Mystery Writers of America, New England Chapter
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Murder Uncorked, my Cece Barton Mysteries series debut, has been released in hardcover, ebook, and audio! The series takes place in the Alexander Valley, a rich wine-producing area north of San Francisco, where Cece manages a wine bar and, now, solves murders, too.
RESEARCH TIME – Mathews and Schuman
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Food and conversation at 6:30.
The meeting proper begins at 7.
Jackson Mathews is a Reference Librarian at the Public Library of Brookline. He focuses on coordinating music and science educational programming, as well as helping manage the library’s ideaSPACE 3D printing services.
Emily Schuman is the membership manager at the Boston Athenaeum. As the Athenaeum is a member-supported organization, her focus is on growing and retaining the membership base to ensure a vibrant community and footprint in the cultural landscape of Boston. With a background in medieval art history and museum management, her passion is ensuring cultural institutions become sustainable and accessible for future generations.
To join in person:
The Public Library of Brookline
361 Washington St
Brookline, MA 02445
(617-730-2370)
87 Ways to Sell More Books by Dale T. Phillips is now available.
Our meeting on Wednesday, September 13, will be hybrid.
To join us in person:
The Public Library of Brookline
361 Washington St
Brookline, MA 02445
Food and conversation at 6:30.
The meeting proper begins at 7.
Dale will moderate a Zoom chat with Literary Agent Doug Grad on the TEWKSBURY WRITING GROUP – Monday July 31st at 7 Eastern
https://tewksburypl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-tewksbury-writing-group-advice-from-literary-agent-doug-grad/
Celebrate!
Wednesday, June 14, 2022
6:30 pm on Zoom to socialize
The meeting proper begins at 7:00
It’s our last meeting before the summer break. Come share what you’re writing with the other members by reading a selection of about five minutes.
The Versatility of Crime Fiction – Yulia Mevissen
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
6:30 pm on Zoom to socialize
The meeting proper begins at 7:00
The beginnings of crime narrative are tied to real criminal cases and the judicial system in the 18th and 19th century. Focusing on exemplary works from the history of European crime fiction, the talk discusses the origins of crime fiction as a genre, its enormous versatility, and, in particular, the connection between restoring law and order in a criminological sense and restoring social and moral order.
Yulia Mevissen studied German Philology and History at Humboldt University in Berlin. She completed her doctorate at the Research Training Group “Literary Form. History and Culture of Aesthetic Modeling” at the University of Münster, Germany, and is now a Lecturer at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Her research interests include: 17th and 18th century poetics and history of knowledge; genre theory; theories of literary emotion; epistolary novels; letter culture; gallantry. She regularly teaches a class on European crime fiction.
Edith Maxwell’s A Questionable Death and Other Historical Quaker Midwife Mysteries is a collection of short stories featuring midwife Rose Carroll. (Crippen & Landru, April 2023.)
Author Idol
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
6:30 pm on Zoom to socialize
The meeting proper begins at 7:00
Send the first two pages of your double-spaced manuscript with your name removed as an attachment to mwane@stephendrogers.com for a chance to have your words read aloud by a professional reader and critiqued by our panel of agents:
Lori Galvin, Aevitas Creative
Michelle Richter, Fuse Literary
Katharine Sands, Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency
Reading will continue until two of the three agents indicate that they would stop reading, after which the agents will discuss their reaction to the pages.