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Crime Scene
A blog by Louise Phillips
LOUISE PHILLIPS is the author of four bestselling psychological crime thrillers. Her debut novel RED RIBBONS, and her subsequent novels, THE DOLL’S HOUSE, LAST KISS and THE GAME CHANGER, were each nominated for Best Irish Crime Novel of the Year. She won the award in 2013. Louise’s work has formed part of many literary anthologies, and she has won both the Jonathan Swift Award and the Irish Writers’ Centre Lonely Voice platform, along with being shortlisted for the Molly Keane Memorial Award, Bridport UK, and many others. In 2015, she was awarded a writing residency at Cill Rialaig Artist retreat in Kerry and she was also a judge on the Irish panel for the EU Literary Award. Her current novel, THE GAME CHANGER, is available nationwide. In 2016, she was longlisted for the prestigious CWA Dagger in the Library Award, and her first novel, RED RIBBONS was published in the US. She was also awarded an Arts Bursary for Literature from the Arts Council of Ireland. In August, THE DOLL'S HOUSE, is due for publication in the US with Polis Books. Louise Phillips is the crime writing mastermind behind writing.ie's Crime Scene blog.
Irish Crime Writer Liz Nugent Wins Double at Irish Book Awards!
This year’s Irish Book Awards ceremony on the 27th November In the Clayton Hotel was the glitzy culmination of the first year of An Post as the award sponsors, and if the first year is anything to go by, the sponsorship will be a very positive one indeed. I was lucky to be there on the night, and it was one of the best awards nights I have ever attended. Also notable on the night,...
Read the full article >>Who gets your VOTE?? An Post Irish Book Awards Shortlist!!
It is that time of year again folks, when the shortlists for the Irish Book Awards are announced, and you have a whole lot more wonderful books to add to your ‘To Be Read List’!! There is a fantastic shortlist in all the categories this year, and the Irish Crime Book of the Year is no exception (listing below). Interestingly, four crime novels also feature in the RTE Radio One Ryan Tubridy Listeners Choice Award,...
Read the full article >>Patterson Heads to Harrogate
One of the best-known and biggest-selling authors of all time, James Patterson, has been announced as a headline act at the 2019 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. Patterson has sold more than 375 million books worldwide and currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Timesbestsellers. He has been the most-borrowed author of adult fiction in UK libraries, for the past 11 years in a row. Mari Hannah, who has taken...
Read the full article >>Branching out into Crime!!
I’m really delighted to share this writing journey with you all. Nessa O’Mahony is a terrific writer and I am thrilled that her debut novel ‘The Branchman’ is now published. Put on the kettle and have a read about how it all came to be. Branching out into Crime – how The Branchman came to be by Nessa O’Mahony Most people know me as a poet. I’ve been writing poetry since the early 1990s...
Read the full article >>MURDER ONE – IRELAND’S INTERNATIONAL CRIME WRITING FESTIVAL 2-4 NOVEMBER 2018!!
MURDER ONE is described as a unique literary festival weekend: a fun, action packed weekend for lovers of crime and mystery in all its guises, and there is certainly lots to choose from! Huge excitement is already building up for MURDER ONE – IRELAND’S INTERNATIONAL CRIME WRITING FESTIVAL. This is a festival absolutely jam-packed with talent from both Ireland and the International scene. Two of the main International events not to be missed are the...
Read the full article >>MURDER ONE – Launch – Serial Thrillers & More!!
Join the MURDER ONE team for Serial Thrillers, an evening of criminal conversation and the MURDER ONE festival official launch at Hodges Figgis Bookshop, Dawson Street Thursday 20th September 2018 6.30pm Free event, all welcome (there may be wine!) In 2017, crime fiction overtook general and literary fiction to officially become the biggest selling genre in the book trade. What is it about serial killings, police investigations and tales of domestic suspense that keep us coming back...
Read the full article >>Killer Instincts – An Event Not to be Missed!!!
Killer Instincts As part of the RED LINE BOOK FESTIVAL October 2018, this is an event not to be missed! Hosted by Sam Blake, this panel discussion features some of the top British and Irish writers in the genre, including yours truly! Joining Sam will be acclaimed writer Sophie Hannah, whose books have achieved worldwide success, crime reporter turned author Cormac O’Keeffe (Black Water), best-selling writer of the Detective Lottie Parker series Patricia Gibney (The...
Read the full article >>Andrea Carter secures T.V. Crime Series for The Inishowen Mysteries!
Andrea Carter’s crime series The Inishowen Mysteries (Little, Brown) is to be adapted for television. Irish production comapny, Zanzibar Films, and German film company Hold The Page bought international TV rights to the Inishowen Mysteries trilogy at the Galway Film Fleadh, the annual festival in the West of Ireland, with international distributor Kew Media. The new crime drama series is to be shot in Donegal. Carter’s series features solicitor-turned-investigator, Benedicta O’Keeffe (known as Ben), includes...
Read the full article >>CWA 2018 Shortlists!!!
The Crime Writers’ Association has just announced the 2018 shortlists for the Daggers awards!! The Crime Writers Association was established in 1953 by crime writer John Creasey. Each year, the Daggers are awarded across 10 categories. With the exception of the Diamond Dagger, the Debut Dagger and the Dagger in the Library, all the books are nominated by publishers. The Diamond Dagger is awarded to an author who has made an outstanding contribution to crime fiction....
Read the full article >>Stav Sherez Scoops the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Award!!
Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2018 announced!! Stav Sherez last night scooped the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award for The Intrusions. Now in its fourteenth year, the Award is considered one of the most coveted crime writing prizes in the UK. The Intrusions by Stav Sherez was a 2017 Guardian and Sunday Times book of the year, dubbed ‘A Silence of the Lambs for the internet age’ by Ian Rankin....
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