Anthony Award Winners: Bouchercon 2026 - Mystery Fanfare

We read two of them.

After taking National Black Cat Day yesterday off as a holiday Panzer is back with writing news today.

 

At Janet Rudolph's Mystery Fanfare site he found a post about this years Anthony Awards winners. The winners in the seven categories are listed.

 

Panzer says, "Did you read any of the winners?"

 

Note: This is a short medium length post. Bring a cup of tea to drink.

 

To read the post tootle over to Anthony Award Winners..

Black Cat Holiday

 

National Black Cat Day

 

You can leave my treats here.

 

A Panzerism

Panzer on anger management:

 

The arm chair is fair game!

I will not claw the couch.

I will not claw the couch.

I will not claw the couch.

 

But Mom didn't say anthing about the arm chair! 

Cat Jigsaw Puzzle - I'm cold.

Hint

Here's today's jigsaw puzzle.

 

At the puzzle site click the square in the lower left corner to see the finished puzzle.

 

If you're looking for a challenge, here's one. 

 

Have fun!

 

To do the puzzle trundle over to I'm cold.

Free to Watch Classic Mystery Thriller Movie: Wall Street

Remember to save me some popcorn.

Here's a noir thriller movie Panzer found on the Mc cult Hollywood channel on Youtube.

  

Will Street is a 1940 black and white classic nor thriller movie. It's 1 hour 33 minutes long.

 

Make some popcorn with lots of extra butter, get your beverage of choice and enjoy this thriller.

 

To watch the movie tootle over to Classic Noir Movie

Free to Listen Clean Amish Romance: The Amish Dream

Off to find a movie for you.

If you like Amish romance, Panzer found this one on the Indiana Wake and Friends channel on Youtube.

 

The Amish Dream is written by Sarah Miller and Irene Glick. It's 2 hours 18 minutes long.

 

To listen to the romance tootle over to Clean Amish Romance

Free to Listen Cozy Mystery Audiobook: The Pumpkin Was Framed

Halloween is coming.

If you're getting into the Halloween spirit, Panzer found this cozy mystery on the author's channel on Youtube.

 

The Pumpkin Was Frame is written by Regan Williams. It's 3 hours 46 minutes long. 

 

To listen to this audiobook tootle over to Halloween Cozy Mystery

Free to Listen Small Town Romance Audiobook: Brooks

Be right back with something else for you.

Here's a clean small town romance Panzer found on the author's channel on Youtube.

 

Brooks is written by Chris Keniston. It's 4 hours 53 minutes long.

 

To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Small Town Clean Romance

Australia May Legalize AI Training on Your Books. Sign a Statement Opposing It. - Authors Guild

I can't believe they'd do that.

Here's the latest AI copyright theft information Panzer found online.

 

According to the Authors Guild the Australian government wants to make it legal for Australian companies to use authors' books to train LLMs without authors permission. The post contains a form to sign your opposition to this.

 

Panzer says, "This would cover authors books worldwide not just in Australia."

 

Note: This is a short announcement.

 

To read the post tootle over to Australia AI Statement 

One industry, Many Markets - Publishing Perspectives

Interesting sales breakdowns included.

Panzer's first stop in the Catosphere today was at the Publishing Perspectives site.

 

With a little digging there, he found a post about book sales and trends in global markets. 

 

Panzer says, "The markets are broken down into individual countries, regions and companies."

 

Note: This is a very, very long post. You'll need to decide what you want to bring to snack on.

 

To read the post tootle over to Book Markets