Coming in October—Researching and Writing Historical Mysteries

Come to our next event! October 15, 2016 Noon-2pm. Laurel Bookstore 1423 Broadway, Oakland, California 94612 Meet Rhys Bowen, Tony Broadbent, Laurie R. King and Catriona McPherson to talk about writing historical mysteries and how they differ from traditional mysteries. Sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America NorCal and moderated by Janet Rudolph.

Notes from August Event: Libraries and Writers, A Mutual Admiration Society

Did you miss our last meeting, at the Oakland Public Library? Well, Laurie King was there, and she took notes! Enjoy, and don’t forget our forthcoming October meeting, also in Oakland. Writers and libraries have long made for a mutual admiration society: without us, their shelves would collect dust; without them, we’d have grown up … Read more

August Event: Loving the Library at Rockridge

August 13th 11:30am-12:30pm Oakland Public Library—Rockridge Branch 5366 College Avenue Oakland, CA  94618 (510) 597-5017 Writers and Libraries: a mutual admiration society. Emily Weak, the adult services librarian at the Rockridge branch, talks about what we authors can do to best work with libraries.  What do librarians need? How can a writer both use libraries, … Read more

Message from the President

Save the date, June 16th, 2016! MWA Grandmaster Walter Mosley is coming to Menlo Park, CA!  MWA Norcal is co-sponsoring this exclusive event with Kepler’s Books! http://www.keplers.com/event/premier-event-walter-mosley We will be raffling off several tickets to the Mosley event at a future MWA event, so please come join us at our March 13th meet and greet … Read more

Spring 2016 Events

Join MWA NorCAL for our first event of 2016. Sunday, March 13, 2016, 3 PM to 5 PM DST Borderland Books 866 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA Meet and Greet with readings and refreshments. Share your news and hear about upcoming events. COMING SOON: Kathryn Stewart on Training Search and Rescue Dogs April 16, 11:30 … Read more