What is it About Crime? by Thorne Moore
Republished from www.promotingcrime.blogspot.co.uk. Thanks to Lizzie Sirett of Mystery People - www.mysterypeople.co.uk - for permission. Crime Fiction is, apparently, the most popular genre out there. And you have to ask why? It’s not as if all crime readers/writers are secretly would-be gangsters, longing to be set loose on the [...]
A BOOKER TALK PODCAST with DIAMOND CRIME’S PHIL ROWLANDS
Welsh authors Meet A Welsh Author — Phil Rowlands recalls childhood bedtime favourites November 30, 2022 BookerTalk 4 Comments Phil Rowlands, Welsh authors My latest guest in the Meet A Welsh Author series is screenwriter and novelist Phil Rowlands. In an earlier life he was a television and film actor but changed course to become [...]
Sneak Preview of GB Williams’ Next Book, PLAY the GAME
PLAY THE GAME will be published on 29th November by Diamond Crime. Coincidentally, 29th November is also Gail B Williams' birthday! CHAPTER ONE “I need a library.” What Elaine actually needed was a bibliothèque. It was one of the few French words that had stuck in her mind, mostly [...]
Childhood Memories from Diamond Crime author, Phil Rowlands
Published by Welsh author, Judith Barrow on www.judithbarrowblog.com Places in our Memories with Phil Rowlands Posted on November 7, 2022 There are places that remain in our memories, the details may become slightly blurred, nostalgia may colour our thoughts, but they don’t fade. And how those places made us [...]
FROM A READER TO WRITERS – “Reader, I married him…”
Reader, I married him. (Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre) Surely the most explicit reference an author has made to the idea that there is a stage in a book's life beyond publishing. Reading. She references the skills that must accompany the writing so that her original intentions might be [...]
Diamond Crime at Chapter One Bookshop, Narberth
Chapter One Bookshop at Narberth Museum Diamond Crime author, Jacqui Harrett, gives a writing workshop. From left to right, Phil Rowlands, Thorne Moore, Gwyneth Steddy and Jacqui Harrett in conversation with Welsh novelist, Judith Barrow, shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year 2021 with her novel 'Memory'. Competitors in [...]
Diamond Crime on the Road at Chapter One – 15th October 2022
Diamond Crime takes to the road with a visit to The Chapter One Bookshop at Narberth Museum on Saturday 15th October. Join the Create a Character Workshop with Diamond Crime author, Jacqueline Harrett. See Thorne Moore, GB Williams and Jacqueline in conversation with author Judith Barrow Test your crime fiction [...]
Diamond Crime Ten Line Challenge Winner Announced
Ten Line Crime Story Challenge Diamond Crime is delighted to announce the winner of its Ten Line Crime Story Challenge. We did promise to let CWA and CRA members make the final decision, but after consultation with the CWA, we put this entry top of the list. So many [...]
Diamond Crime at the Craig y Nos Book Fair Sept 25th 2022
Diamond Crime authors, Thorne Moore, Gwyneth Steddy and Phil Rowlands had a great weekend in the Brecon Beacons at the Craig y Nos Book Fair