Mes Amis
The latest International column for the Big Thrill is up over at the ITW website. This month we talk a little about Mills and Boon's attempt to bloody itself up a little, Tom Rob Smith's Supermarket Sweep, Glasgow's literary festival and new thriller releases for March.
Au revoir
Russel
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Sunday, March 02, 2008
Monday, December 03, 2007
A Merry Thriller Christmas
Mes Amis
December's VIEW FROM THE TRENCHES (or as it got renamed this month, A BRITISH THRILLER CHRISTMAS) is online thanks to the heroic efforts of Mr David Hewson in assembling THE BIG THRILL every month.
This time I look back at few of the thrillers that made an impression on me this year, reminisce on awards and conventions and admit that bugger all really happens in the book trade at this time of year as we're all concentrating on making people buy lovely Christmassy bauble books.
Anyway, later on this month I'll be doing the non thriller oriented top ten reads of this year on this 'ere blog as well as the usual look back at cinema, TV and random nonsense.
So until next time,
Au revoir
Russel
December's VIEW FROM THE TRENCHES (or as it got renamed this month, A BRITISH THRILLER CHRISTMAS) is online thanks to the heroic efforts of Mr David Hewson in assembling THE BIG THRILL every month.
This time I look back at few of the thrillers that made an impression on me this year, reminisce on awards and conventions and admit that bugger all really happens in the book trade at this time of year as we're all concentrating on making people buy lovely Christmassy bauble books.
Anyway, later on this month I'll be doing the non thriller oriented top ten reads of this year on this 'ere blog as well as the usual look back at cinema, TV and random nonsense.
So until next time,
Au revoir
Russel
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Just when you thought you'd heard enough from me...
Mes Amis
Starting from the 1st October this year, I got a new gig. The fantastic David Hewson had given me a chance to write a monthly column for the International Thriller Writer's web-letter, THE BIG THRILL.
The idea was to provide an overview of thrillers from the lowly level of an enthusiast and bookseller (hence we called it, VIEW FROM THE TRENCHES), and somehow I passed the audition and got the chance to ramble, on a monthly basis, about news, gossip and silliness surrounding the British thriller market. Now, the word "thriller" is something that no one can agree on. Its an even more slippery term than "noir", believe me. So with David's blessing to talk about anything that's "not cosy" I proceeded to try and crib anything I could find to make that first column. The results are here including news on upcoming British releases for October, a few jokes at the expense of Ian Rankin, a joke cribbed from Mark Billingham's newsletter and more assorted nonsense.
So if you're a thriller writer with a British connection (and even if you're not a member of ITW) or if you know someone who is, and you have some upcoming news/releases/anecdotes to share, feel free to contact me on russelmclean_at_thrillerwriters.org (doing the obvious thing by replacing the "_at_" with an "@", he says with the futile effort at hopefully cutting down spam) and I'll consider anything for the next newsletter. And the one after that... and the one after... oh, you get the idea.
Here endeth the blatant plug.
Au revoir
Russel
Starting from the 1st October this year, I got a new gig. The fantastic David Hewson had given me a chance to write a monthly column for the International Thriller Writer's web-letter, THE BIG THRILL.
The idea was to provide an overview of thrillers from the lowly level of an enthusiast and bookseller (hence we called it, VIEW FROM THE TRENCHES), and somehow I passed the audition and got the chance to ramble, on a monthly basis, about news, gossip and silliness surrounding the British thriller market. Now, the word "thriller" is something that no one can agree on. Its an even more slippery term than "noir", believe me. So with David's blessing to talk about anything that's "not cosy" I proceeded to try and crib anything I could find to make that first column. The results are here including news on upcoming British releases for October, a few jokes at the expense of Ian Rankin, a joke cribbed from Mark Billingham's newsletter and more assorted nonsense.
So if you're a thriller writer with a British connection (and even if you're not a member of ITW) or if you know someone who is, and you have some upcoming news/releases/anecdotes to share, feel free to contact me on russelmclean_at_thrillerwriters.org (doing the obvious thing by replacing the "_at_" with an "@", he says with the futile effort at hopefully cutting down spam) and I'll consider anything for the next newsletter. And the one after that... and the one after... oh, you get the idea.
Here endeth the blatant plug.
Au revoir
Russel
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