I’ve just experienced yet another entertaining and informative panel from Yrsa Sigurdardottir in conversation with the ever professional Annabel Kantaria / Anna Kent. With Anthony Horowitz watching from the audience. #Emiratesliteraryfestival

Tonight we had the official launch party for the @the_CWA Gulf Chapter anthology #ArabianNoir .

In addition to several of us contributing authors we also were delighted to have crime thriller writing royalty in attendance in the form of Yrsa Sigurdardottir Anthony Horowitz

Publication day on Friday 5th for our crime anthology ‘Arabian Noir’
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The Crime Writers’ Association #ArabianNoir 13 dark, mysterious tales from the new Gulf States chapter of the CWA with contributions from Michael Lynes Annabel Kantaria / Anna Kent Alex Shaw Daisy Line Gal Podjarny Mohana Rajakumar MoxieTAnderson Sara Hamdan Rohini Sunderam Padmini Sankar Paul A. Freeman and foreword by…

Very happy to be a part of this anthology of stories by crime writers in the region - it’s available for pre-order and out in January… tagging Sara Hamdan

Thank you for being such wonderful conversationalists!

Authors! Writing in Arabic or English! You’ve still got time to enter. It’s a life-changer! What have you got to lose? ELFDubai #WritingCommunity #seddiqifellowship #FirstChapter

Upcoming UAE-based authors, this programme is life-changing in the best possible way… see ELFDubai for details on how to apply

Just over a month till the winner of the PageTurnerAwards book-to-film award is announced - I’m thrilled to be on the shortlist with ‘The One That Got Away’ - I’ll be watching the ceremony with fellow finalist Louise Mangos at Iceland Noir!

Thank you to The Crime Writers’ Association for hosting the chat on screenwriting for novelists with Nick Walker last night. It was so helpful. Did you attend, Alex Shaw and Michael Lynes ? I had to stay up late Dubai-time though - watched it in bed, v glad I wasn’t on camera! #screenwriting

Great to see you both! 🗡 🗡 🗡

Let’s hope so! Congrats to us both for getting this far!! 🥳

Well look at that! Thank you so much!

Just finished a proof of #DeathofaBookseller - not sure I’ve ever read anything like it. Exquisitely, compellingly horrible, yet stunningly good. I *loved* the ending! 🫢 Out April 27. Congrats Alice Slater 🐌 and thank you Phoebe Morgan xx #bookshelf #readinglist

With friends old LBA Literary Agency Greg Mosse and new Catriona Ward is writing and Bonnie Garmus at the EmiratesLitFest 2023 #AuthorLife #authors #litfest

They were waiting for the right moment to ask for your autograph Greg Mosse

We are open internationally for unagented writers. Every entry gets feedback. We have 6 highly respected judges. We accept all genres apart from children’s novels. Don’t leave it until the last minute to enter.

We are looking for a series of 10-15 minute, 2-3 character plays. 
 
Fantastic opportunity to have your work produced by an exciting company. 

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