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Darkness rushing in …

Artwork by Jonathan Santlofer adorns this year's poster and program book. This one, "Out of the Past," is from a series of drawings of scenes from classic film noir. — This year’s poster and program book features the artwork of Jonathan Santlofer. This image, “Out of the Past,” comes from a series of drawings of scenes from classic film noir. Click for full-size version.

Last-minute preparations are underway for Chapter One of The Dark Side: Mystery, Crime, and the Literary Thriller. It all kicks off at the historic San Carlos Institute on Thursday night with Sara Paretsky’s keynote address, “My Quest for Heroes: Voice and Voicelessness.”

The full schedule of events is here. All ticketed sessions this weekend and next are completely sold out, but admission is available on a first-come, first-seated basis to the free public sessions this Sunday, January 12, and next Sunday, January 19. Click here for the schedule of free events.

We’ll be posting photos and commentary throughout the weekend right here on Littoral, with guest posts from Cara Cannella and Nick Vagnoni and photographs by Nick Doll. And we’ll be abuzz and up-to-the-minute on Twitter @KeyWestLiterary as well as on Facebook. Please follow along and chime in, whether you’re here, near, or far.

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Key West Literary Seminar welcomes readers and writers to this subtropical island city. Our flagship program is the annual Seminar, a four-day event that explores a unique literary theme each January, where readers from around the world enjoy presentations by some of the best writers of our time. In our Writers’ Workshop Program, also in January, writers of all levels meet in small groups with esteemed faculty to share their work and explore the craft of writing. A Scholarship Program reduces fees for teachers and librarians and recognizes the work of outstanding emerging writers. Exclusive recordings from the Seminar spanning thirty years are available in the Audio Archive, while our online journal, Littoral, features news, essays, photographs, and other resources that document Key West’s rich literary history.

A diversity of life thrives in the littoral zone — a thin strip of coastline between high and low watermarks. As the operating metaphor for our online journal, it refers to that part of Key West routinely overrun by the tide of literature and to the rich life of letters in this island city. Here you’ll find event coverage from our team of writers and photographers; news and updates about upcoming opportunities; and rare images from historic collections, interviews, and all manner of report from Key West’s life of letters.