Category Archives: Willeford

Rediscovered: Manchette

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Don

Finally. More Jean-Patrick Manchette makes the leap into English-language print. After nine years. Powers-That-Be, come on, speed it up. In March 2002 City Lights Noir created a shockwave among noir cognoscenti with Donald Nicholson-Smith’s riveting translation of Three to Kill, Manchette’s 1976 thriller … Continue reading →

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News: September 2010

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Webmaster

It doesn’t get any simpler than this: just like it says on the Tour Page, you’ll find a Hammett tour running each and every Sunday this month. Four hours. Ten bucks. If interested, just show up by noon. And remember … Continue reading →

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News: May 2010

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Webmaster

It doesn’t get any simpler than this: just like it says on the Tour Page, you’ll find a Hammett tour running each and every Sunday this month. Four hours. Ten bucks. If interested, just show up by noon. And remember … Continue reading →

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News: March 2010

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Webmaster

TOUR ON PALM SUNDAY Last month the Hammett tour hit the mean streets on Valentine’s Day, encountering a gang of balloons — this month Don is once again slipping on the gumshoes to guide a walk on Palm Sunday, March … Continue reading →

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News: June 2009

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Webmaster

NO EXTRA TOURS Nothing extra kicking along the mean streets for June, but the desperate always can use an edition of the Dashiell Hammett Tour book for a self-guided prowl over the gumshoe-haunted Frisco hills. And any tours open for … Continue reading →

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News: April 2009

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Webmaster

LAST MONTH IN TUCSON In the photos above you’ll see Dennis McMillan catching a quick chat with Elmore Leonard after his big interview, and Don doing a spur-of-the-moment tribute to Ernest P. Worrell. The Tucson Book Fair offered lots of … Continue reading →

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News: March 2009

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Webmaster

NIX THE 540 CLUB Just a quick note to those who had planned on attending Don’s official launch of the Dashiell Hammett Tour book at the 540 Club — the venue and date have been changed. It’s now at Green … Continue reading →

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News: February 2009

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Webmaster

NOIR VALENTINE IN THE HA-RA The more or less official launch party for San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics takes place Saturday February 14 — Valentine’s Day — beginning at 8 p.m. in The Ha-Ra Bar in 875 Geary between … Continue reading →

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News: December 2008

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Webmaster

NOTHING EXTRA IN THE OLD STOCKING No extra walks have been set for December, and in fact Don got so buried in other stuff we didn’t even do News for October or November — still, we figured John’s Grill making … Continue reading →

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News: April 2008

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Webmaster

Anyone who wants to track Don down at the NoirCon in Philly will find him hanging around the bar from April 3 through 6. Doesn’t look as if there will be a formal panel devoted to Charles Willeford during the … Continue reading →

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