Earlier this month his book, Dos Equis, was nominated on the shortlist for mysteries for a Lambda Literary Award. With his usual style Anthony exuberantly celebrated the nomination on his fine blog.
It is the second nomination for Anthony. In 2004 he won the award for his second book in the Russell Quant series, A Flight of Acquavit.
The criteria for the mystery category are:
Novels,
novellas, and short story collections that adhere to the criteria of
a“mystery,” as defined by the Mystery Writers of America: “A mystery is
considered to be any novel in which a crime, or a series of crimes, are an
integral part of the story.” Anthologies are not eligible.
The finalists for gay mystery are:
1. Bokassa’s Last Apostle, Rod Shelton, Paradise Press UK
2. Dos Equis, Anthony Bidulka, Insomniac Press
3. Fires of London MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
4. Lake on the Mountain: A
Dan Sharp Mystery, Jeffrey Round, Dundurn
5. The Yellow Canary, Steve Neil Johnson, Clutching Hand Books
He is already excited about the awards ceremony in New
York City
Anthony is not going to have much time to get there as on
June 1 he is having the release party for the first book, When the Saints Go Marching In, in his new series featuring
disaster recovery specialist Adam Saint.
Each of his Russell Quant books has had an overflowing book
launch party at the McNally Robinson bookstore in Saskatoon
Wanting a party but with a change, Anthony is hosting a two
hour come and go party at McNally Robinson on the Saturday afternoon. Being
Anthony it would not be a party without food and drink. He assures readers
there will be complimentary wine and cheese for the “entire” two hours.
During the come and go party he will be signing books except
for a 15 minute interview session with two interviewers of Saskatoon. Readers
can send in questions for the interviewers to ask Anthony.
I expect a long line of book buyers. At the launch for Dos Equis Sharon and I decided to go for
supper at the restaurant next to the bookstore rather than stand in line. After
spending over an hour at supper there was still a line of book buyers getting their books
autographed. It was much shorter. Overall Anthony spent over 2 hours signing
books.
It is going to be a good party in Saskatoon
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My other posts featuring Anthony and his books are:2011 Questions and Answers with Anthony; The author's website is http://www.anthonybidulka.com/ – (2004) - Amuse Bouche (Most interesting of 2004 – fiction and non-fiction); (2005) - Flight of Aquavit (2nd Best fiction in 2005); (2005) - Tapas on the Ramblas; (2006) - Stain of the Berry; (2008) - Sundowner Ubuntu; (2009) - Aloha, Candy Hearts; (2010) - Date with a Sheesha; (2012) - Dos Equis and Q & A and Thoughts on Q & A; (2012) - Book Launch in Saskatoon of Dos Equis; (2012) - Where's Anthony? Paperback or Hardcover
Oh, Bill this is great news! So exciting! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteMargot: Thanks for the comment. I am looking forward to seeing if Anthony is the winner this year.
ReplyDeleteBill - thank you for the kind shout out. You are such a great supporter of mystery writers and I'm grateful to be a regular benefactor of that generosity.
ReplyDeleteIndeed I'm toying with trying to make a zippy trip to NYC for the Lammies, but it's quite tight as we're hosting a 90th birthday for my mother-in-law a few days later. So I may have to pass.
Anthony: Thanks for the comment.
ReplyDeleteEvery trip from Saskatchewan has to take into consideration the time in travel. It is going to take a day to get to New York City.
If the timing is wrong this time I am sure there will be another nomination for Russell in the future.
Glad to hear about the Lambda nomination for Bidulka. Very exciting for him. I am definitely interested in the new series. And I have Flight of Aquavit waiting to be read in the near future.
ReplyDeleteTracyK: Thanks for the comment. I look forward to your next review.
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