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The winners of the Channel 4 Writing for TV Awards 2025 have been revealed at an event at Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle. The awards provide emerging television writers in the North of England with unique professional opportunities to propel their careers. All four winners will each receive mentoring, a £3,000 cash bursary and a long-term…
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Crime Writers spend much of their time dealing with dark themes but also important is their capacity to create lighter sections – crime novels need light and dark and each needs the other to succeed. To that end, crime writer John Dean has written an article examining authors’ use of humour as part of the…
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As you might expect, my crime novels receive a lot of reviews on Amazon and I find myself increasingly impressed by the way the reviewers approach the task. That is not just because they are mainly positive – they are, thank goodness – but because they tend to be honest and balanced. I have always…
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Are you an unpublished crime novelist looking for that big break? Are you working on a crime novel as we speak? Then why not enter the Crime Writers’ Association’s Emerging Author Dagger award? The prize is £500 plus a year’s membership in the Crime Writers’ Association, and the winner and shortlisted entries are forwarded to…
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It’s that time of year again when the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) seeks the help of people working and volunteering in libraries, as well as borrowers, to nominate the very best in crime writers for its annual Dagger in the Library prize. What sets the award apart from other Daggers is the fact that authors…
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This is why I do not like, nor trust, Artificial Intelligence (AI). I am at the age when dementia becomes a consideration – my father died with it – so I have been somewhat concerned over recent weeks and months to return to the previous day’s writing on my laptop for a quick refresh before…
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I am delighted to see that The Dublin Murders, a six-book boxed set for Kindle, is a best-seller on Amazon UK and has been welcomed by fans of author David Pearson. Published by The Book Folks, a Joffe Books company, this compendium of riveting mysteries follows the lives of DI Aidan Burke and DS Fiona…
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The range of articles to be found on this website is illustrated by the two very different pieces that have been posted today. One of the articles sees crime writer John Dean examining the importance of knowing when to delete passages, as part of the Handy Hints pages, aimed primarily at emerging writers learning their…
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Are you an emerging crime writer and want to hone your skills? Then why not take the online crime fiction course that best-selling crime writer John Dean has just relaunched? Tailored specifically to the writers taking part, at a time to suit them, it will provide an opportunity to work with the creator of the…
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Best-selling crime writer John Dean has been steadily expanding his new website and one of the things that he has done over recent days is to pull together into one place a number of interviews and profiles in which he has featured in recent years. They include print media and filmed interviews featuring the author…
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