No sooner than the nominations for the Man Booker are announced, someone has to get the first strike in. Enter Jamie Byng of Cannongate Book...

Tom Rob Smith's Child 44 has today been announced on this year's Man Booker longlist . SHOTS was amongst the first to bring the boo...

Debut Novelist Is A Winner In Harrogate Posted at 8:00AM Friday 18 Jul 2008 A debut novelist who has taken the literary world by storm has w...

OK, what's the odds on it being another sweltering night in Cambridge after a day of cloud and drizzle? I tell you I wouldn't give y...

I was amongst the 100 people attending the 2008 CWA Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award dinner last night. It turned into an evening full of surprise...

A couple of things. Firstly, I wonder how many of you will be attending Crime Fest in Bristol next month 5 – 8 June 2008? It would be good t...

Gary Oldman is in negotiations to join the cast of "Rain Fall," a Japan-set thriller that employs sophisticated western finance t...

News just in from the ITW Finalist for the 200 Thriller Awards. The winners will be announced this summer at Thrillerfest 2008 at the Grand ...

Clint Eastwood's next project will be Gran Torino The screen legend will both direct and star in the film for Warner Bros and Village Ro...

As usual, Ali Karim is first out of the stalls in posting his report on the yearly party held by Penguin/Michael Joseph UK. It's no good...

JULIAN RATHBONE 1935 - 2008 It’s a sad start to the week when I have to report that the Booker Prize nominated author Julian Rathbone died...

Murder Most Famous is the latest twist on the celebrity talent show and will be shown every day next week at 1.30 on BBC2. Brendan Cole, S...

The SHOTS editors, Mike and Ali, really relish discovering new talents in the crime and thriller genre and we believe that new voices alway...

Figures recently released show that earnings through the trade in 2007 for crime writers looked pretty healthy. Figures are shown as GBP MI...

CRIME WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION 2008 CARTIER DIAMOND DAGGER WINNER The Crime Writers’ Association has awarded its Cartier Diamond Dagger for 200...