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Dreda Say Mitchell on Saturday Live

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Dreda Say Mitchell will be talking to Fi Glover on Saturday Live...

Val talks about Sidekicks on BBC Four

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Val will be appearing on Sidekick Stories a new BBC Four drama ...

Darker Domain Finalist in Los Angeles Times Book Prize

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Val McDermid's A Darker Domain has been nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize ...

Frence TV series based on The Distant Echo Wins French Prize

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The French mini-series 'Quartre gar�ons dans la nuit', which is based on Val McDermid's bestselling novel 'The Distant Echo'...

Mo Hayder on Tour

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

To celebrate the publication of Mo's new book GONE,

BLACKLANDS chosen for Amazon Rising Stars

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

BLACKLANDS by Belinda Bauer has been chosen by Amazon 'Rising Stars' as one of the best debut novels of 2010. Read on to find out about casting your vote for BLACKLANDS as overall winner...

Adele Geras at the Oxford Literary Festival

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Adele Geras is taking part in St Hilda's day during the Oxford Literary Festival...

The TV Book Club is a Hit!

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The TV Book Club has now televised its first episode...

Val in Conversation With Sara Peretsky

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Val McDermid will be chairing an event at the South Bank...

Val McDermid Awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

It has been announced that Val McDermid will be receiving the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger

SKIN no.2 on Bestsellers List

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Congratulations to Mo Hayder!..

Tan Twan Eng wins MPH Alliance Competition

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Tan Twan Eng has won the MPH - Alliance Short Story Competition...

Donna Milner Longlisted for IMPAC award

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Donna Milner has been longlisted for the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award...

Val on Radio 4

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

On Sunday the 25th October Val will be appearing on BBC Radio 4...

THE SURROGATE number two on Heatseekers

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Congratulations to Tania Carver! THE SURROGATE this week is at number two...

Catch Val on BBC4

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

On the 24th of October at 9pm Val will be appearing on 'Watching The Dead'...

Val McDermid at no. 6 on BookScan Sales

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Val McDermid is number six on the BookScan top 50...

Val interview on BBC Radio 5 Live

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Val McDermid will be interviewed by Simon Mayo on BBC radio 5...

Laura Wilson moves to Quercus

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Laura Wilson was moved from Orion to Quercus after 10 years...

PLACE OF EXECUTION adaptation nominated for a CWA TV Dagger

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The TV adaptation of A PLACE OF EXECUTION written by Val McDermid has been shortlisted for a CWA TV Dagger...

Don't Miss Val appearing on BBC Breakfast

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Val McDermid will be talking to the BBC breakfast team ...

Val McDermid Sponsors Stand for Raith Rovers FC

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The North Stand at Stark's Park, the home of Raith Rovers FC has been sponsored by Val McDermid...

John Ryan, writer and illustrator, dies at 88

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

John Ryan known and loved by many for his lively illustrated Captain Pugwash books, passed away at the age of 88 ...

Mo Hayder's Ritual Nominated for the Barry Award Best Crime Novel

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Congratulations to Mo Hayder who has been nominated for the Barry Award...

Mo picked as favourite by Red Magazine

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Mo is due to take part in a photoshoot for Red Magazine with Marian Keyes, Lisa Jewell

Bridge: Celebrity Grand Slam

Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Val McDermid will be on Sky Arts 2, taking part in a Celebrity Bridge contest to raise money for charity...

Martyn Waites on Front Row

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Martyn Waites will be on Front Row tonight talking about the Encyclopedia of British Crime Writing...

Ritual at Number Three

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Congratulations to Mo Hayder!

Val McDermid moves to Little, Brown

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Val McDermid has moved to Little, Brown publishers in an exciting two-book deal...

Other Country wins Western Australia Premier Fiction Prize

Fri, 7 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

OTHER COUNTRY, wins Premier Fiction Prize

Laura Wilson wins Historical Dagger

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Laura Wilson has been awarded the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Crime Award 2008 for Stratton's War...

A DARKER DOMAIN, number nine on the bestseller list

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A DARKER DOMAIN, has reached number nine on last weeks bestseller list, after only a couple of days as Waterstone's Offer of the Week.

Crime Thriller Awards

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The ITV Crime Thriller Awards Season is now underway and Val McDermid has been nominated for the Writer's Award for Classic TV Drama...

