San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics

San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics, edited by Peter Maravelis, is the latest in Akashic Book's award winning Noir Series. This volume contains classic reprints from Ambrose Bierce, Frank Norris, Mark Twain, Dashiell Hammett, Bill Pronzini, Joe Gores, Don Herron, Janet Dawson and many more. Living in the Bay Area, I was waiting for this second volume of San Francisco Noir. Don't miss it, and while you're at it, pick up San Francisco Noir which contains brand new stories from some of your favorite mystery authors.

Peter Maravelis, a native San Franciscan, programs the events calendar at City Lights Bookstore and was also editor of the first volume of San Francisco Noir.

To launch this new volume in the Bay Area, several booksignings/readings have been scheduled with Editor Peter Maravelis introducing different contributors.

February 14: San Francisco. Ha Ha Room, 875 Geary. 8 p.m. Contributors: Robert Mailer Anderon, Craig Clevenger, David Corbett, Don Herron, Jim Nisbet, John Shirley, Domenic Stansberry and more!

February 19: San Francisco. Noon., Stacey's Books, 581 Market. Contributors: Janet Dawson, Bill Pronzini, and Marcia Muller.

Feburary 24: Berkeley, 7:30 p.m., Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Ave: Contributors, Janet Dawson, David Corbett, Oscar Penaranda, and John Shirley.

February 28, Petaluma. 7 pm. Copperfield's Books., 140 Kentucky St.: Janet Dawson, Oscar Penaranda, David Corbett.

Around the World with Mysteries/Akashic Noir Series

I just started an incredible collection of short stories, Istanbul Noir, edited by Mustafa Ziyalan & Amy Spangler. With this collection and with Paris Noir, Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of oriignal noir anthologies. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or locations within the city of the book. So Istanbul Noir moves fearlessly to the city hosting the Euopean/Asian divide. This series launched in the Summer of '04 with the best-seller Brooklyn Noir, has put noir stories on the map!