OK, sit up straight, let's act respectable, let's get our READ on

Are you familiar with Detroit Noir ? Whaaaa? You're not? Well from their own site let's let them tell you about it:

We, the editors of Detroit Noir, welcome you to our site.
Detroit Noir is the latest in the Akashic Books Noir Series and is due to hit bookstores in late October/early November.
Launched by the summer ‘04 award-winning, best-seller, Brooklyn Noir, Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.
In the coming weeks, we’ll be posting excerpts from the stories in Detroit Noir, as well as short interviews with the contributors.
You’ll also see updated information about Detroit Noir author events happening all over the Metro area during November and December.

We hope you’ll have as much fun reading Detroit Noir as we did putting it together, and we hope to meet you at one of our events this coming fall.
E.J. Olsen
John C. Hocking,

There are several chances to meet and greet with the authors kids, and YCD is happy to list a few of them:

Book release party!
Sat., November 3, 1pm
Aunt Agatha's
213 S. Fourth Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI
*Featuring editors E.J. Olsen and John C. Hocking, with Loren D. Estleman and other contributors TBA


Wed., November 14, 7pm
Borders (Arborland)
3527 Washtenaw Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI
*Featuring editors E.J. Olsen and John C. Hocking, with various contributors TBA


Tues., November 27, 7pm
Borders (Downtown Ann Arbor)
612 E. Liberty St.
Ann Arbor, MI
*Featuring editors E.J. Olsen and John C. Hocking, with various contributors TBA