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Crime Scene
A blog by Louise Phillips
LOUISE PHILLIPS is the bestselling author of five psychological crime thrillers. Her debut novel RED RIBBONS, and her subsequent Kate Pearson 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 and she was also a judge on the Irish panel for the EU Literary Award. In 2016, she was longlisted for the prestigious CWA Dagger in the Library Award, and her first two novels, RED RIBBONS and THE DOLL'S HOUSE, were published in the US. She has recently been awarded an Arts Bursary for Literature from the Arts Council of Ireland, and her latest novel, THE HIDING GAME was published on September 5th 2019. It was shortlisted in the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards 2019. Louise Phillips is the crime writing mastermind behind writing.ie's Crime Scene blog.
Unleash Your Dark Side
Ahem…. Bestselling author, LouiseMPhillips, is holding an 8-week course on successful #CrimeFiction writing, starting March 2020 IRISH WRITERS CENTRE -Unleash Your Dark Side ABOUT THE COURSE: Learn the secrets of successful crime-fiction writing with bestselling and award-winning crime author, Louise Phillips. On this course, participants will receive in-depth analysis of all aspects of great crime fiction, including the creation of memorable characters, planning, pace, dialogue, and narration. Many of Louise’s students have achieved great publication success, with some...
Read the full article >>Lynda La Plante, Laura Lippman and Robert Goddard to headline 2020 CrimeFest.
Headline authors for CrimeFest – one of Europe’s biggest crime fiction conventions – have been announced. The 2020 convention sponsored by Specsavers is hosted from 4 to 7 June at the Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel and will feature icon of the genre, Lynda La Plante, the award-winning author of more than 30 internationally bestselling novels. La Plante was a pioneer with her 1980’s series, Widows. The show received the Hollywood treatment with a movie adaptation...
Read the full article >>Crime Documentary & Drama Irish Film Institute February 2020!
The Irish Film Institute will be screening true crime documentary and crime drama this coming February for interested in thrillers and true stories of legal pursuit. See listing and dates below: About Mr Jones Ambitious Welsh journalist Gareth Jones (James Norton) travels to Moscow in an attempt to secure an interview with none other than Stalin himself. Hearing rumours of a government-induced famine, Jones covertly visits Ukraine where he bears witness to the atrocities of man-made...
Read the full article >>Rebus Writer Unmasked As Theakston Old Peculier Crime Festival 2020 Programming Chair
The best-selling writer behind the Inspector Rebus books has been unmasked as the programming chair for next year’s Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. As a result, Ian Rankin – who has sold more than 20 million books and was awarded an OBE in 2002 for services to literature – has been charged with pulling together a “most wanted” list of guest authors and speakers to headline next year’s four-day event. Since its launch in 2003,...
Read the full article >>CWA Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition & Debut Dagger!
CWA Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition Entries are being invited for the CWA Margery Allingham Short Story competition. This year, the competition has changed the weighting of its scoring system to match Margery Allingham’s definition of a Mystery. Entrants are asked to focus on specific elements to match the definition: “The Mystery remains box-shaped, at once a prison and a refuge. Its four walls are, roughly, a Crime, a Mystery, an Enquiry and a Conclusion...
Read the full article >>Bag a Criminally Good Bargain!
If you’re looking for a Black Friday style deal for the crime fiction aficionado in your life, there’s only a few days left for the Early Bird offer for CrimeFest tickets. Delegates have until 16 December to book a full pass for the four-day convention for just £165, when the price then goes up to £185. The crime writing fraternity’s biggest convention, styled on the American model, returns 4-7 June, 2020. CrimeFest attracts...
Read the full article >>Unleash Your Dark Side!!
Do you want to start, progress, or finish that dark, delicious crime novel of yours?? Well, if the answer is yes, I’m delighted to be running an 8 Week Crime Writing Workshop with the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin this coming March! I promise, I don’t look nearly as moody as the above photograph!! PLACES ARE LIMITED – EARLY BOOKING RECOMMENDED BOOKING LINK Starts: Tues 3 Mar 2020 Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm Duration: 8 Weeks...
Read the full article >>Shortlist for the An Post Irish Book Award – a fantastic crime fiction line up!
Shortlist unveiled for the An Post Irish Book Awards 2019, Ireland’s major literary event celebrating Irish writing across 16 categories, and I am super delighted that THE HIDING GAME is one of the shortlisted titles!!! The shortlist features a diverse mix of exceptional writing from new and established writers across sixteen categories, including Novel of the Year, Children’s, Cookery, Crime Fiction, Popular Fiction, Nonfiction, Sports, Short Story, Poetry, Teen and Young Adult and Irish Language....
Read the full article >>3 Must Reads Before You Die!!!
An Event not to be missed… CRIMEHAWKS at MURDER ONE FESTIVAL Date: November 3rd This will be a cracker of an event, so do BOOK EARLY 3 MUST READS before you DIE…with myself, and the almightly forces of Catherine Ryan Howard, Liz Nugent and Rick O’Shea! You can book tickets below! And do check out all the other great events happening as part of Murder One! https://ticketsource.co.uk/…/crimehawks-three-must…/e-bmqrop
Countdown to the Daggers!
The oldest awards in the genre, created in 1955, the CWA Daggers have been synonymous with crime writing for over half a century. The night is compered by Barry Forshaw, one of the UK’s leading experts on crime fiction. Barry Forshaw said: “It’s a starry evening showcasing the most prestigious prizes in the crime fiction world – the Oscars of the genre – and I’m always pleased and privileged to emcee it. Not least for...
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