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Bouchercon XX

{{Short description|1989 mystery and detective fiction convention}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2012}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Bouchercon XX

| subheader = "Give Me Liberty or Give Me...Death"

| date = {{Start date|1989|10|06}}

| location = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| country = USA

| host = Deen Kogan & Jay Kogan

| website =

| previous = XIX

| main = Bouchercon

| next = XXI

}}

Bouchercon is an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction.{{cite web |url=http://www.bouchercon.info/index.html |title=Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Home |publisher=Bouchercon.info |access-date=January 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112224218/http://www.bouchercon.info/index.html |archive-date=January 12, 2013 |url-status=dead }} It is named in honour of writer, reviewer, and editor Anthony Boucher; also the inspiration for the Anthony Awards, which have been issued at the convention since 1986.{{cite web |url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/887593-264/bouchercon_2010_by_the_bay.html.csp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905081837/http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/887593-264/bouchercon_2010_by_the_bay.html.csp |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 5, 2012 |title=Bouchercon 2010 by the Bay: The World Series of Mystery |publisher=Libraryjournal.com |date=November 4, 2010 |access-date=January 30, 2012 |first=Teresa |last=Jacobsen }} This article details Bouchercon XX and the 4th Anthony Awards ceremony.

Bouchercon

The convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 6, 1989; running until the 8th. The event was chaired by Deen Kogan and Jay Kogan, founders of the Society Hill playhouse.{{cite web |url=http://weeklypress.com/deen-kogan-the-first-lady-of-philadelphia-theater-p1471-1.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716121842/http://weeklypress.com/deen-kogan-the-first-lady-of-philadelphia-theater-p1471-1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 16, 2012 |title=Philadelphia News |publisher=Weekly Press |date=July 15, 2009 |access-date=February 2, 2012 }}

=Special guests=

  • Lifetime Achievement award — Dorothy Salisbury Davis
  • Guest of Honor — Simon Brett
  • Fan Guests of Honor — William F. Deeck and Linda Toole
  • Toastmaster — Bruce Taylor{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nroiAAAAIBAJ&pg=1576,1737895&dq=bruce-taylor+bouchercon&hl=en |title=Mystery writers have nothing to hide anymore |newspaper=Beaver County Times |date=1989-11-09 |access-date=2012-03-15}}
  • Distinguished Contribution award — Joan Kahn

Anthony Awards

The following list details the awards distributed at the fourth annual Anthony Awards ceremony.{{cite web |url=http://www.bouchercon.info/nominees.html#1988 |title=Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees |publisher=Bouchercon.info |date=October 2, 2003 |access-date=January 31, 2012 |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207060829/http://www.bouchercon.info/nominees.html#1988 |url-status=dead }}

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