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Paul Cleave's "love of gore" 26 Aug 2013 | 07:20 pm
While I'm much more familiar with being on the interviewer side of the discussion when it comes to crime writing and crime writers, whether for magazine or newspaper articles or hosting panels and one...
The Cooking Commissario: Donna Leon and Brunetti's Cookbook 20 Aug 2013 | 09:59 pm
Since I was a kid, I've always been fascinated by the way fictional characters can have such reach and influence over us. How they can become ingrained in our lives, these people and stories made up i...
A mighty Kauri falls: RIP Elmore Leonard 20 Aug 2013 | 09:16 pm
"I read the new today, oh boy, About a legendary man who made the grade. And though the news was rather sad I just had to smile..." With apologies to Messrs Lennon and McCartney for butchering their....
Stuart MacBride in New Zealand next week 19 Aug 2013 | 07:47 pm
Best-selling Scottish crime writer Stuart MacBride, whose DI Logan McRae tales expertly blend humour and horror, returns to New Zealand next week for a couple of library events. I'm gutted that I'm o...
A Life of Crime: article on Donna Malane 19 Aug 2013 | 07:24 pm
Earlier this year I wrote a feature on acclaimed TV screenwriter, producer, and crime writer Donna Malane for the New Zealand Listener. I've known Malane for a few years, having first got in touch wit...
Kathy Reichs touring New Zealand next month! 9 Aug 2013 | 10:10 am
New Zealander readers have the chance to "Get under the skin of forensics with this inspirational and internationally bestselling US crime writer, professor, leading forensic anthropologist & creator ...
Shakespeare-inspired teen mysteries in the American South 8 Aug 2013 | 07:04 am
Firstly, apologies for the lack of posts the past three months - the reason is that I have been well-ensconced in life working at a US summer camp. It's a bit of a bubble here, and I haven't really be...
Harrison Ford, Doctor Who, and the Ngaio Marsh Award 5 Aug 2013 | 06:42 pm
Earlier this year I listened to this great radio interview with 2012 Ngaio Marsh Award winner Neil Cross. I thought I'd shared it with y'all (yep, I'm in the Carolinas at the moment, so my accent is e...
"The stars align" - great interview with Eleanor Catton 5 Aug 2013 | 06:30 am
Further to my post last week about Kiwi writer Eleanor Catton's upcoming "historical, astrological murder mystery", THE LUMINARIES, which has been long-listed for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, ove...
Ned Kelly Award shortlists announced! 2 Aug 2013 | 05:59 pm
Last year at the Ngaio Marsh Award ceremony in Christchurch, I had the pleasure of chatting to Australian crime writer Michael Robotham, who was in the process of helping revamp the Australian Crime W...
