The 2009 Arthur Ellis Award Nominees As announced today by the Crime Writers of Canada : Nominees in the best novel category are:...

This year's annual Bodies in the Bookshop event is due to take place on Tuesday 21 July 2009 from 6:00pm. Bodies in the Bookshop is to...

Those of you like me who are avid readers or contributors to Crimespree Magazine will be aware that this august magazine turns five this ye...

According to Variety the entertainment newspaper, Matthew McConaughey is set to star in the movie version of Michael Connelly’s best selli...

Ruth Rendell's latest Wexford book Monster in the Box is not due for release until October 2009. However, long standing fans of her Wex...

For those of you that have not yet managed to see that excellent programme The Wire now is your chance to do so. From Monday 30 March 2009...

Unfortunately Mike Stotter and I can’t make the trip to NY to celebrate with David Morrell on his winning this years THRILLERMASTER Award;...

Galaxy British Book Awards - this star-studded event will take place on Friday 3rd April 2009 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair in Lon...

The 80th birthday of thriller writer Len Deighton is to be commemorated in a radio programme to be broadcast on Radio 4 on 26 May, written a...

Texan author Rick Riordan is the author of the widely popular Percy Jackson & The Olympians series. Set in the contemporary United St...

Canadian author and former winner of the John Creasey Dagger Award Louise Penny has agreed to sponsor the Dagger which is one of the world...

Sadly, Left Coast Crime has finished but the awards have been given out and congratulations to all the winners! THE BRUCE ALEXANDER MEMORIA...

It’s Awards time again and the Galaxy Book of the Year will be determined by an elite and bi-partisan chapter of the Academy of the British ...

Not content with the massive viewing figures of CSI, Anthony Zuiker , the creator of CSI is now preparing to add crime writer to his list of...

Becky Fincham from British publisher Faber and Faber sent us this press release about an interesting opportunity for budding crime writers ...