'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?'

In my online writing course  Crafting Crime , I make the point that confidence counts for a good deal in writing. But confidence is fragile ...

The British Library has just issued its catalogue for the first half of next year, and it's full of good things. Including, naturall...

The British Library has just issued its catalogue of publications for the second half of this year, and there are many good things in sto...

                                               This week sees the publication of Crimson Snow , the latest British Library Crime Classic...

Today sees the publication of the latest title in the British Library's series of Crime Classics, and for me personally, it's the...

Ann Cleeves has been a guest of honour at a literary festival in Dubai (sponsored by Emirates Airways, who no doubt find it a less stress...

I'm delighted to say that my third anthology of Golden Age crime fiction, Silent Nights , has just been published by the British Lib...

One great advantage of no longer being a full-time lawyer is that I have the chance to fit into my calendar more fun trips and events than u...

The British Library has just issued its catalogue for the second half of 2015, and it features half a dozen new Crime Classics,together w...

It's less than two years since I wrote on this blog about Freeman Wills Crofts' novel Antidote to Venom , and expressed the view...

Today sees the official publication of Capital Crimes , my anthology of London Mysteries for the British Library's series of Crime Cl...

The British Library's Crime Classics series is going from strength to strength, and I'm delighted to make one or two personal ann...

Over the years that I've been writing this blog, many pleasurable things have happened as a result of my posts. The response to my...