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SHOTSMAG CONFIDENTIAL: 2015 Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist Announcement

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Saturday, 8 August 2015. 2015 Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist Announcement. The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prizes for crime fiction and true crime writing. First established in 1995, the list of previous winners includes Peter Temple, Shane Maloney, Kerry Greenwood and Geoffrey McGeachin. The shortlist was announced by the Australian Crime Writers Association. ACWA) on Saturday August 8 at the Byron Bay Writers Festival. BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL:. King of the Road. Doug Johnsto...

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SHOTSMAG CONFIDENTIAL: July 2015

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Friday, 31 July 2015. Henry Christie - Location and a Sense of Place. Author of the Henry Christie series, became a police officer at the age of nineteen, and served on the front line for most of his career. This month sees the release of his most recent Christie novel, Unforgiving. Henry has risen slowly, and unsteadily, through the ranks to reach the lofty heights of Detective Superintendent and the role of Senior Investigating Officer – and impending retirement – in the latest book. I was a cop for th...

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SHOTSMAG CONFIDENTIAL: Six Tips for Suspense by Sarah Hilary

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Monday, 10 August 2015. Six Tips for Suspense by Sarah Hilary. Alfred Hitchcock drew a useful distinction between shock and suspense. Shock, he said, would be a bomb going off without warning at the family breakfast table. But if you show your audience the bomb in advance, and if you intercut that with images of the oblivious family breakfasting — juxtaposing the normality with the horror in store — then you have suspense. Here are six ways in which I created suspense in No Other Darkness. 2 Keep it real.

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SHOTSMAG CONFIDENTIAL: Macavity Award Nominations

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Friday, 7 August 2015. The Macavity Award is named for the " mystery cat. Of TS Eliot (Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats). Each year the members of Mystery Readers International nominate and vote for their favourite mysteries in four categories. The year listed is the year of the award, for books published in the previous year. By Sophie Littlefield (Gallery). The Killer Next Door. By Alex Marwood (Penguin). By Peter May (Quercus). The Day She Died. By Catriona McPherson (Midnight Ink). Howling at the ...

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SHOTSMAG CONFIDENTIAL: March 2015

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Thursday, 26 March 2015. Thanks to CrimeFest we have either one pair or two single FULL Weekend Passes to give away for this year's CimeFest held in Bristol, UK 14-17 May. Accommodation and travel IS NOT. Answer this simple question: Who will Lee Child be interviewing at this year's CrimeFest? Surely you don't need a clue - http:/ www.crimefest.com/. Send your answer, with full contact details to. Links to this post. The Petrona Award 2015. Co-author with Per Wahlöö of the Martin Beck series. The award i...

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SHOTSMAG CONFIDENTIAL: January 2015

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Friday, 30 January 2015. Lawrence Block and The Girl With The Deep Blue Eyes. LAWRENCE BLOCK RETURNS WITH BRAND NEW NOVEL! Hard Case Crime to Publish THE GIRL WITH THE DEEP BLUE EYES. 8217; ”. 8220; Lawrence Block is, hands down, my favorite crime writer, and it is a privilege to publish his new novel. 8221; said Charles Ardai. “ This is a dark, violent, steamy, disturbing story about a pair of characters who will haunt you long after the book ends. About Hard Case Crime. Links to this post. Frances Hard...

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SHOTSMAG CONFIDENTIAL: December 2014

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Wednesday, 31 December 2014. These are a few of my favourite books of 2014. This year I sadly did not read as many books as I wanted to. However there were a number of books that I read that certainly made my favourites list this year and a number that are also honourable mentions. They are as follows in no particular order (that is to say as a how I remembered them). The Wolf in Winter. John Connolly is one of those writers whose writing continues to fascinate in a myriad of ways. John Grey is a young l...

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SHOTSMAG CONFIDENTIAL: August 2015

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Monday, 31 August 2015. The 2015 Davitt Awards were announced on Saturday 15. The Awards are now in their 15. Year and author Sophie Hannah presented the Awards at the gala dinner. By Ellie Marney (Allen and Unwin). By Judith Rossell (HarperCollins Australia). By Caroline Overington (HarperCollins Australia). By Christine Bongers (Woolshed Press – a Random House imprint). The awards are named in honour of Ellen Davitt (1812-1879) who wrote Australia’s first mystery novel, Force and Fraud. How does work l...

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SHOTSMAG CONFIDENTIAL: September 2014

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Saturday, 27 September 2014. M J Arlidge and the prostitute's revenge. Today’s guest blog is by M(atthew) J Arlidge. He has worked in television for the last fifteen years, specialising in high end drama production. In the last five years Arlidge has produced a number of prime-time crime serials for ITV, including Torn. And most recently Undeniable. Which was broadcast in spring 2014. He is currently writing for Silent Witness. Prostitutes are easy targets. Pop Goes the Weasel. And that’s kind of t...

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SHOTSMAG CONFIDENTIAL: April 2015

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Sunday, 26 April 2015. Arthur Ellis Awards 2015. The short list for the Arthur Ellis Awards have been announced by the Crime Writers of Canada. The winners will be announced on 28 May at the Arthur Ellis Award Gala at the Arts and Letters Club, Tornoto. By Brenda Chapman, Dundurn Press. By Barbara Fradkin Dundurn Press. By CC Humphreys, Doubleday Canada. By Maureen Jennings, McClelland and Stewart. By Alen Mattich, , House of Anansi. By Janet Brons, Touchwood Editions. By Steve Burrows, Dundurn Press.