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I don’t normally get political in my blogs, but I am making an exception for this, a call from the Society of Authors to candidates in the May 7 Holyrood elections in Scotland, where I live, to improve protection for those working in the cultural sector, including writers. The society says that at the core…
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If you enjoyed Booker Prize winner Shuggie Bain, you’ll want to see its creator Douglas Stuart when he appears on Thursday 28 May at Tyneside Cinema, courtesy of New Writing North. Douglas will be chatting about his highly-anticipated new novel John of John, a ‘tender and unflinching exploration of masculinity, sexuality and unspoken desires in…
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Here’s a brilliant idea. Faced with growing concern that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is drawing on writers’ work without acknowledgement, copyright permission or paying for it, the Society of Authors (SoA) has come up with a kite mark which identifies a piece of work as created by a human being. The Human Authored scheme helps identify…
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Two popular crime writers and one of the genre’s most respected editors will help authors develop their craft when a hotel in Dumfries and Galloway hosts a specially-organised weekend of events later this year. Entitled Crime Fiction at the Selkirk Arms in Kirkcudbright, the event will take place at the four-star hotel in High Street…
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A website has been created to celebrate Kirkcudbright’s developing links with crime writing, which stretch back to the 1931 novel Five Red Herrings, written by legendary crime author Dorothy L Sayers, in which her investigator Lord Peter Wimsey investigated the murder of a local artist. The town in South West Scotland has a track record…
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There’s nothing like an insider’s searing expose of the greedy corporate world to grab the reader’s attention and this is nothing like…you can complete the punchline yourself. The story dates back five years to when the business world was vaguely shaken to its core by the publication of the account of corporate big business The…
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You don’t have to look far if you are an emerging writer for authors offering advice. I’m one of them with the free Handy Hints sections on this website and my recently-published book on fiction, entitled On Writing (available on Amazon). And do you know what? Whoever you choose to learn from, it’ll be good…
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It’s always an exciting time when the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) announces its longlists for the Dagger awards. I am particularly interested in the Dagger in the Library because I help promote it in my capacity as CWA Libraries Champion in Scotland. It’s a very strong list. You can find out all the longlists at…
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An interesting development is under way in the world of books, namely that readers are increasingly looking to read stories that are set outside London. There was a time when the Capital was the favoured location for so many genres but, listening to a number of publishers, authors and tourism and literary organisations, that is…
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John Dean - Crime Writer 