Sophie Hannah in conversation with Declan Hughes Date: Thursday March 10th Venue: Pavilion Theatre Time: 8.30 pm Cost: €12 / €10 Concession Age: Adults BOOK NOW Sophie Hannah is an unstoppable force in psychological crime writing and a stalwart defender of the genre. Of its detractors, she has said ‘There are people who think a crime novel can’t be proper literature, mainly because they are prejudiced against genre fiction. Personally, I’ve always thought crime fiction...

Mystery Writers of America Announces the 2016 Edgar Award Nominations Congrats to Irish Author Adrian McKinty and everyone else who made the nominations!!   Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce, as we celebrate the 207th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, the Nominees for the 2016 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2015. The Edgar® Awards will be presented to...

Well March is another busy month for Irish Crime Fiction…..here are some of the publications….   A SAVAGE HUNGER by Claire McGowan The fourth in the crime series featuring forensic psychologist Paula Maguire by Claire McGowan acclaimed as ‘Ireland’s answer to Ruth Rendell’ by Ken Bruen. Alice Morgan’s disappearance raises immediate questions for forensic psychologist Paula Maguire. Alice, the daughter of a life peer in the Home Office, has vanished along with a holy relic –...

Have you a daring flash fiction piece?? Daring, very daring! BogmansCannon.com are looking for really devilish, vitriol pieces….you know the kind….. Here are the details… Shame The Divil will be the short form e-magazine of BogmansCannon.com We welcome submissions of Flash fiction, flash memoir, anecdote, aphorism, mini-rant, performance text, short audio or video, graphic, poster, gif etc All submissions must be previously unpublished/unshared. We are fond of work which is daring, provocative, inventive, unusual, experimental,...

Sharing this with you all today…..so EXCITED to reveal the US cover of RED RIBBONS (publication November 2016) with Polis Books!! Forgive this small piece of self promotion ….. Hope you like it!    

DEAD SECRET by Ava McCarthy (14th January 2016)    Two quick shots. One for him. One for you. After the death of her three-year-old daughter, Jodie has nothing left to live for – or almost nothing. She has one task to fulfil before she takes her own life. And that’s to kill the man she holds responsible for her daughter’s death – her seemingly perfect husband, Ethan. But Ethan is hiding more than just his true...

MARGERY ALLINGHAM Short Story Competition – Deadline 1st March 2016 Online entry is a two-stage process. First you fill out the entry form and submit it below. On the thank you page you will then pay the online entry fee of £15.00 via our payment service, which is provided by PayPal. If you do not make a payment your entry will not be included in the competition even if it has been submitted. Your privacy:...

See below some of the Crime Fiction Festivals to tempt you in 2016….more to follow….      

Is there a crime writer in you. If the answer is yes, you may like to think about doing a crime writing course. I’ll be doing one at the Irish Writers Centre in the Spring. Places book up fast and the last three courses were overbooked, so take the plunge if interested….Details below. Crime Fiction with Louise Phillips – Irish Writers’ Centre: During this ten-week course participants will learn the ‘how to’ of creating a...

  The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards brings together the entire literary community – readers, authors, booksellers, publishers and librarians – to recognise and celebrate the very best of Irish literary talent. The Awards dinner has become the major event in the literary calendar with some of Ireland’s, and indeed the world’s, most recognised authors gathering together in a spirit of camaraderie and friendly competition to celebrate the success of the past year. The...