In her January 26th newsletter, the Poisoned Pen Bookstore’s Barbara Peters wrote, “For 2024, eschewing politics and agendas, our focus is on books and experiences that are entertaining and informative — stories that will be a respite and a refuge from cultural and political wars.” To that agenda may I add a hearty “Hear, hear!”…
We watched the last episode of Sanditon last night, Barbara Peters of the Poisoned Pen and I. We have a few issues. Spoilers follow. *** First of all*, what’s with all the period detail inaccuracies? To mention just a few: What’s with Charlotte wearing her hair down all time, instead of pinned up as befits…
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, yeah, yeah–what you really want to concentrate on is Small Business Saturday! As in tomorrow at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, from noon till three*, and here’s how to get there. Barbara Peters, owner and proprietor of that self-same bookstore and me will be recommending all the best books for…
Read more Tomorrow, you, me, high noon* at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore. Be there.
True story: Guy walks into the Poisoned Pen Bookstore. He’d left his book on a plane. He couldn’t remember the title. He couldn’t remember the author. He couldn’t remember what the book was about. He could remember that the cover was red. And Barbara Peters? Found it for him. If anybody knows the provenance of…
Read more “It’s blue! Or maybe green. Red, I remember, it was red!”
[My introduction to the 2012 Edgar Awards program guide, which I edited this year. The quotes are from authors, booksellers and librarians from the pieces they wrote on Holmes for the program.] Aren’t we all? The Sherlock Holmes canon has long been subject to assiduous mining by laborers in literature and film. Steve Hockensmith says,…
