The 12 months’s greatest noir conference in america is coming mid-October!
Festivities for NoirCon 2022 launch October 21st, concluding October 23rd, 2022. Historically a staple occasion held in Philadelphia, PA, this 12 months’s NoirCon will probably be digital solely after practically a 4 12 months absence.
Celebrating the return of the conference is writer and playwright Tia Ja’nae, who will probably be there alongside authors Walter Mosley, Max Rudin, Dana Polan, Marcia Muller, Sarah Weinman and others. Tia Ja’nae is predicted to be featured on a number of panels on Friday and Saturday discussing the state of impartial literature, and her tumultuous relationship with Amazon, amongst different topics.
She can even be collaborating in a dwell studying chosen brief works, discussing showing in NoirCon’s journal Retreats From Oblivion, in addition to and discussing her work (together with her notorious debut novel Ghosts On The Block By no means Sleep) and her satirical musings at https://www.articulatemadness.com
NoirCon triumphantly returns to the conference scene following main setbacks within the final 4 years, together with the pandemic and the dying of considered one of its co-founder Deen Kogan.
The three-day conference plans to focus on and rejoice the all genres of noir with a major literary and cinematic emphasis. This 12 months’s ceremony additionally marks the return of the conference’s three major awards, The David Goodis Award, the Jay & Deen Kogan Award, and the Anne Friedberg Award, which is able to rejoice winners from 2018 and 2022. Registration consists of entry to the Accelevents platform for 30 days after the occasion, so attendees can re-watch occasions or make amends for panels they missed.
Registration is open and out there at https://www.accelevents.com/e/noircon-2022
