Our library is thrilled to be co-hosting this special FREE event with Kensington Publishing Corp. We have a nice mix of cozy, crime fiction and thriller authors (from Canada, Michigan, Tennessee, Georgia, New York...) coming! Jabberwocky Bookshop (Newburyport) will be on hand to sell copies of the authors' books! Because we want to make sure we have enough swag bags, etc. to hand out, we are asking that you REGISTER (online or call our library). The authors will be seated at tables in the big room at Groveland's Town Hall. Throughout the day, 4 author panels will be held in our library (next door to town hall). 

The schedule for this Mystery Book Con is as follows:

10-10:30 The Mystery Book Con Opens/Welcome

10:30-11  Boston Thriller Author Panel with Kensington's thriller author Edwin Hill and special guest authors Terri Parlato, Joanna Schaffhausen, BJ Magnani, Matthew Cost (moderated by local author Vin Donovan)

11:15-11:30 Break/Raffle (at Town Hall)

11:30-12:15  New England Cozies Panel with Kensington authors Leslie Meier, Sally Goldenbaum, Vicki Delany, and New England Sisters in Crime author Nicole Asselin (moderated by Kensington's Larissa Ackerman)

12:15-1 LUNCH BREAK! You'll be on your own. Fat Belly Food Truck will be set up behind the library. Jabberwocky Bookshop will stay open during the lunch break. 

1--1:45 Wicked Authors Panel with Kensington's Maddie Day (a.k.a. Edith Maxwell), Barbara Ross, Julia Henry and Liz Mugavero (moderated by New England Sisters in Crime author Connie Hambley)

1:45-2 Break/Raffle (in Town Hall)

2:00-2:45 The Art of Cozies Panel with Kensington authors Colleen Cambridge, Lynn Cahoon, Ginger Bolton, Peggy Ehrhart, and Michael Falco (moderated by Kensington's Larissa Ackerman)

2:45-3  Final Raffle/Closing Remarks (Town Hall)

Again, we ask that you register so that we have a head count and know how many to expect! Not familiar with some of these authors? Here's your chance to meet & learn more about them!