Articles relating to: crime
Media Sponsor: Northern Soul – Shortlist announced for the Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction 2022
We’re delighted to have teamed up with Comma Press and the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) as Media Partner for the fifth annual Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction.
Read the full story..“We need books more than ever.” Award-winning crime author Elly Griffiths talks to Northern Soul
There’s a new champion in town and it’s the bestselling crime author, Elly Griffiths.
Read the full story..“I’m a very late starter to this novel-writing lark.” Award-winning crime author Trevor Wood talks to Northern Soul
The huge surge in the readership of crime novels during the present unpleasantness arises partly, no doubt, from the visceral pleasure, sheer entertainment and, yes, reassurance to be had from a gripping plot, set within a somewhat familiar formula in a world where justice might actually triumph.
Read the full story..“Writing was definitely my first love.” Crime author Holly Watt talks to Northern Soul
One of the great things about the annual Harrogate Crime Writing Festival, at least until 2020’s forced hiatus, has always been the way authors and fans mix so freely, not least in the hotel bar. But Holly Watt’s first experience of it last year, when she was on Val McDermid’s vaunted New Blood panel on the strength of her award-winning debut novel To The Lions, wasn’t exactly like that.
Read the full story..“I am an outsider.” Northern Soul talks to crime writer Will Dean about his debut Dark Pines
Will Dean’s Dark Pines is one of this year’s hottest crime debuts, and with a back story that’s nearly as intriguing as the book itself.
Read the full story..Best-selling crime author Kerry Wilkinson talks to Northern Soul
Kerry Wilkinson has consistently topped the Amazon UK charts since 2011 with his Manchester-set Jessica Daniel (and spin-off Andrew Hunter) series of thrillers.
Read the full story..The Other Half: where crime fiction meets country music
“I’m not saying we’ve invented a new art form but The Other Half really is something that not many of the audience will have seen.
Read the full story..Crime novelist Paula Hawkins talks to Northern Soul
Helen Nugent, the Editor of Northern Soul, talks to crime novelist Paula Hawkins, author of the international bestseller The Girl on the Train.
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