On May 1, Louise Penny was presented with the Agatha Award for Best Novel for The Brutal Telling (Hodder Headline/Hachette) at the Malice Domestic convention, held in Bethesda, Maryland. (Photo by Robin Templeton/ Courtesy of Hachette)

Stanley’s Party, an adaptation of Linda Bailey and Bill Slavin’s Stanley’s Party and Stanley’s Wild Ride (both published by Kids Can Press), is running to the end of May at the Manhattan Children’s Theater in New York City. In the play, Stanley is the loutish husband to Stella, sister of Blanche… oh wait. Above: Stanley helps one of his furry friends through the fence. Ruh roh! (Photo courtesy of Kids Can)