For fans or fanatics who want MORE!!
If you go to a mystery book club regularly, you ARE A “FAN.” Perhaps you are ready for the next step: Attending a Mystery Book Conference! This page will guide you in taking that step to great fun!
Mystery Book Fan Events: Why Go?
Click here to learn why some fans like these events.
Types of Mystery Book Fan Events: Choose —
- From one day conferences or panels to 4-day conventions.
- Events that focus more on “cozies” (traditional stories) to events that focus on thrillers. Or choose events that are a combination of both. (Example: “Bouchercon” and “Left Coast Crime” are both good examples of conferences that are inclusive of all types of crime fiction.)
- National events or a regional event. (Example: The New England CrimeBake has authors mainly from New England attending.)
- Just a mystery book fan event, or combine it with other tourism. (Example: attend the annual “Iceland Noir” event for 3 days and then spend some days enjoying the beautiful scenery of Iceland.)
- Conferences that are more fan-friendly… or if you want to perfect your writing skills, choose the conferences that emphasize help for writers. All of the conferences are some combination of both, but some events are more fan-friendly than others.
Dive Deep: Watch a video on the history of the largest, oldest, mystery book fan conference in the world and what makes it thrive today (27 minutes)
Click here to go to the Bouchercon website and view the video at the top of the page.
Find WHEN & WHERE these events happen.
