, giving a COST TALK on the Evolution of a Book with an emphasis on The Not So Merry Adventures of Max Creed.
On Saturday, July 26, Cost will be at the Grand Opening of Books-A-Million in Auburn, Maine, signing books from 1-2:30.
On Sunday, July 27th, Cost will be selling and signing books at the Lakes Inn Book Festival in Belgrade, Maine, from 10-2 p.m.
On July 31st, Cost will be doing an interview for WABI TV 5 out of Bangor, Maine.
Most of Kathy Lynn Emerson’s e-book titles are on sale at 25% off at Smashwords for the entire month of July. Check out what’s available here: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/Kathy_LynnEmerson
An invitation to readers of this blog: Do you have news relating to Maine, Crime, or Writing? Are there topics you’d like to see us write about? 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, along with the very popular “Making a Mystery” with audience participation, and “Casting Call: How We Staff Our Mysteries.” We also do programs on Zoom. Contact Kate Flora













