Magna Cum Murder is now held in Indianapolis at the Columbia Club on the Circle. It's still sponsored by Ball State University and is a wonderfully relaxed and welcoming conference.
In the Northeast, there's Crimebake which is held in Woburn, MA. It's sponsored by MWA ands Sisters in Crime and has lots of interest for writers, but also for fans. They tend to sell out so check the website when registration opens in May.
In addition to the author email newsletters already mentioned, Louise Penny has an excellent newsletter.
I was excited to see this on Louise Penny's website: "Lots of exciting things happening. If you'd like to follow along, feel free to either join me on Facebook, or sign up for the newsletter.
There is also the site, Gamacheseries.com, a sort of virtual bistro where we discuss various themes and issues in the series. There’s a new feature, leading up to the publication of A BETTER MAN. We call it The Annotated Three Pines. There’s also the Cultural Inspirations for Three Pines. The merry minstrel of Three Pines,
Paul Hochman, takes it one book at a time, and examines the art, literature, poetry, music, philosophy that informs the themes of the series. The latest addition to the virtual bistro are the Postcards from Three Pines. Love for you to join us there."
Paul Hochman was one of my supervisors at Barnes & Noble. Small world! :-)