Simenon Madness!

The other day I received an email from Allison Kirland at Symphony Space, a non-profit performing arts center in New York. She saw the NoirCon post on Georges Simenon, and wanted everyone to know about a cool Simenon event going on this Wednesday (April 16):

It’s called Inspecting Inspector Maigret: A Tribute to Georges Simenon. Fellow writers and admirers Colin Harrison (The Finder, just out), Robert MacNeil and Anna Moschovakis (translator of Simenon’s The Engagement) discuss the work of the Belgian mystery master, including some of his psychologically realistic and wonderfully atmospheric Inspector Maigret novels set in the cafés and alleys of Paris, the French countryside and Manhattan, among other places. Fritz Weaver will perform an excerpt from one of the mysteries.

I very much wish I could make this. Not only for the Simenon, but the chance to see Colin Harrison speak. (I've been a fan since his 1990 Philly-based debut Break and Enter.) But I'm going to be in NYC just two days later for ComicCon, so it's just not in the cards.

But you! What's your excuse? Especially if you dig Simenon? For more, click on the link above.