French Dinner & Book Discussion
Where There's a Will
Monday, September 18, 2017
The Wolfe Pack will continue celebrating the various aspects of Fritz Brenner’s Swiss culinary background with a French dinner at an outstanding French restaurant in Manhattan on Monday, September 18, 2017. The location will be Tout Va Bien restaurant at 311 West 51st Street in Manhattan. The evening will also feature our book discussion of Where There’s a Will. Please save the date – further information will follow.
See the updated flyers for the Buffalo-Niagara Area Book Discussions for 2017 at the Clarence Public Library:
FIVE pastiches are now available for free download from Arnold Haiman's site: http://www.ArnoldHaiman.com
2016 Wolfe Pack Literary Award Winners
The Wolfe Pack presented our Literary Awards at the Wolfe Pack's 39th Annual Black Orchid Banquet on December 3, 2016:
- The Nero Award: David C. Taylor for Night Life (A Forge Book Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC)
- Black Orchid Novella Award presented jointly by The Wolfe Pack and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine to celebrate the novella format popularized by Rex Stout:
Steve Liskow, a second time winner, for “Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma”
Random House Releases
The Zeck Trilogy
Order NOW!
This new "printing" can be purchased in KINDLE or NOOK format. It includes an introductory letter by Rex Stout's daughter, Rebecca Stout Bradbury, and introduction by the Wolfe Pack's Werowance, Ira Matetsky, along with a mention of the Wolfe Pack and an ad in the back promoting membership and this website.
Please be sure to show your support for this reprinting effort: buy a copy today to enjoy on your Nook or Kindle or on any electronic device using the free Kindle or Nook app. It's also available for Apple IOS devices on the Apple Store. Or buy it for a friend! Also, please be sure to use the links on this page when ordering from Amazon so The Wolfe Pack receives our little stipend from Amazon, at no cost to you!
The Zeck Trilogy contains the three Wolfe novels centering around arch-villain Arnold Zeck: And Be a Villain, The Second Confession, and In the Best Families. We hope that with sufficient electronic sales, Random House will release it in print format. Triple Zeck, published in 1974, also contained these 3 stories.]
The Last Drive And Other Stories
by Rex Stout
Edited by Ira Brad Matetsky
A collection of Rex Stout stories never before available in book form
Published nearly a century ago, “The Last Drive,” the story that inspired Fer-de-lance, the first Nero Wolfe novel, is clever, charming, and absolutely baffling. In short, it is vintage Rex Stout. Never before published in book form, it and the other stories in this volume represent the early efforts of a modern genius.
Click here to:
- View the book's contents
- Read the book's promotional description
- To order from: Google OR Amazon
Recently Released Book About
the Nero Wolfe Corpus
Rex Stout Does Not Belong in Russia: Exporting the Detective Novel
By Molly Jane Levine Zuckerman
Opening Night & Weekend of Stage Adaptation of Might as Well Be Dead
June 23, 2017
Click Here to View Might As Well Be Dead in Rehearsal on Vimeo
The Wolfe Pack will celebrate the 2nd stage adaptation of a Nero Wolfe story by attending the Opening Night of Might as Well Be Dead at the Park Square Theatre in St. Paul, MN on June 23, 2017. The weekend of events will include:
- Friday:
- the performance with discounted orchestra seating (use the registration form to order tickets; limited block of discounted tickets available)
- the opening night party at the theatre with the company
- Saturday
- brunch with Wolfe Pack members and some of the company (use the registration form to reserve a seat)
- afternoon book discussion
- informal dinner (if there is enough interest)
- Group rate at the nearby, historic St. Paul Hotel for up to 8 nights (book directly with the hotel, requesting the Wolfe Pack group rate)
Click here for full details and the printable reservation form
The Toronto Bouchercon
October 13, 2017
Wolfe Pack Banquet
We eat. We drink. We sing. We toast.
We have fun! We’re the Wolfe Pack!
All Are Welcome!
Join members of the Wolfe Pack and Wolfean fans this October for a sumptuous meal in a gorgeous venue. Over the course of the evening, we celebrate Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe stories by singing pastiches; completing hilarious quizzes about the corpus; and toasting our favorite characters—Mr. Stout, Mr. Wolfe, Archie, Fritz, and “Other.” Our keynoter is the one and only Ellen Krieger, the founder of the Wolfe Pack, Werowance Emerita, and the former Associate Publisher and Vice President, Simon & Schuster. The format of this banquet is similar to the annual Black Orchid Banquet held by the Wolfe Pack every December in New York City— for those of you not near New York, this is your chance to share this special experience!
Register now!
Date: October 13, 2017
Time: Cocktails at 6:30 p.m. Dinner at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Arcadian Loft, 401 Bay Street, a 3 minute walk East of the convention hotel.
Price: C$170.00
You may buy your tickets when you register for Bouchercon 2017 at: http://bouchercon2017.com/registration/
OR, if you are only able to attend the banquet, not the Bouchercon Convention, please make contact with Helen (helenlnelson at rogers dot com). She will assist you with your reservation.
The Wolfe Pack's Literary Awards
Call for Submissions
2017 Black Orchid Novella Award
Send us your 15,000 to 20,000 word novella that celebrates the literary excellence of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe stories. Click the links below for full details and prize information.
