Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year to you all
Festive greetings from the team at Kirkcudbright Book Week Society. We hope you have a happy and peaceful festive season.See More
September 2023 Blog Posts (4)
Sense of place works its magic
Some of you may know that I was one of four crime writers who appeared recently at an in-conversation event during the inaugural Kirkcudbright Fringe festival (along with Jackie Baldwin, Ann Bloxwich and fellow Book Folks author Ian Robinson).
To feed the conversation, each of us selected a facet of writing to talk about and I chose the way…
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An enjoyable read
Book Review - Nothing But Smiles by Linda Hagan (published by The Book Folks)
A truly enjoyable novel which sees Linda Hagan returning to Belfast for the seventh book in her popular Northern Irish crime series.
Characterised by the author’s customary economical style…
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Crime fiction event
This event may interest
Castle Douglas Community Centre
Love Crime Fiction?
Curious how those plots are plotted?
Join us at an informal workshop
Exploring how crime novels take shape and
doing some plotting of our own
Thursday September 14th…
ContinueAdded by John Dean on September 4, 2023 at 14:28 — No Comments
New anthology is published
Inkers, a long-established collection of writers of which I am a founding member and who gather fortnightly in person at the Friends’ Meeting House in Darlington, as well as online, have published their latest anthology.
A Thread of Raindrops and Other Stories contains short stories in various genres, many of them featuring a satisfying…
ContinueAdded by John Dean on September 3, 2023 at 14:00 — No Comments
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Written in a flash
I am part of the team that organises an annual short story competition for young writers in Dumfries and Galloway, as part of the run-up to Kirkcudbright book week 2025 in March. The competition is run by the event organisers Kirkcudbright Book Week Society and Kirkcudbright Library. Myself and Lesley Garbutt from the Library are the judges and this year we have asked…See More
Festival announces top quality crime fiction line-up
One of the strongest features of Kirkcudbright Book Week right from its early days has been the popularity of crime fiction - and the 2025 event is set to continue the tradition.The programme to run in the South West Scotland town between March 3-9 includes appearances by several best-selling crime fiction authors as well as those starting out on their writing…See More
How to keep a long-running series fresh
Writing a long-running series of novels, as can so often be the case for crime fiction authors, brings its own set of challenges, not least how do you keep the writing fresh for reader and writer alike?As I start the latest DCI Jack Harris novel for my publisher The Book Folks, the twelfth in the series where the action is divided between the North Pennines and southern…See More
An exciting time
Having just completed my latest DCI Blizzard crime novel for my publisher The Book Folks, this is both a nervous time and an exciting time. Nervous because, however experienced you are (and this is Book 25), it’s always a tense time as you wait for feedback from your publisher. You are never too old to learn!Exciting because your thoughts turn to the next book, which…See More
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