Gibraltar Literary Festival…

October 8, 2013

Given all the recent hoo-hah about Gibraltar-Spain relations going down the pan, it’s easy to forget that the Rock’s first ever literary festival is about to take place, in which a number of prominent Spanish writers will be speaking. Is this a sign that the literary world rises above such petty political squabbles? Or that most authors are so amazed that […]

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Article on holidays…

September 4, 2013

In case you were missing your summer holidays, here’s a short piece I wrote in this month’s ‘Kensington and Chelsea Today’ about the dangers of the crime writer abroad…      THE CRIME WRITER ABROAD Few people pity the restaurant critic given a hard time while eating out. So why should anyone worry about the crime […]

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Dagger Shortlisting for ‘Shadow’…

August 29, 2013

For some reason the bizarre X-Factor phrase, ‘Congratulations — you’re through to the ‘lives”, has been buzzing round my head today with the news that ‘Shadow of the Rock’ has made it to the last four for the Crime Writers’ Association’s 2013 John Creasey Dagger Award. The prospect of sitting at a round table at the Grosvenor while waiting […]

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Short Story Competition…

August 19, 2013

I’ve always been an eager entrant of short story competitions, even though it took many years before I ever troubled the judges (the first breakthrough was getting onto the shortlist for the ‘Highlands and Islands’ competition back in 2009 — I cast the net widely, you see).  Even if you don’t win, I’ve always thought, you experience […]

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Article on Gibraltar…

August 7, 2013

If you fancy reading an article about Gibraltar that doesn’t focus on Spanish sabre-rattling, here’s one I wrote for Kensington and Chelsea Today (http://www.kensingtonandchelseatoday.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/ccqvivigcb.html) this month — Rock of Pages Think of Gibraltar and literature is not necessarily the first thing that comes to mind. A military stronghold, maybe – three centuries ago this year, the […]

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Shooting for Daggers…

July 16, 2013

Thrilled to see ‘Shadow of the Rock’ longlisted for a debut Dagger award. A real spill-your-cornflakes breakfast moment. In there with some amazing titles too, so doubly amazing… Will continue with Spike book 3 with an extra spring in my (two) typing fingers — http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2013/creasey.html  

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Interview with Talk Radio Europe…

June 8, 2013

Here’s an interview I did with Hannah Murray for Talk Radio Europe’s ‘The Book Show’. TRE is the largest English-language radio station in Spain, and it broadcasts in Gibraltar as well, so hopefully it found its way to roughly the right listenership…

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Belfast Book Festival 2013

May 24, 2013

Very excited to be appearing at this year’s Belfast Book Festival — 11 June, 7pm, at the unrivalled ‘No Alibis’ bookshop. Talking alongside Claire McGowan, a fellow Radio 4 ‘Front Row’ crime pick (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l0dpg ), whose first novel, THE FALL, I have just ordered and can’t wait to read. The brilliant Dave Torrans asking the questions…. Tickets free, but […]

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Oxford Literary Festival Interview on GBC

May 13, 2013
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Sign of the Cross: a transporting read…

April 10, 2013

These early readers are actually on a tube train. The Mediterranean atmosphere of ‘Sign of the Cross’ can have that effect…

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