My 10th Bouchercon included a few firsts and superlatives:
1) The first panel on which I sat as a panelist rather than a moderator.
2) My first Bouchercon outside the United States.
3) The most cold medicine I'd ever taken at a Bouchercon and, as a consequence ...
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Zoe Sharp reads at the pre-con Noir at the Bar.
Photos by Peter Rozovsky. |
4) The least gin I'd ever drunk at a Bouchercon. (I made up for this by drinking more wine and eating more oatmeal.)
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| Jacques Filippi |
5) This was the first Bouchercon to which I'd arrived by car (from Montreal to Toronto in the company of Jacques Filippi and Karen Salvalaggio, the latter of whom learned much about maple doughnuts, while all three of us practiced swearing in Yiddish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, and Quebecois French). It was in no way Jacques' fault that a normally five-and-half-hour trip took eight. The soothing presence of Karin, Jacques, and Tim Hortons eased any angst that the endless highway construction might otherwise have caused.
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| Karin Salvalaggio |
6) It was the first Bouchercon for whose
story anthology I served as a judge.
7) My first panels, as either panelist or moderator, with
David Poulsen, Alex Gray, Margaret Cannon,
Thomas Enger,
Leonardo Wild, and Timothy Williams.
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The Toronto street where I lived when not
dining with Karin, Jacques, and Martin
Edwards |
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| Eryk Pruitt |
8) My first experience of
Sarah Weinman as a moderator. Sarah chaired the "History of the Genre" panel in which I took part, alongside Poulsen, Gray, Cannon, and Martin Edwards. Moderating: one more thing Sarah does well.
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| Noir at the Bar |
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| Jen Conley, Jay Stringer |
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| Karen Sullivan, Zoe Sharp |
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| S.G. Wong, Thomas Enger |
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David Morrell, Ann Cleeves,
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir |
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| William Deverell, Craig Sisterson |
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| Jennifer Soosar |
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Christopher Brookmyre,
Colin Cotterill |
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| John McFetridge |
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| Lou Berney |
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| Eric Beetner |
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| Kay Kendall, Ryan Aldred |
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| Jamie Mason |
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Three guys from Montreal:
Kevin Burton Smith,
Jacques Filippi, me |
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| Emelie Schepp |
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| Craig Robertson |
© Peter Rozovsky 2017Labels: Bouchercon, Bouchercon 2017
9 Comments:
Great photos!!!
Don’t forget the entertaining text.
Thanks!
Great round-up, Peter. And why am I not surprised that moderating is one more thing that Sarah Weinmann does well?
Of course! That’s a given. :)
Thanks, Zoe. It was good shooting you, and I may do so again next week.
No surprise that Sarah should have done the job she did. I moderate panels, and I could appreciate the way Sarah tweaked the subject matter, developed and delivered her questions, and such. It was a fine performance.
I don’t know about that. I haven’t been posting as often as I once did, and it was good to see that’s my chops had not atrophied.
Always good to see you, Peter. Thanks for introducing me to Rick Oilerman.
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Same here, and you’re welcome. It was nice to see that he knew you as the 5-2 guy.
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