The Chesapeake Chapter usually holds a monthly meeting with a speaker on the first Saturday of each month, unless there is a holiday, venue scheduling, or convention conflict.
Upcoming meeting dates are listed below. Members signed up on the listserv will receive an email notice in advance of the meeting, along with registration information. To reserve your place at a meeting, follow the directions as stated on the email notice or on the meeting’s announcement on this website. Guests and non-members are welcome to attend (unless otherwise noted).
UPCOMING CHAPTER MEETINGS/EVENTS
Saturday, November 7
MURDER, THEY WROTE: A MYSTERY AUTHOR SHOWCASE
Presentations Start: 1:00 PM ET
Followed by author signings
Howard County Public Library
Elkridge Branch
6540 Washington Blvd
Elkridge, MD 21075
**Note that this is a new location for us — not the same library as last year!**
It’s time for the first of our chapter’s two annual extravaganzas, Murder, They Wrote: A Mystery Author Showcase. Love meeting in person? We’ve got you covered. Prefer watching via Zoom? We’re offering that too. That’s right: There will be two ways to catch our event on Saturday, November 7.
We’ll have 17 Chessie Chapter authors who’ve had something new published this year talking about their new crime/mystery books and short stories. They are: Donna Andrews, Mark Brutsché, Barb Goffman, Kathryn Holland, Smita Harish Jain, Kathryn Johnson, Deborah Kalb, J. Herman Kleiger, Libby Klein, Eileen Haavik McIntire, Julie Moffett, Jacque Rosman, Misty Simon, Rosalie Spielman, Shannon Taft, Marcia Talley, and Jennifer van der Kleut.
This is a wonderful opportunity to kick off your holiday shopping for the book lovers in your life—including yourself. A bookseller from The Last Word bookshop in Mt. Airy, Maryland, will be there to sell the authors’ books, and the authors will be happy to sign them. This author showcase is free and open to the public. (Remember, this is a new location for this event.) The library has lots of free parking. Come early to shop for books.
IN-PERSON REGISTRATION:
Want to attend in person? Registration isn’t required, but it is encouraged so the library sets out enough chairs and makes enough handouts.
Register here: https://howardcounty.librarycalendar.com/event/sisters-crime-391786
ONLINE REGISTRATION:
Prefer watching online? The event will be live-streamed over Zoom and should end by 2:30.
Register here: https://howardcounty.librarycalendar.com/event/murder-they-wrote-mystery-author-showcase-online-441493
We can’t wait to see you—in person or virtually—on Saturday, November 7, at the first of our two extravaganzas. (The next one’s on Saturday, December 12th, in Reston, VA, with a different mix of authors. It won’t be on Zoom.)
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December 12:
MURDER, THEY WROTE: A MYSTERY AUTHORS EXTRAVAGANZA
Reston Library, 11925 Bowman Towne Dr., Reston VA 20190-3306
UPCOMING CHAPTER AUTHORS’ EVENTS