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Today (7 May) is the last day CrimeFest will take online reservations! After that, full passes and Friday and Saturday Day tickets will be available at the CrimeFest registration desk at the convention hotel. Get your TICKETS now! Head over to crimefest.com

New on my blog today: Three Days in Ghent and One Book alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/05/three-… via alifeinbooks

Marley is such a lovely young lad. He’s affectionate, gentle and very loving. Marley is only 1.5 years old so still likes to play. He could live with children, possibly a dog or another cat. Find out more ➡️ cats.org.uk/cherwell#adopt… #AdoptDontShop #CatsOfX #CatsOfTwitter

#1 Sign of a Successful Writer? Persevering Through Failure. writersinthestormblog.com/2025/05/1-sign…

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New today - we interview Jurica Pavičić, author of Red Water. 🇭🇷🌍 This is the first Croatian crime author we've welcomed to the site and his first book to appear in English sounds fascinating. Find out more here: crimefictionlover.com/2025/05/interv… via Bitter Lemon Press

'Relentless pace, an authentic multi-layered plot and very real human drama' is how M.W. Craven describes this slice of Icelandic Noir. Jón Atli Jónasson's brilliant Broken is out next month, pre-order now amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7

Literary novels about literary folk litlove.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/lit… via Victoria Best

Suddenly feel like I’m in my 20s once more and oohing and aahing over J-pop bands like SMAP, Tokio and Utada Hikaru and Sheena Ringo findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/05/07/rec…

Fascinating article about papal shenanigans from previous conclaves, via The Guardian. #Conclave2025 theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

German cosy crime writer Charlotte Printz talks to us about her debut novel, Nightingale & Co. crimefictionlover.com/2025/01/interv…

Makes me appreciate travelling with my sons in Japan. They didn't lose anything and we only quarrelled once, briefly, on the last evening #raceacrosstheworld

How can they nearly all of them be so bad at pronouncing/reading place names? #raceacrosstheworld

TBR Thursday 456... fictionfanblog.wordpress.com/2025/05/08/tbr… via FictionFan

New on the blog today, I've written about MONSIEUR MONDE VANISHES by Georges Simenon (tr. Jean Stewart). A seemingly respectable man, frustrated with his stifling life, rebels against convention in this intriguing novella by one of my favourite writers! jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/05/08/mon…

Reading Diary, April 21st to May 7th, 2025 drlauratisdall.wordpress.com/2025/05/08/rea… via Laura Tisdall

I've heard conflicting opinions about the play Shanghai Dolls at Kiln Theatre so will be going tonight to make up my own mind. Better read up a bit on Chinese history.

It will be an honour for me to chair this panel - preparing some tricky questions right now...

One for the specialists, methinks... Michael F. Marra's 'The Poetics of Motoori Norinaga' introduces us to a famous writer and a slightly grumpy man ;) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/05/08/the…

Murder is Everywhere: Crimefest ahead! murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com/2025/05/crimef…