Fellow blogger John F Norris of Pretty Sinister Books and Michael Hudson have launched Raven's Head Press, a new imprint devoted to crime and adventure fiction. As John notes, "Plans are to reissue adventure, crime and supernatural fiction that exemplify the kind of gripping and exciting stories published in the long gone pulp magazines and the vintage paperback imprints like Dell Mapbacks and Gold Medal."
WritersWebTV is offering a free six-hour online workshop titled "Crime Pays: Writing Crime Fiction" on October 30th. It promises to "reveal the crime writer’s secrets, the tricks and techniques required to hook your reader in the first page, and to keep the plot moving," and includes authors Ken Bruen, Jane Casey, Declan Hughes and Niamh O’Connor. WritersWebTv will also offer a workshop on how to get published on Saturday, November 9.
Hat tip to Elizabeth Foxwell over at The Bunburyist blog for noting that Arcturus Publishing released two new reissues by British authors this month: a novel by Patricia Moyes (1923-2000) Johnny Under Ground, part of the Inspector Henry Tibbett series, with a compelling World War II plot line; and Tim Frazer Again by Francis Durbridge (1912-1988), which has Frazer on the trail of a woman who is suspected of killing a government agent.
This week, the featured crime poem at the 5-2 is "Unfastening a Hook Stud" by F.J. Bergmann, while this week's story at Beat to a Pulp is "Collision" by David King, who sadly, passed away earlier this month. David Cranmer has a memorial for King on his blog.
The Q&A roundup this week includes Douglas Corleone, chatting with the Mystery People about his new thriller Good As Gone and its protagonist, private eye Simon Fisk; and Gareth Spark is one of the latest "Short, Sharp Interview" guests at Paul D. Bazill's blog, discussing his "country noir novella."
On her blog Books, the Universe and Everything, Emily Wilson paid tribute "to the things I love about independent bookstores."
If you're in the mood for a literary mystery, Thomas H. Cook chose "The 10 Best Mystery Books" for Publishers Weekly.
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