Longlist for Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2025
Harrogate International Festivals announced today the 18 titles longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2025, the UK’s most prestigious crime fiction award, now in its twenty-first year.
Nation of Interrupted Readers: Nearly Half of UK Adults Say Distraction Stops Them Reading
The Reading Agency’s ‘State of the Nation in Adult Reading 2025’ report reveals a growing reading crisis, especially among younger adults, who...
Grantchester Season 10 Trailer
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INTERVIEW WITH JENN BREGMAN
The Last Hamilton Sarah Brockman Book 1 Jenn Bregman Crooked Lane Books Feb 11th, 2025 The Last Hamilton by Jenn Bregman intertwines history...
CWA Dagger Awards Longlists Announced
The 2025 longlists for the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger awards, which honour the very best in the crime-writing genre, are...
Author Worspace: The City of Bern
Thirty-seven years ago, I married a Swiss, and we moved to his hometown of Bern in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. Bern is a city surrounded by a river, the Aare, with a cobblestoned medieval core, the Altstadt or Old Town.








