Blog posts
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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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Energy is crucial to the success of storytelling. Now, in the latest of his Handy Hints pieces designed to help emerging authors, best-selling crime writer John Dean has offered an insight into how he, and other, authors inject much-needed energy into their stories. The piece can be found in the Handy Hints – Plotting section…
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John Dean talks about the challenges presented by his new novel My latest crime novel has just been published and I don’t think that I have looked forward to the appearance in print of one of my titles with such anticipation for a long time. The reason is that Murder in the Pennines (published by…
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The 12th novel in the DCI Jack Harris crime fiction series written by John Dean has been published. Murder in the Pennines (The Book Folks, a Joffe Books company), John’s 26th crime novel to be published, starts with a bomb scare at a North Pennines holiday camp which sees DCI Harris forced to relive his…
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A campaign backed by a range of organisations is championing the work carried out by Scotland’s libraries. Love Libraries is being promoted by organisations including the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIPS) in Scotland, the National Library of Scotland (as part of its centenary celebrations in 2025), the Scottish Library and Information Council,…
