Events

March 11, 2020

Melbourne book launch of Prey

If you are in Melbourne on 2 April and would like to spend an hour or two drinking wine and talking crime fiction, then come along […]
January 6, 2020

Mystery author Adele Parks at Sutherland Library NSW, February 11

Many years ago, when I was struggling to write my first novel, I attended a writing course in Guildford in the UK. This course was run […]
March 4, 2019

Celebrating two new books from Caroline de Costa

I’m really looking forward to being the Master of Ceremonies at Caroline de Costa‘s double book launch. Double? On April 6, 2019, from 3:30pm to 7pm […]
January 16, 2019

A.B. Patterson book launch

I’m proud to say I am friends with a number of former and acting police officers, both in Australia and overseas. Some have gone on to […]
July 17, 2018

Chance favours only the prepared mind

At ThrillerFest 2018 the wonderful Karin Slaughter used a quote from Louis Pasteur which really sums up what this writers’ festival is all about: preparing authors […]
October 23, 2017

Save 10% on my October Crime and Thriller Writing class

There are a few places left on my Crime and Thriller Writing weekend course and the wonderful people at The Australian Writers Centre have set up […]
October 8, 2017

Bloody Scotland an entertainment extravaganza

I wanted to share with you some of the many photos from my time at writers’ festival Bloody Scotland in September 2017. Not only were the […]
July 9, 2017

Join me at Bloody Scotland festival September 2017

Bloody Scotland celebrates Scottish and international crime fiction in September in Stirling, and I will be there, talking about creating locations in thrillers with fellow panelists […]
May 30, 2017

CrimeFest 2017

Here are my highlights for CrimeFest 2017, the international crime fiction festival in Bristol, UK. Not only is it great fun but this year there was an […]

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