CWA APPOINTS ELLY GRIFFITHS AS BOOKSELLERS CHAMPION
Fun news from our friends across the pond. Booksellers could have no better champion than Elly!
National Crime Reading Month Goes Digital for May Lockdown
From the Crime Writers’ Association in the UK... but we're sure they would welcome readers in other countries joining in! The month of May sees the return of National Crime Reading Month (NCRM), a unique, UK-wide literary festival, designed to connect authors and...
News from Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival (Harrogate)
Earlier this week, Harrogate International Festivals announced that the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival will not happen in 2020, but the will launch a new virtual festival hub, HIF Player, and the prestigious Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the...
CRIMESPREE ISSUE 67
Crimespree issue 67 featuring Bill Crider, Mickey Spillane In our next issue we've got Bill Crider on the cover, we celebrate Mickey Spillane's 100th birthday and two articles from Eryk Pruit along with our regular features. If you need to subscribe...
Down & Out Books Announces a New Imprint: Shotgun Honey
Down & Out Books announced today that Shotgun Honey will join the company as an imprint focused on its current specialty of flash fiction, novellas, and anthologies. Ron Earl Phillips, the publisher and managing editor of Shotgun Honey, will continue in...
Marwood's THE KILLER NEXT DOOR optioned by James Franco
Actor James Franco has optioned Alex Marwood's THE KILLER NEXT DOOR. According to Variety, Franco's Rabbit Bandini Productions will be producing. Actress Ahna O’Reilly will star and, along with Vince Jolivette and Franco, serve as producer. O'Reilly...