Events
March 11, 2020
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]