Sad to say that Sleuthfest has been canceled. I was really looking forward to this, getting three workshops together, doing situps, got a new shirt. I was actually quite excited about going, meeting writers I only know through the ether, and making new fans. But the state of the current crisis has forced this to happen. Some other time, Florida!

Hipster Death Rattle was selected as this year’s North Brooklyn (NBK) Reads. The neighborhood book club of Bushwick, Greenpoint, Leonard and Williamsburgh libraries votes for a work of literature that they can share, “to make a moment when that awesome book that is running around in the back of your head is the same as the other people in the coffee shop.” Thank you, NBK! Update: After all the event