Manhattan Launch Events: USA Noir and We Do!

Join us for two exciting launch events in October: We Do! at the Judson Memorial Church on October 28th, and USA Noir at Otto Penzler’s Mysterious Bookshop on October 29th!

ONE-DAY SALE: Three Nelson George NOOK Books for $0.99 each!

To celebrate the release of The Get Down on Netflix, three books in Nelson George’s D Hunter mystery series — The Accidental Hunter, The Plot Against Hip Hop, and The Lost Treasures of R&B — are now just 99¢ each through Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Daily Find.

“Stupid Girls” by Adeola Adeniyi

“You must smoke crack if you think we’re riding with y’all.” . . .

Spotlight on Haiti Cultural Exchange (HCX)

To celebrate the release of Haiti Noir 2: The Classics, edited by Edwidge Danticat, Akashic will be spotlighting Haitian organizations on our website. Today, we’re pleased to feature Haiti Cultural Exchange, a nonprofit organization that develops, presents, and promotes the cultural expressions of Haitian people. Haiti Cultural Exchange cosponsored our recent Haiti Noir 2 event at the Brooklyn Public Library, and we invited them to tell us more about their organization.

“A User’s Guide to Keeping Your Kills Fresh” by Ted Anthony (from Staten Island Noir)

Now and then, there are moments in a man’s life that offer up complete clarity. They’re rare, and rarer still is the ability to recognize them. It is only the truly intelligent, self-aware man who finds himself in a moment of clarity and actually sees it for what it is—and moves forward in a productive way.

Manny Antonio was not that kind of man . . .

Delhi Noir Editor Hirsh Sawhney Interviews Anthony C. Winkler on The Family Mansion

To celebrate the release of The Family Mansion, Hirsh Sawhney asks Anthony C. Winkler about his writing process; what he thinks should be required reading for people interested in the Caribbean; and why writing screenplays is so different than writing a novel.

VIRTUAL EVENT: Maaza Mengiste — Brooklyn Book Festival

Date: October, 4 2020

Maaza Mengiste presents Addis Ababa Noir as a part of the virtual Brooklyn Book Festival; full details TBA. PLEASE NOTE: All of our virtual events are listed in Eastern Time (ET).

“The Mess in Red Hook” by John Jeremiah

Bogo got the call from Sammy. It sounded all wrong. “Bogo, the bastard brought a crew to the exchange. They damn near killed us, but don’t worry, we still got the goods . . .”