Richmond Mag Reprints Danvers's "Texas Beach"

The current issue of Richmond Magazine ("52 Great Weekends") is now on sale and features Dennis Danvers's Richmond Noir story "Texas Beach," reprinted in its entirety! Thanks to Richmond Magazine for the wonderful presentation! And congratulations to Dennis, whose story "The Fairy Princess" is also forthcoming in the March/April issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction!

Chop Suey Presents Noir at New York Deli!

CHOP SUEY BOOKS & NEW YORK DELI celebrate the release of RICHMOND NOIR

THURS, MARCH 4
8:00 PM
@ NEW YORK DELI (2920 W Cary St)

featuring readings from contributors X.C. Atkins, Clay McLeod Chapman (The Pumpkin Pie Show, Rest Area), Dennis Danvers (The Watch, Wilderness), Dean King (Skeletons on the Zahara, Unbound), and Howard Owen (Littlejohn, Rock of Ages)

w/ editors Andrew Blossom (Makeout Creek), Brian Castleberry, and Tom De Haven (It's Superman, Our Hero)

PLUS a SPECIAL PERFORMANCE by the SCOTT BURTON TRIO

The latest volume in Akashic Books' award-winning Urban Noir Series, RICHMOND NOIR features fifteen tales of desperate characters set in diverse locations around the River City! Tonight's readings will touch down in Oregon Hill, Belle Isle, Texas Beach, Shockoe Slip, and Monroe Park! Plus music from the Scott Burton Trio, and the always excellent bar of New York Deli!

Book sales will begin at 8:00. Come early to meet the authors! The readings will start around 8:45, with the performance from the Scott Burton Trio following immediately thereafter. Meanwhile, of course the editors and authors will sign books, so be sure to stay around, have a drink, enjoy the music, and help us celebrate the release of Richmond Noir!

Brick Weekly Gets It Right

Richmond Noir and Jersey Shore, together at last!

Thanks very much to the folks at Brick Weekly. It's a nice article, and available on newsstands now. They also have a website, although there doesn't seem to be much of anything on there.

Richmond Blogs RN

Check out these cool mentions from Richmond bloggers:

1. I Could Go On and On
2. Choose to Shine

Thanks for pluggin' Richmond Noir, everybody! Tell your friends and readers to spread the word!

De Haven's Our Hero Now Available!

Tom De Haven, one third of the editing team behind Richmond Noir, has another new book that's just seeing release! Called Our Hero: Superman on Earth, it's a book-length essay about Superman that comes as part of the Yale University Press Icons of America series. (Tom is, of course, the author of It's Superman!, a period-set novel about the origins of the Man of Steel.) Yale has the book available for sale on their website. If you're in the Richmond area and prefer the independent bookstore route, check out Chop Suey Books, where Our Hero is arriving mid-week.

RVA Shows a Little Love, Too

Hey, wow! The nice people at RVA Magazine have put this really amazing piece of writing about Richmond Noir on their website. Take a look, why don't you?

Our sincere thanks to everyone at RVA!

From VCU with Love

Earlier today, the VCU News Center published a really terrific article about Richmond Noir that, among other things, emphasizes the book's various connections to the MFA Writing Program and other departments at that university. Click here to take a look.

Our sincere thanks to author Tom Gresham and photographer Adam Wayland for making us look so good! (Adam's photo, above, was taken during our Feb 11 reading at the Library of Virginia.)

Fountain Bookstore Tonight!

Things get started at 6:30 pm, with readers Dennis Danvers, Dean King, Howard Owen, Meagan J. Saunders, and Anne Thomas Soffee. Plus those editors. Book signing to follow! Hope to see you there! 1312 E Cary St, RVA.

Books. Braids, & Behinds

There's a piece about Richmond Noir up today on the blog of Richmond, VA's super cool Need Supply Co, where -- in addition to spotting our little book -- you can learn a lot about contemporary fashion and culture, including how the braid is making a real comeback. Thanks so much to Rachel for including us on such a neat site!

Incidentally, this may be the first time you see Richmond Noir in the same forum as the Best Bottom In the World Contest... but don't think it will be the last!

Fountain Bookstore on Thursday

Please join us for our second Richmond Noir event at Fountain Bookstore this Thursday, Feb 18, at 6:30 pm. Dennis Danvers, Dean King, Howard Owen, Meagan J. Saunders, and Anne Thomas Soffee will read selections from their Richmond-set stories. With editors Andrew Blossom, Brian Castleberry, and Tom De Haven on hand as well. A book signing will follow. Hope to see you there!

Noir Behind Bars

At the Video Fan in Richmond, VA.

Reading Schedule Update: More Awesome Events!

New Richmond Noir events include a party at Book People on March 12; a reading at the Patrick Hayes Writers Series at the College of William & Mary on April 1; an appearance at the Barnes & Noble Commonwealth Centre on April 3; an appearance at the Barnes & Noble Short Pump on April 10; and a reading at the Griffin Bookshop in Fredericksburg, VA on April 17.

