16 May 2008

A meeting for The Murder Farm

I have just read this on Shotsmag blog:

"If you are in the UK on June 3rd make a date in your diary to come along to see Andrea Maria Schenkel At The Goethe Institute. Andrea Maria Schenkel is appearing on stage with Anthea Bell, the translator, at 7.00pm on Tuesday, 3rd June. They will do readings and then be interviewed by Peter Guttridge. They will then take questions.Admission is free.The Goethe Institute is at 50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Rd., London SW7,Tel: 0207 596 4000.
Andrea has won the German Krimi Preis for both The Murder Farm (now published by Quercus) and Ice Cold, an unprecedented achievement. She topped the German bestseller lists for many weeks with these two books."


In one of those "revelatory moments", I realised that I am, actually, going to be there! So if you'd like to meet up, do come along. Look forward to it. I have read The Murder Farm and am currently gestating a review which in due course will be submitted to Euro Crime, the premier crime fic website.
16 May 2008 19:33:05 | Books

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