by Natalie Conyer | Jul 9, 2020 | Natalie Conyer
This is the last of three blogs on reading. Does where you read a book affect your understanding of it? I ask because of a conversation I had with a friend. We were discussing books, and I said I was reading Olive Kitteridge. She said she’d read it but hadn’t enjoyed...
by Natalie Conyer | Jun 29, 2020 | Natalie Conyer
Some of the world’s best crime writers (among them Lee Child, Val McDermid, Sara Paretsky) talk about their detectives – and how hard it is to kill them off....
by Natalie Conyer | May 31, 2020 | Natalie Conyer
I am extremely chuffed that Present Tense has been long-listed for this year’s Davitt Awards. It’s in great company! Women’s crime wave continues – Davitt Awards longlist...
by Natalie Conyer | May 26, 2020 | Natalie Conyer
When it comes to writing, where does respect stop and censorship begin? Atlin Merrick and I have differing views and so we wrote a joint blog about this. It’s the second in a series of three blogs on reading
by Natalie Conyer | May 26, 2020 | Natalie Conyer
How far do you have to read a book before you’re allowed to give up on it ? This is the first of three posts on reading Have you ever found yourself wondering how Australian and New Zealand crime writers focus their finely-tuned brains enough to pen their...