CWA DAGGER SPECIALS - Paul Burke chats to Crime Writers Association Diamond Dagger Winner MARK BILLINGHAM, Bread & Circuses - agitprop, Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, Stand Up, TV writing, Tom Thorne, Declan Miller, taking control with fiction. Diamond Dagger sponsored by Karen Baugh Menuhin The most prestigious Dagger of all, awarded for a lifetime contribution to English-language crime writing. The Shadow Step: It's Detective Miller's deadliest dance... The Shadow Step: One taken simult...
Jun 23
1 hr 1 min
CWA Daggers Special: Episode One The Shortlists -Interviews with five Dagger Shortlisted authors in the run up to Awards Night announcements on 2nd July. Nicci Cloke Her Many Faces - Twisted Dagger Victoria Goldman Little Secrets - Whodunnit Dagger Rob McInroy Barvick Falls - Historical Dagger sponsored by Morgen Witzel in honour of Dr. Marilyn Livingstone. Michael Wood Waiting Short Story Dagger Noelle W Ihli Such Quiet Girls - The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Crime Time FM is the official...
Jun 16
1 hr 17 min
Season 10. Episode 6. #OnTheSofaWithVictoria AMANDA PROWSE (15 Minutes) Amanda has published 45 books in a decade and discusses her unique way of writing complete stories in her head before committing a word to paper. While ELEANOR RAY [Elizabeth Mundy] (Everything is Beautiful) shares her more methodical approach to writing, particularly how having young children influences your writing style. Recommended: The Lemony Snicket series. The Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald. Mentions: See th...
Jun 9
29 min
Season 10. Episode 5. #OnTheSofaWithVictoria Ruth Mancini (The Stranger on the Stairs) & Susan Barrett (All Cats are Grey) discuss how they use real crimes as inspiration for thier writing. Recommended - Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Crossing to Safety Wallace Stegner Victoria Selman is a Sunday Times and Amazon Charts #1 bestselling thriller author. She has written a number of critically acclaimed novels including the hit Ziba MacKenzie series and Truly Darkly Deeply whi...
Jun 2
27 min
Season 10. Episode 4. #OnTheSofaWithVictoria Maz Evans (Who Let the Dogs Out) & Luke Bateman (award-winning composer) discuss turning a novel into a musical. Recommended - Luke: Simply the Quest by Maz Evans. Maz: East of Eden by John Steinbeck. Victoria Selman is a Sunday Times and Amazon Charts #1 bestselling thriller author. She has written a number of critically acclaimed novels including the hit Ziba MacKenzie series and Truly Darkly Deeply which was a Spring 2023 Richard &...
May 26
36 min
Season 10. Episode 3. #OnTheSofaWithVictoria Garry Disher (The Paul Hirsch series) and Dom Nolan (White City) discuss location as character. Recommended: WILLIAM TREVOR, ALICE MONRO, ROBERT PENN WARREN, JOHN LE CARRÉ TINKER TAILOR, CORMAC MCCARTHY, ELMORE LEONARD. Victoria Selman is a Sunday Times and Amazon Charts #1 bestselling thriller author. She has written a number of critically acclaimed novels including the hit Ziba MacKenzie series and Truly Darkly Deeply which was a Spri...
May 19
33 min
Season 10 Episode 2: Anna Bailey & Tariq Ashkanani #OnTheSofaWithVictoria Anna Bailey (The Tall Bones) & Tariq Ashkanani (The Hollow Boys) discuss the importance of character development over plot in mystery writing. Recommended Annie Proulx Close Range and Watchmen Alan Moore. Victoria Selman is a Sunday Times and Amazon Charts #1 bestselling thriller author. She has written a number of critically acclaimed novels including the hit Ziba MacKenzie series and Truly Darkly Deeply ...
May 12
30 min
Season 10, Episode One: Industry Experts: Jack Butler (publisher) & Barbara Poelle (agent) #OnTheSofawithVictoria Jack Butler, publishing director at Sphere Little Brown, and Barbara Powell, founder of One Word Literary, discuss comparative publishing trends in the UK and US. Victoria Selman is a Sunday Times and Amazon Charts #1 bestselling thriller author. She has written a number of critically acclaimed novels including the hit Ziba MacKenzie series and Truly Darkly Deeply...
May 5
26 min
ANDREA MARA chats with Paul about her new psychological thriller SUCH A NICE GIRL, redundancy-serendipity, sisters, friends and family, TV and All Her Fault. SUCH A NICE GIRL: The morning after a glamorous, luxury wedding, you and your best friend go to wake your twenty-four-year-old daughters. You open the door to their shared room in the pool-house and find a lamp smashed on the floor, a blood stain on the carpet, a ringing phone - and both girls are nowhere to be seen. The police come and ...
Apr 30
42 min
Matthew Carr chats to Paul Burke about his latest historical crime thriller THE EMPEROR OF SEVILLE, Bernardo de Mendoza, sixteenth century Spain, Terrorism, financial thrillers and white ruff crime. The Emperor of Seville: Summer 1586. When the Genoese banker Sandro Grandoni is murdered at a trade fair in the Castilian town of Medina del Campo, the Valladolid Chancery appoints the magistrate Bernardo de Mendoza to conduct the investigation. The murder takes place at a delicate political momen...
Apr 24
1 hr 17 min
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