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Future Meetings:

June 2 - TBA
July 14 - TBA
August - Shooting Range field trip

Next Event:     Sunday, May 20, 2012

** BOOK LAUNCH **

CHESAPEAKE CRIMES: THIS JOB IS MURDER

(5th installment of the award-winning Chesapeake Crimes anthologies)

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Please join us for the launch of

 Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder

the 5th installment in the Agatha and Anthony award-winning Chesapeake Crimes anthologies. Short stories for this anthology were chosen through a blind selection process from works submitted by Chesapeake Chapter members.      

Twelve of the 14 authors whose works appear in the anthology are expected to attend:        Donna Andrews, David Autry, Jill Breslau, Karen Cantwell, Leone Ciporin, E.B. Davis, Barb Goffman, Smita Harish Jain, C. Ellett Logan, Shari Randall, Harriette Sackler, and Cathy Wiley and will be available to sign books at the conclusion of the program. Unfortunately Ellen Herbert and Art Taylor cannot attend.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase from the book's publisher, Wildside Press.

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 The event is FREE and open to all! Invite your friends and family. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.

No RSVPs are required, but we'd like an approximate headcount. So if you plan to attend, please contact Barb Goffman at   barbgoffman@yahoo.com
     by TUESDAY, May 15th  

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Details:
Launch time is 12:00 - 2:00 pm 
 

Parking:
Free parking in garage in "Retail" spaces. Metered parking on street.

Location:
One More Page Books (private room)
2200 N. Westmoreland Street - #101
WestLee Complex
Arlington, VA  22213
Phone:  703-300-9746
                                                               

Flyer with DIRECTIONS here.

Invite an Author to Your Book Club or Library

What's more fun than immersing yourself in a good mystery? Discussing it with the author! The Chesapeake Chapter's published authors are available to attend book discussion groups or to appear at library events. If you'd like to meet local writers and talk with them about their work, contact the chapter's Library Liaison, Sandra Parshall, for help in setting up an event.

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Chesapeake Crimes

The fifth volume of the Chesapeake Crimes series, "This Job is Murder," is scheduled for publication in May 2012. The anthology, published by Wildside Press, will feature short stories by:

Donna Andrews
David Autry
Jill M. Breslau
Karen Cantwell
Leone Ciporin
E.B. Davis
Barb Goffman
Ellen Herbert
Smita Harish Jain
C. Ellett Logan
Shari Randall
Harriette Sackler
Art Taylor
Cathy Wiley

Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, and Marcia Talley are the coordinating editors. The members of the editorial panel are Ellen Crosby, Sandra Parshall, and Dan Stashower.

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Chesapeake Crimes They Had It Comin

Now Available: Chesapeake Crimes: They Had It Comin'!

Published by Wildside Press, and available from the publisher, as well as from:

- Mystery Loves Company Booksellers - Oxford, MD
-- Barnesandnoble.com
-- Amazon.com

Previous titles in the series, CHESAPEAKE CRIMES I, CHESAPEAKE CRIMES II, CHESAPEAKE CRIMES 3 are also available. More information and how to order.

The Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime, like its national parent organization, was created to promote the professional development and advancement of women crime fiction writers to achieve equality in the industry.

Membership is open to anyone with a love of mysteries - men and women, readers and writers - who would like to help promote the advancement of women mystery writers. Chapter members typically come from D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

Chesapeake Chapter Officers for 2012

President: Becky Hutchison
Vice President: Cathy Wiley
Secretary: Diane M. Davidson
Treasurer: Kathie Felix

Committee Chairs

Program Chairs: Donna Andrews and Kathie Felix
Membership Chairs: C. Ellett Logan and Donna Andrews
Field Trip Chair:  Diana Van Dyke
Publications Chair: Marcia Talley
Member Liaison : Cathy Wiley

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Last updated: 23 March 2012