Val McDermid - Summer Reading

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Two of Val McDermid's brilliant crime novels A Place of Execution and The Wire in the Blood are included in Tesco's Summer Reading 'Best of the Best' selection...

Barry Award nomination for Mo Hayder

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Mo Hayder's fourth thriller, Pig Island, has been nominated as Best British Crime Novel in the Barry Awards...

CWA Dagger in the Library

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Chris Simms has been nominated for the CWA Dagger in the Library...

CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Mo Hayder's new thriller Ritual has been shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award...

CWA Short Story Dagger

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Robert Barnard's short story Provenance has been shortlisted for the CWA Short Story Dagger...

CWA New Blood Dagger

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Caro Ramsay's debut novel Absolution has been shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger...

A Place of Execution - ITV Drama

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Filming has begun on a TV drama based on Val McDermid's bestselling novel, A Place of Execution...

Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The longlist for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2008l has been announced and we have two authors on the longlist!

Two of our authors review Murder Most Famous on Front Row

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Both Dreda Say Mitchell and Natasha Cooper/ Daphne Wright will be on Front Row next week reviewing Minette's new show Murder Most Famous...

Other Country shortlisted

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Stephen Scourfield's debut novel has been shortlisted for the 2008 Commonwealth Best First Book Award...

New TV show for Minette Walters

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Minette Walters is to be mentor and judge in exciting new BBC2 series Murder Most Famous...

Martyn Waites - White Riot

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Martyn Waites' exciting new thriller is published on 7th January. In an exclusive trailer, from Martyn Waites himself, you can see a taster of what is to come...

Wire in the Blood: Texas Special

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Don't forget to watch the Wire in the Blood special tonight at 9pm on ITV1...

Harrogate 17 - 20 July 2008

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival continues to go from strength to strength...

Captain Pugwash relaunch

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Frances Lincoln are publishing the original Captain Pugwash series to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first publication...

Dreda Say Mitchell

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Make sure you tune in to Radio 4 this Saturday, the 17th - Dreda Say Mitchell...

After River

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Donna Milner's After River has been chosen for the Waterstone's New Voices campaign...

Mark Tavener

Fri, 2 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Mark Tavener, author of In the Red and writer of the BBC Radio 4 PR industry satire, Absolute Power, has died.

Val McDermid

Thu, 1 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Val McDermid has been named Writer of the Year at the second Stonewall Awards ceremony...

Val McDermid

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Val has been shortlisted in the second Stonewall Awards for Writer of the Year...

Killer Tune

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Dreda Say Mitchell's exciting new novel KILLER TUNE has just been published...

The Gift of Rain

Wed, 8 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Tan Twan Eng's debut novel, The Gift of Rain, has been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize! ...

A Hidden Life

Wed, 1 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

A Hidden Life by Ad�le Geras brings old family feuds, secrets and resentments to the surface with explosive consequences...

Secrets of Married Women

Sun, 1 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Carol Mason's first novel The Secrets of Married Women was published by Hodder in July...

Gift of Rain

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Tan Twan Eng's first novel, The Gift of Rain, was published in March...

After River

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Donna Milner's unputdownable debut novel After River has just been sold to...

On a Hoof and a Prayer

Thu, 1 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

On a Hoof and a Prayer is Polly Evans' latest travel book, which has just been published in the UK. The book charts Polly's hilarious adventures around Argentina on horseback. Polly also found time to travel to Oklahoma City recently, click here to read her article in The Times about her trip to the local gin joint.

Come Away With Me

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Sara MacDonald’s latest novel Come Away With Me has just been published and Lovereading.co.uk has chosen it as one of their recommended books this month – a perfect read to curl up with.

Fall from Grace

Thu, 1 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Robert Barnard has much to celebrate, not one but two of his short stories have been nominated in the Malice Domestic Convention’s Agatha Awards. The winner will be revealed in May.

Grave Tattoo

Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Click on the link below to listen to Val McDermid debating with journalist Danuta Kean on the subject of female authors writing the most graphic violence, Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4

Captain Pugwash

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Captain Pugwash has returned! A stage musical featuring Captain Pugwash and other classic characters is showing in Butlins' theatres...

Grave Tattoo

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Val McDermid's novel The Grave Tattoo has�just�won the Portico Prize for Literature 2006. The prize is exclusively for books about, or set mainly in, the North West of England.

