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mini-rant, performance text, short audio or video, graphic, poster, gif etc All submissions must be previously unpublished/unshared.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...

  Publishers Guildhall Press will launch Desmond Doherty’s third Valberg novel, ‘Deadlight,’ on Friday the 20th November at 7 p.m. at the location of the book’s dramatic opening scene in Ebrington in Derry. The Valberg titles have been praised for their visual and cinematic style, and have recently been optioned by Revolution Films in London. They will be adapted for screen by award-winning writing duo, Glenn Patterson and Colin Carberry. Patterson and Carberry will be...

There is an amazing listing of events for the DUBLIN BOOK FESTIVAL this year. Check it out at www.dublinbookfestival.com               For a roundup of all things crime fiction…see below…..   November 12th 2015 6.00 – 6.45 pm – Hodges Figgis, Dawson Street Launch of Barlow by the Book, by John Mc Allister –Free Entry                 November 13th 2015 12.10 – 12.55 pm...

NEWS from the THE CRIMEFEST TEAM… Now Autumn has arrived, the CRIMEFEST £155 Summer special only continues until 31 October when the registration for a full weekend pass goes up to £175. (The cost will incrementally go up to £195.) Check out the participating authors on the AUTHORS & DELEGATES page and register now on the TICKETS page to beat the price increases. CRIME WRITING WORKSHOP The successful CRIMEFEST Crime Writing Day returns with its...