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Most of us will not get to Australia before June 19, but it’s tantalizing to see the website for this extraordinary costume exhibit. There’s a special exhibition of costumes designed by award-winning designer Marion Boyce at The Old Government House in New South Wales. If you’re a fan of the Kerry Greenwood’s Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher mystery series you’ll wish you could see the costumes worn in the television series set in the 1920s.

https://missfisherexhibition.com.au

There are so many special events linked to the exhibit. There’s high tea, author talks, a speakeasy bar, a musical evening, and a “behind the seams” tour. Just too tantalizing, isn’t it?

Just can’t get to Australia, but you would like to immerse yourself in 1920s Australia? You can buy the books through The Poisoned Pen. https://bit.ly/1OHhYyr

Is there anything more fun than hearing Craig Johnson? He’s a true storyteller. He’s currently on tour with his Longmire novella, The Highwayman. We have photos of his visit to The Poisoned Pen. He does know how to make an entrance.

And, he’s unmistakable in that hat.

We’d like you to feel as if you were in the audience as well. So, the event was filmed for Livestream if you would like to see it. https://livestream.com/poisonedpen/events/5229375

And, of course, we have signed copies of The Highwayman, if you’d like to purchase one. (Hint – It might make a perfect Father’s Day gift.)

https://bit.ly/1WIUosO

Brothers Daniel Palmer and Matthew Palmer will be at The Poisoned Pen on Wednesday, May 25 at 7 PM. After their father’s death, Daniel, already an author, was asked to write medical thrillers in the tradition of his father, Michael. The first book is Mercy.

Matthew Palmer will be signing The Wolf of Sarajevo.

What’s it like to write in the “Family Tradition”? Daniel answered that question in a recent Publishers Weekly interview, https://bit.ly/20f4Erg

If you’d like to order a signed copy of Mercy, click here. https://bit.ly/1Rdfkjv

Looking for a signed copy of The Wolf of Sarajevo? You can order it as well. https://bit.ly/1Rdfxn3

In The New York Times, Janet Maslin indicates “Second Life” can refer either to author Steve Hamilton or to his latest book, The Second Life of Nick Mason.

Hamilton will be here at The Poisoned Pen on Thursday, May 26th at 7 PM. If you can’t make it, you can order a signed copy. https://bit.ly/1XxbOYR

In the meantime, you might want to read Maslin’s article about the award-winning author. nyti.ms/1sva5YC

Patrick Millikin recently hosted Alex Grecian and Dan Fesperman at The Poisoned Pen. Grecian is on book tour for Lost and Gone Forever.

A couple days ago, we linked to a NYTimes article about Dan Fesperman’s The Letter Writer.

Would you like to see photos from the event?

This time, we can invite you to the event, via Livestream. Here’s the link so you can feel as if you were there for the interview. https://livestream.com/poisonedpen/events/5229358

And, of course, we have autographed books if you would like to buy one. Here’s where you can order Lost and Gone Forever. https://bit.ly/1WGpUaW

You can order The Letter Writer here. https://bit.ly/1rYOzeo

Check it out!

The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection is part of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress. There’s a brief summary of the collection here – https://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/coll/211.html

Illustrated books are the central theme of the collection that contains “books from the last six centuries and manuscripts from the three preceding”.

Below is one of the illustrated books in the collection.

The second photo is the Kelmscott Chaucer, considered one of the beautiful books ever created.

Both books are part of the Rosenwald Collection in the Library of Congress.

I have fun pictures to share of Nevada Barr’s appearance at The Poisoned Pen. She’s on book tour for Boar Island. What’s even more fun, though, is the Livestream event. You’ll really want to check it out. https://livestream.com/poisonedpen/events/5229347

It these pictures are any indication, it was a fun event.

Of course, you can order a signed copy from The Poisoned Pen. https://bit.ly/22g4Mbo

Our copies come with a “Welcome to Boar Island” postcard with scenes of the site in Acadia National Park, the site of this Anna Pigeon novel.

Dan Fesperman, author of The Letter Writer, will be here at The Poisoned Pen on Thursday, May 19 at 7 PM. He’s joined by Alex Grecian, author of Lost and Gone Forever. Did you see Marilyn Stasio’s review of The Letter Writer in The New York Times Book Review on April 29? She calls the novel “dynamic”, and says, “Fesperman’s prose is almost photographic, creating vignettes saturated with color and humming with life.”

You can read the entire review here. https://nyti.ms/1sgicrh

If you can’t be here Thursday night, you can still order a signed copy.

https://bit.ly/1rNZ5VK

The Poisoned Pen had a special midnight launch for Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s new book, Beyond the Ice Limit. The fourth Gideon Crew book was released today.

So, our Livestream event actually was timed to coincide with release date. You can watch Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston and Barbara Peters talk about it.

https://livestream.com/poisonedpen/events/5279206

If you would like to order the book, you can do it right here. https://bit.ly/1ODihja

IMPORTANT: Every copy of BEYOND THE ICE LIMIT purchased from the Poisoned Pen bookstore site automatically comes with a free, 5″ x 7″ color photograph of the authors, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, which they have personally autographed. The authors are signing these photographs instead of signing the books themselves. Global shipping is available.  

I just returned from Book Expo America, the largest annual book trade show in the U.S. I’m sharing a few photos from BEA, but, for you, the books and authors are teasers. The authors are there to talk about their forthcoming books, so you’ll have to wait to read them. But, you’ll be able to get the books through The Poisoned Pen.

Remember when Robyn Carr was here a few weeks ago? Her novel, The Life She Wants, comes out in September. Her publisher had a banner for it at the show.

Justin Cronin was there, signing copies of The City of Mirrors, book three of The Passage Trilogy. It’s due out soon, if you would like to order copies. https://bit.ly/25aGvc3

Michael Harvey’s books have been set in Chicago. Now, with Brighton, he’s moving the setting to Boston. That’s me (Lesa) in the photo with Michael. I met him years ago at The Poisoned Pen.

And, Louise Penny. Louise was one of the four speakers at the Adult Authors’ Breakfast. She brought the audience to tears. Her new Armand Gamache mystery, A Great Reckoning, is due out August 30th.

Watch for these books in a few months. We hope you’ll think of The Poisoned Pen when it’s time to pick up your copies.