Interview of Jurica Pavicic, author of Red Water
Crime Fiction Lover publishes an interview with Jurica Pavicic, author of the prize-winning novel Red Water, out this month. See LINK.
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The latest news about our gripping crime fiction, thrillers and mysteries, detective books, crime stories and page-turning books.
Marion Brunet wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
French author Marion Brunet has won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), the world’s biggest international children’s and young adult literature prize. In a joint announcement LINK from Stockholm and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, judges praised Brunet for her “shimmering and crystal-clear prose". Brunet has had only two titles translated into English – Vanda and Summer of Reckoning, both published by Bitter Lemon Press in Katherine Gregor’s translation. The latter title was shortlisted for the 2020 CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger.
March Newsletter The Best Enemy by Sergio Olguin
See the LINK to our March newsletter. Veronica Rosenthal, the intrepid Buenos Aires investigative reporter, is back in another international murder mystery. The Best Enemy, by Sergio Olguin, is just out. "After tearing through The Best Enemy, I know I’ll be reading the three earlier instalments immediately." Sarah Weinman, New York Times
Interview of Sergio Olguin in Crime Fiction Lover
In this interview Sergio talks to CFL about his latest novel The Best Enemy, its protagonist Veronica and more. Like the book, this piece was translated by Miranda France.
January 2025 Newsletter Runaway Horses OUT NOW
Runaway Horses by Fruttero & Lucentini. Out Now: LINK
Joachim B. Schmidt, author of the Kalmann novels, is interviewed by NBiG
New Books in German talks with bestselling and award-winning author Joachim B. Schmidt about his writing career, the role of writing in integrating into a new society, and how crime fiction can be used for social critique. READ HERE
December Newsletter Out NOW
Discover our recommended books of the year, all with a strong sense of place, ranging from Venice to Iceland, by way of Japan's Noto Peninsula, Moscow, Italy's Lake Garda and Bangalore. LINK HERE
Hot Stage eBook discounted for this week
JUST £1.99 in the UK and $2.99 in the USFOR THE eBOOK OF HOT STAGE by Anita Nair LINK Read More
Bitter Lemon Press buys rights to 'The End of the Sahara' by Algerian writer Saïd Khatibi
Bitter Lemon Press has announced that it has acquired World English Language rights to The End of the Sahara by the Algerian writer Saïd Khatibi who won the Young Author category of the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) with this novel in 2023. We are very proud to be publishing our first novel translated from the Arabic.
Wonderful short video portrait of Leonardo Padura
An excellent short film about Leonardo Padura is now available as BIRKENSTORY #33 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OtmkmDzmzEU
Interview with Joachim B. Schmidt about "Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain"
Crime Fiction Lover has just interviewed Joachim Schmidt LINK about "Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain", out July 18 in the UK and August 13 in the US.