Thanks for reminding me to mention this here, Jason!
Book Expo is the annual publishing industry shindig, held
irregularly in New York, and this is the first year Hard Case
Crime will have an official presence at the show (as opposed
to the unofficial presence of me walking up and down the
aisles buttonholing people I know when I happen to bump into
them). Jason will be signing SLIDE and the elusive Richard
Aleas will be signing SONGS OF INNOCENCE; it won't surprise
some of you that I'll be present for the duration of Mr.
Aleas' signing as well. (I plan on helping out, maybe by
opening each copy of SONGS OF INNOCENCE to the proper page so
that Aleas can sign it more easily. That sort of
thing.)
As for the models, this is a grand experiment: We're working
with one of the most renowned vintage clothing collections in
the city (the folks who dressed Meryl Streep for OUT OF
AFRICA, and the cast of MILLER'S CROSSING, and the Oscar
nominees in Vanity Fair's recent noir- themed photo spread,
and Angelina Jolie in the Woolrich-inspired ORIGINAL SIN,
etc., etc.) to put three models -- two women, one man -- in
actual 1940s/50s film noir costumes (and hair, and makeup).
One of the models is Meredith Napolitano, who posed for the
cover of our forthcoming John Lange title ZERO COOL; the
other two are actors with various stage and TV credits to
their name. It's been fun working with them, playing dress-up
in a huge warehouse filled with carefully preserved period
clothes.
Book Expo is not open to the general public, and it's not
cheap to attend even for people in the business, but if any
of you are planning to be there, please do drop by and say
hello: Booth #3681, Saturday, June 2, any time between 11AM
and 1PM. And for everyone who can't make it, we'll be
bringing a camera and posting photos on our Web site...
Best, Charles
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "crimeflix"
<jmks100@...> wrote:
>
> Lastly, if anyone on RA is going to be at Book Expo,
please come to
> the Hard Case Crime party at the Dorchester booth on
Saturday June 2
> at 11:00. Charles Ardai will be there with me, and
they're giving
> away ARC's, limited edition cover art, T-shirts, etc
and, best of
> all, Hard Case cover models will be
there!!
> Would be great to see you
> Cheers, Jason
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