Longtime AIEP member, Fernando Martínez-Laínez, was awarded (ex aequo with Almudena de Arteaga) the very prestigious Premio Algaba for his historical biography Como lobos hambrientos. Los guerrilleros de la guerra de Independencia (1808-1814) "Like hungry wolves. The guerrilleros of the war of independence (1808-1814)." Martinez-Lainez is considered to be one of the founders of the modern Spanish 'novela negra'. He is also a Doctor in Communications Sciences and a well-known journalist.

MINUTES of the meeting are available here.

An article on the Berlin meeting by J. Madison Davis appeared in the North American Branch's newsletter Border Patrol:

For anyone raised during the Cold War, the city of Berlin is a legendary place made even more legendary by the novels it inspired. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, Funeral in Berlin, The Good German, and so many others have turned imaginary Berlin into as significant a place in crime writing as Chandlerian Los Angeles. This child of the Cold War certainly wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity to see it for himself when the annual meeting of AIEP was scheduled to be held there, knowing full well that time has not stood still since the Wall came down.

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Thanks to the hard work of colleague Claude Mesplede, the 2008 AIEP congress is scheduled for June in Frontignan, France, in conjunction with the annual book fair. Further information will be forthcoming soon.