Scarlet Letters is the New England branch of the international organization, Sisters in Crime.

UPCOMING MEMBER WORKSHOPS "Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know about Guns" - Sept. 25. Details here "Power Up Those First Five Pages" - October online workshop, Details here To Members: you can now visit the Members-Only section HERE. If you are a NE/SinC member and haven't received an email with password info, please Email us. New England Chapter Sisters in Crime is pleased to announce a "We love NEW ENGLAND libraries" lottery. Our first winner is the Wadleigh Memorial Library in Milford, NH! We will be choosing a winner every quarter. Details here. Here is the "We Love New England Libraries" information handout.

SEPTEMBER NEWS > > > IMPORTANT DEADLINE Sept. 15:   Deadline to sign up for the members-only benefit of “Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know about Guns” workshop on Sept. 25. Details. *** > > > SPEAKERS BUREAU EVENTS Sept 21:   Curtis Memorial Library Fall Author Series with Leslie Wheeler Sept 21:   “My favorite research stories” Jones Library, Amherst, MA with Jim Ciullo, Kate Flora and Susan Oleksiw Sept 28:   Curtis Memorial Library Fall Author Series with Leslie Meier *** > > > COMING NEXT MONTH… Oct. 1-2:   SinCNE Booth at the New England Independent Booksellers Convention, Providence, RI Oct. 3 (Sun.):   Social Networking class. Time and location TBA. Oct. 23 (Sat.): 2 p.m.   Timothy M. Palmbach, executive director of the Henry Lee Institute and chairman of the Forensic Science Department at the University of New Haven, Russell Library, Middleton, CT. *** We Love New England Libraries contest. Follow us on: . *** You can renew your NE/SinC membership HERE. Check out our new Photos Page.

Member Benefits: As a member, you will receive the She Dunnit! newsletter sent six times a year that is chock full of info on upcoming events and conferences, member news, expert advice, and mystery book releases. We promote our chapter members through regular outreach mailings to libraries, as well as exhibits at bookseller and librarian conventions. You will meet other mystery authors and readers with whom you can network and celebrate your publishing victories. And you can publicize your web site on our Members list. We are increasing the number of meetings to at least eight and adding new features to our web page in 2010. Check out our 2009 Roundup.

Click image for sample page of She Dunnit!, NE/SinC's fabulous newsletter.

New England Crime Bake - Nov. 12-14, 2010

Our Guest of Honor will be Bestselling Author Charlaine Harris! The conference will be held at the Hilton in Dedham, MA.

The New England Crime Bake conference is co-sponsored by the New England Chapters of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America.

Details at: www.crimebake.org.

NE/SinC members at the Sisters in Crime booth at the ALA Conference, Boston (January 2010)

North Conway (NH) Public Library Director Andrea Masters, Assistant Librarian Martha Pedersen, and volunteer Anne Dunne show their affection for New England Sisters in Crime authors with their entry into the national Sisters in Crime "We Love Libraries" lottery awarding $1,000 grants every month in 2010. To learn more, visit www.sistersincrime.org.

Together with N.E. Mystery Writers of America, we run the New England Crime Bake.

Check out our Join page for more info on becoming a member of New England Chapter Sisters in Crime. O

In 1986, women wrote 40% of the mysteries and got 15% of the reviews in the New York Times. Sisters in Crime was founded to "combat discrimination against women in the mystery field, to raise awareness of the contributions of female authors, and to promote the professional advancement of women who write mysteries." We are authors, agents, booksellers, editors, librarians, critics, and readers. Brothers in Crime are welcome.

Founders included best-selling author Sara Paretsky and Kate Mattes, owner of a Cambridge literary fixture, Kate's Mystery Books. The national organization now boasts over 3000 members, including authors, fans, librarians, booksellers, and pre-published writers. The New England chapter, 150 members strong, holds educational meetings for its members four times annually. The chapter also offers a Speakers Bureau for libraries and other interested organizations.