Noir at the Bar Hosted by Josh Pachter

Noir at the Bar Hosted by Josh Pachter

Date and Time

Aug 25, 2019 6:30 pm

Location

Shirlington

4251 S. Campbell Ave, Arlington, Virginia, 22206

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Description:

Busboys and Poets Presents: NOIR AT THE BAR...

Host Josh Pachter, co-editor and translator of Amsterdam Noirleads you on an odyssey into the mysterious world of dark fiction known as NOIR. Each quarter, featured local authors will read passages from their Noir works, and the first 50 guests are entered into a prize raffle at the end of the night. So step right up, everyone's a winner...

 Join us for drinks and midnight jaunts through the foggy streets and back alleys of crime, hardboiled, and mystery writing, right here in Shirlington. 

August's Featured Authors:

E.A. Aymar - The Unrepentant

Shawn Cosby - My Darkest Prayer

Angie Kim - Miracle Creek

John Copenhaver - Dodging and Burning

Dana King - Ten-Seven

Jehane Sharah  

Stacey Woodson  

David Dean 

Free and open to the public! Books on sale in the bookstore before, during, and after event. 

Sponsored by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

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