The British Book Awards shortlists have been announced!
The complete shortlists can be found here.
Crime and Thriller shortlist
Bamburg by L J Ross
Murder Before Evensong by Reverend Richard Coles
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
Now going into its fifth year, the Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction is a literary award for new, emerging and established writers who are from, or whose work celebrates the North East of England. Full Ts&Cs can be found on L J Ross's website under ‘Philanthropy & Prizes’, and entries open again in JANUARY, so get writing! To enter, you only need a short story of up to 10,000 words in the genre of crime or thriller fiction, or the first two chapters and a synopsis of a longer work in progress, so long as neither work has been published anywhere before.
The Durham Book Festival programme has been announced.
The programme can be found here.
What will be of interest is that there are a number of events involving crime writers.
14th October 2022 Gala Theatre – 5:30pm – 6:30pm
An Audience with Alexander McCall Smith
15th October 2022 Gala Theatre – 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Murder and Mystery: Lucy Foley and Janice Hallett
15th October 2022 Gala Theatre – 3:00pm – 4:00pm
16th October 2022 Gala Theatre Studio – 11:30am – 12:30pm
The full festival programme and tickets will be available from Thursday 10th September 2022, at durhambookfestival.com
Five authors have been nominated and the winner will receive a cash prize to support the completion of their work.
The shortlist for a prestigious North East literary prize has been announced. The Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction celebrates outstanding crime and thriller storytelling of those who are from or whose work celebrates the North East of England. Five authors have been nominated for this year's prize which was won in 2021 by Whitley Bay writer and former pizza deliverer Robert Scragg with his novel Helix.
He is returning as a judge this year alongside Northumberland author and founder of the prize LJ Ross, crime writer Nicky Black, and Newcastle Noir crime fiction festival founder Dr Jacky Collins. The winner will be announced on August 31 and will receive a cash prize to support the completion of their work, alongside funding for membership of the Society of Authors and the Alliance of Independent Authors.
LJ Ross said: "It’s always a real privilege to read the Lindisfarne Prize shortlist, and each year to see how the North East of England continues to inspire such creativity. I admire anyone with the courage to write, so I applaud all this year’s entries, and congratulate those who’ve been shortlisted from amongst such an outstanding selection. I can hardly believe the Prize is now in its fourth year - I hope it can continue to inspire and support the arts in our region for many more years to come."
The Shortlist
Can't Hide by Clare Sewell
Sharp Focus by Duncan Robb
Salted Earth by Katherine Graham
The Children of Gaia by Jacqueline Auld
The Taste of Iron by Ramona Slusarczyk
Congratulations all the shortlisted authors.
The Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction (‘The Lindisfarne Prize’) is a literary prize which recognises outstanding writing in the genre of crime or thriller fiction, sponsored by the author L J Ross through her publishing imprint, Dark Skies Publishing, in association with the Newcastle Noir Crime Writing Festival and Newcastle Libraries.
More information can be found here.
Entries are open from 31st January 2022 – 30th June 2021.
The
Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction (‘The Lindisfarne
Prize’) is a literary prize which recognises outstanding writing in the
genre of crime or thriller fiction, sponsored by the author L J Ross through
her publishing imprint, Dark Skies Publishing, in association with the
Newcastle Noir Crime Writing Festival and Newcastle Libraries. It is open to
all writers who are from, or whose work celebrates the North East of England,
and who have not previously had their submission published in any form (though
they might have had other stories published before). To be considered, entrants
must submit a short story of no more than ten thousand words or the first two
chapters and a synopsis of their work in progress.
This
year’s shortlist have been announced!
Thank
you to all the writers who entered this year’s competition - the standard was
very high, which is an enormous achievement given all that’s going on in the
world. It was no easy task to choose between them, but this year we are
delighted to congratulate:
Rob
Scragg
Barbara
Scott Emmett
Ellie
Davies
David
Cooper
Ed
Walsh
The
winning entry will be awarded a prize of £2500 to support the completion of
their work and funding towards a year’s membership of both the Society of
Authors (SoA) and the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), and smaller financial
awards to shortlisted candidates. Entries are open from 31st October 2020 –
28th February 2021 and the winner will be announced during the Newcastle Noir
Crime Writing Festival in May 2021.
The
Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction offers financial
support but, more importantly, helps to build and maintain creative confidence
for new, emerging and established writers in the genre.
