Tag Archives: Kerry Greenwood

The Poisoned Pen

Posted on 16/02/2017 by

My online friend Kathy in New York told me about The Poisoned Pen when she learned I’d be visiting Phoenix. The famous bookstore in the suburb of Scottsdale was founded by Barbara Peters in 1989, who later went on to establish the Poisoned … Continue reading →

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Review: Unnatural Habits

Posted on 26/12/2012 by

Explaining his reason for wrapping up the Kenzie-Gennaro series, Dennis Lehane allegedly says, “Have you every heard anyone say ‘The seventeenth book in the series was my favorite’?” Perhaps Mr Lehane lacks Ms Greenwood’s chutzpah as I’m here to say Unnatural Habits, … Continue reading →

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Crime & Justice Festival 2012 debrief: Part 1

Posted on 23/11/2012 by

For three days last week, a stretch of Collins Street in Melbourne’s CBD between Swanston and Russell Streets was transformed into a literary precinct, a string of new venues hosting the return of the Reader’s Feast Crime and Justice Festival. … Continue reading →

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Crime in church (not what you’re thinking)

Posted on 15/11/2012 by

As someone who never enters a church these days unless it’s for a funeral, I’m unusually excited at the prospect of appearing both in a church and convent in the forthcoming week. This weekend I’m in the Baptist Church at … Continue reading →

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Crime & Justice Festival 2012

Posted on 21/10/2012 by

It is fitting that Ian Rankin is headlining this year’s Crime & Justice Festival, harking as he does from Edinburgh, the first UNESCO City of Literature. With Reader’s Feast Bookstore now operating from their chic premises on Collins Street, the Crime & … Continue reading →

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Recreating the past: Agatha Christie, archaeology & fiction

Posted on 10/09/2012 by

‘Bismillahi ar rahman ar rahim [In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate]. That is the Arab phrase used before starting out on a journey. Eh bien, we too start on a journey. A journey into the past. A journey … Continue reading →

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Murder in Mesopotamia: Agatha Christie & Archeology

Posted on 15/08/2012 by

From the Melbourne Museum website. Reproduced with permission. What do crime fiction and archaeology have in common? A public forum at Melbourne Museum on 9 September will solve this intriguing question with a focus on famous crime writer Agatha Christie’s … Continue reading →

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