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I’m supporting this crucial campaign to raise funds for Ukraine. Every penny raised will go to British Ukranian Aid.
I’m offering a mini mentoring session for aspiring crime and thriller writers. I’ll read your synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your novel, providing a 500 word report and 30 minute Zoom session.
The auction is now open and you can bid here. Please do share with your writer friends. Thank you.
I’m really looking forward to teaching this brand-new Crime & Thriller Course (Advanced) for Curtis Brown Creative from March. There is still time to apply for a spot, and there’s a Breakthrough Scholarship place available for a writer on a low income. Plus special guests, Clare Mackintosh and her agent, Sheila Crowley, who are joining for an Industry Masterclass. Full details are here.
I’m really looking forward to this event, my first in my new home town of Ledbury. Chris and I will be talking about writing thrillers, exploring dark themes, and the strangest interviews we’ve ever attended. Kicking off at 7pm on 10th March. Tickets from Ledbury Books.
Who doesn’t love a crime fiction bargain? I’m very happy to see Fragile hanging out with the likes of Ian Rankin and Jack Reacher over on Hive, which supports your local indie bookshop so is a great way to shop online while championing your high street. Click here for all the offers, and here to buy Fragile.
‘Exquisitely written, pitch-dark, unsettling’
Big thanks to Patricia Carswell and WI Life Magazine for this smashing review of Fragile in February’s issue.
On Friday 4 February, Fiona Cummins and I will be talking about secrets and survival in crime fiction, with a special focus on the importance of giving victims a voice.
Do join us in Brentwood at the Chicken & Frog bookshop, or online.
Full details are here.