Once again, Twilight Tales will have a major presence at the Midwest Literary Festival next weekend in Aurora, IL (just a metra train trip away from our home in Chicago!).

We’ll be selling a special Midwest Literary Festival limited-edition - 100 hand-numbered copies with a special peek-a-boo dustjacket - of our new Max Allan Collins/Matthew Clemens collection MY LOLITA COMPLEX AND OTHER TALES OF SEX AND VIOLENCE. Max and Matthew will be at our tent for a special debut reading/signing on Sunday from 12:30 to 2:00, after which Max will be participating on some great panels at the festival.

On Saturday, we’ll be featuring readings from best-selling authors James Rollins and David Morrell, among others.

It’s also not too late to sign up for the writers’ workshop on Friday, which will feature James Rollins, David Morrell, Mort Castle, Jay Bonansinga, and our own Tina Jens in a day-long intensive session. The cost is $125. See the MLF web site for more info.

We’ve put together our reading schedule, so take a look while you make your plans to attend the festival.

And of course, don’t miss our special, post-MLF show that Monday night (Sept. 18th) at the Red Lion Pub, which features the incredible work of David Thomas Lord - with his new book, Bound in Flesh, - Kimberly Richards, and the far- too-long absent Charlie Brown!

If you’d like to volunteer to help staff our booth at MLF, please contact Viki Rollins at viksin13@yahoo.com.

Banned Book Week begins Saturday, Sept. 23rd. Why wait? Celebrate all month long!

You can vote for your favorite banned book here, or simply find some good recommended reading.

Visit the American Library Association’s site for more info.

Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri has been chosen for the Fall 2006 One Book, One Chicago program, sponsored by the Chicago Public Library. Check out the website for a listing of special events, book clubs and related reading.

Tim Broderick’s series of mystery graphic novels, Odd Jobs, starts a new storyline today, called “Children of the Revolution.”

As with previous storylines, this one will proceed at one new page every Friday, for free at Tim’s web site. Check it out: http://www.timbroderick.net

WFC 2006 banquet tickets are now on sale. The banquet will be on SATURDAY NIGHT this year, NOT the traditional Sunday noon.

The banquet features special guests and the World Fantasy Awards. Bradley Denton will host.

Both banquest tickets and memberships to the convention can be purchased online at http://www.fact.org/wfc2006/.