Dying Flames

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Robert Barnard has won the CWA Short Story Award 2006 in Sheffield for his story Sins of Scarlet. Barnard's story is in the CWA anthology edited by Martin Edwards, ‘ID: Crimes of Identity’, published by Comma Press.

Killer Tune

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Dreda Say Mitchell’s second novel, Killer Tune, has just been sold to Carolyn Mays at Hodder in a two-book deal. Carolyn said: “It’s incredibly atmospheric, with completely three-dimensional characterisation and a terrific sense of place, but it also has the skeleton of a really satisfying thriller holding it all together.”

Wire In The Blood

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The fourth series of WIRE IN THE BLOOD hit TV screens last week. The first episode of the award-winning drama starring Robson Green enjoyed 6million viewers. WIRE IN THE BLOOD continues at 9pm on Wednesdays on ITV 1.

Torment of Others

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Val McDermid’s THE TORMENT OF OTHERS won the 2006 Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award. Val was presented with her award at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival. More good news, the audio edition of Val's stand-alone thriller, A PLACE OF EXECUTION, is at No.1 in Germany.

Gone to the Dogs (working title)

Sat, 22 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Polly Evans has just won the Independent on Sunday/Bradt travel writing prize. Click on The Independent to read Polly’s brilliant winning entry, The Coldest Miles, about dogsledding in the Yukon.

Tokyo

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Mo Hayder’s third novel, Tokyo, has just been awarded the ‘Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle’ in the Crime category in the Elle Magazine Awards, France.

Thousand Lies

Fri, 9 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Laura Wilson’s sixth novel, A Thousand Lies, has been shortlisted for the CWA Duncan Lawrie Dagger. The judges described it as an “utterly gripping portrait of the darkness of the human psyche." The winner will be announced on the 29th June.

Mercy Seat

Thu, 8 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Also selected for the CWA Daggers - Pig Island by Mo Hayder and The Mercy Seat by Martyn Waites have been shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and Margaret Murphy has been shortlisted for the Dagger in the Library.

Absolution formerly called Ampersand

Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Absolution by Caro Ramsay is to be championed by Penguin as one of their 8 TO MAKE titles next year. Michael Joseph will publish Absolution, formerly called Ampersand, in Summer 2007.

Chickenfeed (novella for World Book Day)

Thu, 25 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Minette Walters' Chickenfeed has won the ‘Quick Reads Learners’ Favourite’ Award. The winner was decided by adult literacy groups around the country who read all the books involved in the scheme.

Chickenfeed (novella for World Book Day)

Wed, 10 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Don't miss Eating With...Minette Walters on Weds 17th May at 8.30pm. Discover how the thriller writer's food life is less 'whodunnit' and more 'howshegrewit' on her farm.

Pig Island

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Mo Hayder’s eagerly awaited fourth novel Pig Island is out now in the UK - brace yourself for a terrifying read.

Secrets of Married Women (formerly Lessons in Love)

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

World rights for Carol Mason’s first novel, The Secrets of Married Women, have just been sold to Hodder & Stoughton. Sassy, sexy, fun and flirty, this book is one to curl up with and cherish from start to finish.

Gift of Rain

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

We have just sold UK rights for The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng to Myrmidon Press, a new publisher who are launching their initial list this autumn. The Gift of Rain is a beautifully written story full of charm and sincerity – it will be published later this year.

Ampersand

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Michael Joseph have snapped up UK rights for Caro Ramsay’s debut novel Ampersand. Editorial Director, Beverley Cousins says, “Every editor waits in hope for the submission that is so good your heart starts pounding and your pulse starts racing...An atmospheric, chilling and intelligent crime thriller set in Glasgow, Caro Ramsay is, in her own very unique way, the female Ian Rankin.”

Ampersand

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Following the UK sale to Michael Joseph, German and Dutch rights for AMPERSAND by Caro Ramsay have been snapped up. Blanvalet have German rights and Ambo/Anthos have Dutch.

Running Hot

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Our new author, Dreda Say Mitchell, has won the John Creasey Memorial Dagger 2005, awarded by the CWA for her first novel, RUNNING HOT. The writer perfectly captures the touch and brittle mood of inner London in this stark, moving and funny account of a largely hidden world.

Chickenfeed (novella for World Book Day)

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Minette Walters' short novel CHICKENFEED for World Book Day is available in bookshops now. CHICKENFEED is part of the Quick Reads campaign on World Book Day to encourage reluctant readers to get interested in books again.