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National Crime Reading Month

6 days ago | wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com | Ayo Onatade

NationalCrime Reading Month Returns this June with Bestselling AuthorsLivesof Crime: The Compelling Power of Dark and Twisty TalesThenational charity The Reading Agency and the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA)has a cunning plot to get the nation reading. ThisJune, the partners in crime invite the nation to step into the shadows anddiscover how crime fiction turns us into voracious readers.
2025 Edgar Award Winners

1 week ago | wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com | Ayo Onatade

Mystery Writers of America have announced the winners of the 2025 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honouring the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction and television published or produced in 2024.
SHOTSMAG CONFIDENTIAL

1 week ago | wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com | Ali Karim |Ayo Onatade

CrimeFest, one of Europe’s leading crime writing conventions, has announced the shortlists for its final annual awards. The awards began 17 years ago when CrimeFest launched in 2008; they honour the best crime fiction and non-fiction books released in the UK in the last year. 2025 will be the final awards as organisers announced this year CrimeFest will come to an end. The awards feature the hotly-contended Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award, which offers a £1,000 cash prize.
Shortlist Announced for Final 2025 CrimeFest Awards

2 weeks ago | wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com | Ayo Onatade

CrimeFest, one of Europe’s leading crime writing conventions, has announced the shortlists for its final annual awards. The awards began 17 years ago when CrimeFest launched in 2008; they honour the best crime fiction and non-fiction books released in the UK in the last year. 2025 will be the final awards as organisers announced this year CrimeFest will come to an end. The awards feature the hotly-contended Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award, which offers a £1,000 cash prize.
When Inspiration Strikes by Jenna Satterthwaite.

2 weeks ago | wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com | Ayo Onatade

There’s a reason we have the phrase “inspiration strikes.” It really does feel like lightning–something unexpected and powerful–and in the case of my debut novel, Made for You, that’s exactly how the original idea came about. I was taking a walk during my work break, along the Chicago river, in March 2022.
The reader knows best (even if the writer knows better) by Becky C. Brynolf

2 weeks ago | wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com | Ayo Onatade

Did you hear about that influencer who found a dead body and filmed it? Back in 2017, a YouTuber named Logan Paul uploaded a video of a man who had died by suicide. He’d found the man while exploring with friends in Aokigahara, Japan, an area known locally as “suicide forest” due to its notoriety as a place to complete suicide. The video was viewed 6.3 million times inside 24 hours. Paul was derided and denounced, but it didn’t hurt him.
Longlist for Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2025

2 weeks ago | wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com | Ayo Onatade

Festival Dates: 17 – 20 July 2025Longlist for Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2025 revealed as global bestsellers compete with fresh talent for prestigious awardThursday 24th April 2025: Harrogate International Festivals announced today the 18 titles longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2025, the UK and Ireland’s most prestigious crime fiction award, now in its twenty-first year.
Incorporating research into writing - or how I learned not to get bogged down in toilets.

3 weeks ago | wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com | Ayo Onatade

It began as a simple problem. I needed a character to meet his untimely end while relieving himself at the back of an eighteenth-century London tavern. But how, I wondered, did people go to the loo in those days? Would there have been a latrine or even an outhouse? I had no idea.
CWA Dagger Awards Longlists Announced

4 weeks ago | wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com | Ayo Onatade

The2025 longlists for the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Daggerawards, which honour the very best in the crime-writing genre, are announced. Createdin 1955, the world-famous CWA Daggers are the oldest awards in the genre andhave been synonymous with quality crime writing for over half a century.
Capital Crime Full Lineup Revealed

1 month ago | wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com | Ayo Onatade

The wait is over! The full Capital Crime 2025 programme has landed, and it’s our biggest, boldest lineup yet. Join us in London on 12th-13th June for an unforgettable festival packed with thrilling conversations, exclusive events, and the chance to meet your literary heroes.