The death of Nick, goodbye to Neil, and the power of watching fourteen real lives in time-lapse – the return of my Mid-Week Culture Culture Blast

A truly phenomenal weekend in Stirling.

Crime fiction fans set for a Bloody good time at festival Crime fiction fans have been looking forward to the crispness of a Scottish autumn for months, and counting down the days until this year's Bloody Scotland crime writing festival arrives - the wait is almost over, as the festival begins tomorrow, Friday 18th September. Last year the festival introduced a guest programmer, in the shape of Sir Ian Rankin; this year Denise Mina has taken on the mantle and opened up her address book to bring some stellar names to Stirling, and will be kept busy all weekend chairing events.

Her Thoreau-like account of journeys in the woods, published when she was 28, was the first of many ruminations on life and nature, good and evil.

Jenny Jackson

The Life Of A Victorian Original This September, UK creators Mary and Bryan Talbot will be appearing at Dr Johnson’s House in Gough Square off London’s Fleet Street to talk about their forthcoming gra...

During her life in the first half of the twentieth century, Josephine Tey was a writer of classic crime fiction. In an after life she is the lead character in Nicola Upson’s crime novels, now a series...

From time to time, audiences ask crime writers who we would choose if we could have a single new novel from a dead crime writer. The name that comes up most frequently is not Agatha Christie or Art…

Staff sweep government and politics reporting category; earn accolades for breaking news, video, photo and more

Our annual summer reading guide, just for you.

Our annual summer reading guide, just for you.

CRAFT TALK is a weekly newsletter about writing, creativity and productivity from author Jami Attenberg. This is also the home of #1000wordsofsummer, where, once a year, we write 1000 words a day toge...