Announcing the 2022 Nero Wolfe Assembly
and the 45th Black Orchid Banquet
Saturday, December 3, 2022
For Details & Registration, See the Flyer
Since the 1970s, the highlight of each Wolfean year has been the annual Black Orchid Banquet, held the first Saturday of December each year, in honor of Rex Stout’s birthday (December 1, 1886).
This year’s Banquet will be held, in person, on Saturday evening, December 3, 2022. We will meet and dine at Arno Ristorante, 141 West 38th Street (between Broadway and Seventh Avenue). Come to see your Wolfean friends again and enjoy all your favorite Banquet activities including toasts, song parodies, a keynote speech, and presentation of the year’s Nero and BONA Awards. Cocktails will be available starting at 5:45 p.m. and we will sit down to dinner at 6:30 p.m. We are holding the line on the Banquet price this year and the cost of the Banquet for our members and guests remains the same as in 2019 and 2021: $110 per person for Wolfe Pack members and guests, $120 for others.
Our Keynote Speaker this year will be Professor Thomas Howell, author of Soldiers of the Pen: The Writers War Board in World War II. As many of you know, Rex Stout chaired the Writers’ War Board throughout its existence and this talk should be of interest to all of us.
The annual Nero Wolfe Assembly will be held on Saturday afternoon, December 3, 2022, beginning at 2:00 p.m., also at Arno Ristorante. You will hear from knowledgeable Wolfeans about different aspects of the worlds of Nero Wolfe and Rex Stout. Coffee and cookies will be served. The cost is $10 for members and guests, $15 for others.
Members and guests attending both the Assembly and the Banquet can do so for $115 (a $5 saving) if your payment is received by November 15, 2022. A reservation and payment form is below – you can also take this opportunity to renew your Wolfe Pack membership at the same time!
Announcing the Seventeenth Annual Black Orchid Novella Award Contest
First Prize: $1,000 and publication in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
For Details: See the flyer
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Rex Stout on Dick Cavett Show
(September 2, 1969
Michael Bourne's Interview with Rex Stout
(out of print, no longer available for purchase)
Click below to listen to the interview
Side 1
Side 2 (approx. 10 second start delay)
Rex Stout Interviews John le Carre: Read the Print Interview
Latest Nero Wolfe Pastiche
THE MISADVENTURES OF NERO WOLFE:
Parodies and Pastiches Featuring the Great Detective of West 35th Street
Edited by Josh Pachter
Order the book from Amazon.com
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FLYER
The launch party was originally scheduled for Friday, April 10, 6:30 PM.
IT IS POSTPONED until after NYC travel restrictions are lifted. Check back soon!
UPCOMING NEW YORK METRO BOOK DISCUSSIONS
(Ben’s Deli, 209 West 38th Street, New York City)
Book Discussion Schedule Will Be Updated when NYC travel restrictions are lifted.
Triple Jeopardy – Monday, March 16, 2020
Prisoner’s Base – Monday, May 18, 2020
The Golden Spiders – Monday, September 21, 2020
The Black Mountain – Friday, December 4, 2020
Three Men Out – January, 2021
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Soldiers of the Pen: The Writers' War Board in World War II by Thomas Howell
The little-known story of the WW II efforts of The Writers' War Board and its president, Rex Stout. Click the text link above to order.
