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Friends,

In six weeks, we’re going to publish Donald E. Westlake’s unpublished novel, MEMORY.

Both Publishers Weekly and Booklist have given it starred reviews, calling it “a significant final work from a master” and “absolutely a must-read.” The book hits stores at the end of March — […]

News for week ending 2010-02-20

We've had some criticism of the graphic design of the U of C reprints in the comments. Here is some praise: http://bit.ly/cj4cyl # Rest in peace, Dick Francis: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8515165.stm #

A couple of new blog features

I’ve added a couple of features to the blog.

The first is nested comments. You can now reply directly to a comment, and the comment threads can go five deep (I can set this higher, but I think five levels should be enough—we’ll see). I meant to have this on the […]

Donald Westlake Memorium

Here’s a nifty fan-made tribute to the late Mr. Westlake.

Via Jesse Willis at SFFAudio.

News for week ending 2010-02-13

Colonel Mortimer Will Have His Revenge–MIA on DVD: The Split (the movie stinks, but it still should be available!) http://bit.ly/cMJ6u9 #

The Hunter – A conversation with author Donald E. Westlake

In this short film, Westlake discusses Richard Stark, the Parker character, the challenges of bringing Parker into the modern world for the later books, and the film adaptations. Well worth watching.

Thanks to Ellis.

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News for week ending 2010-02-06

Washington City Paper has coverage of Darwyn Cooke's talk at the Smithsonian: http://bit.ly/9QK4Ez #