And of course that ain't all. For the FULL LIST of spring events, please see below or click here.

Wordy Birds Interview: Now Online!

Last week's interview with Liz Humes on WRIR's Wordy Birds is now online! When the link opens, press the green arrow to hear Andrew, Brian, and Tom expound upon Richmond and give their cobbled-together history of noir (i.e., the two main attractions of Richmond Noir, or so we hope...). Did we manage to not sound like idiots? Give it a spin and decide for yourselves!

Thanks once again to Liz Humes for the opportunity. We had a wonderful time talking with her!

Chop Suey Keeps It Sweet

Great news for Richmonders! Chop Suey Books in Richmond, VA is selling new copies of Richmond Noir for 10% off cover price every day! Get on over there and pick one up!

Library of Virginia Today!

Just a reminder that today's Richmond Noir event at the Library of Virginia begins at NOON. (In other words, don't go by Style Weekly, as they printed the wrong time.) Featuring contributors Laura Browder, Dennis Danvers, Dean King, and Meagan J. Saunders, with editors Blossom, Castleberry, & De Haven on hand as well. For directions to the LVA, please visit their site. Free parking is available underneath the Library. Hope to see you there!

Richmond Noir in Style Weekly

(What are we, models?)

Richmond, VA's Style Weekly ran a nice article about Richmond Noir in today's (Feb 10) issue. As editors ourselves, we can't help notice a few errors:

1. the article mixes up Andrew and Brian, so that a quote ABOUT Andrew is attributed TO Andrew

2. the description of our first encounter with Akashic is told backwards from how it actually happened

3. (in the print version, anyway) the article about the book is listed under "Music"

But hey, like we said, we're editors, and all editors are a little bit... shall we say... jerks about these things? It's otherwise a terrific article, and we're very glad to have the publicity! Thank you so much to everyone at Style!

You can take a look at the online version of the article here.

Full Schedule of Richmond Noir Readings & Appearances

It's going to be a busy spring...

February 11, 12:00 pm
LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA
Richmond, VA
w/ readers Laura Browder, Dennis Danvers, Dean King, and Meagan J. Saunders

February 18, 6:30 pm
FOUNTAIN BOOKSTORE
Richmond, VA
w/ readers Dennis Danvers, Dean King, Howard Owen, Meagan J. Saunders, and Anne Thomas Soffee

March 4, 8:00 pm
CHOP SUEY BOOKS
hosts a special event at NEW YORK DELI
Richmond, VA
w/ readers X.C. Atkins, Clay McLeod Chapman, Dennis Danvers, Dean King, and Howard Owen, plus musical guests the Scott Burton Trio

March 12, 12:00 pm
BARNES & NOBLE @ VCU
book signing w/ the editors

March 12, 5:00 pm
BOOK PEOPLE
Richmond, VA
open house w/ the editors and contributors Dennis Danvers, Meagan J. Saunders, & more TBA

March 13, 2:00 pm
BARNES & NOBLE, LIBBIE PLACE
Richmond, VA
book signing w/ the editors and contributors Laura Browder, Tom De Haven, Clint McCown, and Anne Thomas Soffee

March 20, 10:00 am
VIRGINIA FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Charlottesville, VA
panel discussion w/ contributors Laura Browder, Dean King, Howard Owen, Hermine Pinson, and David L. Robbins

April 1, 8:00 pm
PATRICK HAYES WRITERS SERIES
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY
Williamsburg, VA
w/ readers Clay McLeod Chapman, Tom De Haven, Hermine Pinson, David L. Robbins, and Meagan J. Saunders

April 3, 2:00 pm
BARNES & NOBLE, COMMONWEALTH CENTRE
Richmond, VA
book signing w/ the editors and contributor Dennis Danvers

April 10, 2:00 pm
BARNES & NOBLE, SHORT PUMP
book signing w/ the editors

April 17, 2:00 pm
THE GRIFFIN BOOKSHOP
Fredericksburg, VA
w/ readers Dennis Danvers, Tom De Haven, Howard Owen, and Conrad Ashley Persons

April 19, 7:00 PM
VCU VISITING WRITERS SERIES
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
Richmond, VA
w/ readers Mina Beverly, Dennis Danvers, Pir Rothenberg, Anne Thomas Soffee

April 22, 6:00 PM
EDGAR ALLAN POE MUSEUM
Richmond, VA
"Unhappy Hour" appearance w/ readers Clint McCown and Pir Rothenberg.

April 29, 7:00 PM
KGB BAR
New York, NY
w/ readers Clay McLeod Chapman, Dennis Danvers, Tom De Haven, Conrad Ashley Persons, and David L. Robbins

Click on the names of any of the above locations for their websites...

Richmond Noir on the Radio!

Big news! Tom, Brian, and Andrew were interviewed today for Liz Humes's Wordy Birds on WRIR. Listen to the results this Friday at noon! Tune into 97.3 FM in Richmond, wrir.org on the web!