Crime Writing
Val McDermid, Michael Robotham, J.P. Pomare on writing crime
Three of the world's finest crime writers; Val McDermid, Michael Robotham and J.P. Pomare join Kathryn in the studio. The trio are touring New Zealand this week, with an event, Crime after Crime. Audio
Renée: 92-year-old playwright on how reading changed her life
Otaki-based playwright Renée has many feathers in her cap, having written numerous plays and nine fiction novels - the latest being her first venture into crime writing, The Wild Card, which she… Audio
Steve Braunias: 'Neither writing nor reading crime stories is a trivial or sordid exchange'
Jared Savage and Steve Braunias explore the art of crime writing in Aotearoa. Rob Kidd chairs this highlight of 2021's Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival. Audio
Michael Connelly - Crime writer on his new Harry Bosch book
Michael Connelly is a bestselling crime fiction writer whose 31 books have sold more than 60 million copies worldwide and been translated into 40 different languages. Since his first novel The Black… Audio
Crime writer Val McDermid - How the Dead Speak
Best selling Scottish crime writer Val McDermid has sold more than 15 million copies of her work worldwide. She's arrived in New Zealand to take up a role as a visiting Professor of Scottish Studies… Audio
JP Pomare - Call Me Evie
JP (Josh) Pomare (Ngapuhi) grew up in Rotorua, losing his mother to cancer at 11 and leaving home at 15. He dropped out of a BA degree in Wellington before moving to Melbourne, where he has laboured… Audio
NZ's first crime writing festival - Rotorua Noir
The country's first crime writing festival, Rotorua Noir is on this weekend. Participants will hear from international and local crime writers and gain more clues along the way about the elements of… Audio
Denise Mina - The story of a Scottish serial killer
Glasgow writer Denise Mina's latest book is The Long Drop - a semi-fictionalised account of the case of Peter Manuel, who killed eight people in Lanarkshire, Scotland, between 1956 and 1958. The story… Audio
Books with Steph Soper
Steph Soper is the Marketing Communications Manager at the New Zealand Book Council. She talks about crime writing and the Ngaio Marsh Award. Audio
Stella Duffy: in Ngaio Marsh's world
Stella Duffy is a New Zealand writer and theatre-maker based in London. She has just been awarded an OBE for her services to the arts and she is also writing a new Ngaio Marsh novel, based on four… Audio
Crime writer Paul Cleave writes a novel about - a crime writer
A crime novel with a crime writer as the protagonist is the latest intriguing spin offered up by Christchurch writer Paul Cleave. In Trust No One, Jerry Grey is battling dementia, confusing what… Audio
Craig Sisterson - Kiwi Crime Writing
The founder of the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel, Craig Sisterson, reflects on this year's crop of finalists and the state of Kiwi crime writing. Craig regularly reviews crime novels and… Audio
Researchers use deduction to unlock Christie mysteries
To honour the 125th birthday of Agatha Christie, British researchers have used their powers of deduction to spot 'whodunnit' . Where the novel is set, the primary means of transport used in the book… Audio
Lucy Sussex - Crime Blockbuster
New Zealand-born Lucy Sussex has written Blockbuster!, the story of Fergus Hume and his book 'The Mystery of a Hansom Cab ', the biggest and fastest-selling detective novel of the 1800s and… Audio
Feature interview - Adrian Hyland
He's a teacher and a crime novelist who lives in the foothills of the Kinglake Ranges. His latest book is non-fiction, and tells the story of the Kinglake disaster. Audio
World authority on crime fiction, Otto Penzler of the Mysterious Bookshop
Otto Penzler has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the world of mystery fiction. He has edited more than 50 anthologies, and his specialist store, The Mysterious Bookshop in New York, is the oldest and… Audio
Bestselling crime author Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell is one of the world's bestselling crime authors. Her novels have been translated into thirty-six languages in more than 120 countries and have won numerous prestigious awards. She is… Audio
Crime writing
Craig Sisterton is one of the judges of the 2014 Dame Ngaio Marsh Best Crime Novel Award, being announced at the Christchurch WORD Festival. How is crime writing defined these days? And who's won this… Audio
Author Lee Child discusses losing his job and finding Jack Reacher
Lee Child is the man behind the Jack Reacher character. He has a new book, another in the Jack Reacher series, called Personal. Reacher is on a mission to hunt down a sniper, who he put away in prison… Audio
A History of Crime
In her first novel 'A History of Crime - The Southern Double-Cross', Dinah Holman takes us back to the New Zealand of the 1880s when dubious land deals were being done by unscrupulous speculators and… Audio