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NTN: Ten top reads from Orenda Books

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Since it was founded in 2014, Orenda Books has led the way as an independent publisher, snapping up great authors and making available some of the most engaging crime fiction you’re every likely to read. There’s no sign of that stopping either, and in 2017…
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Iceland Noir 2016: open for business

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“There ain’t no cure for loving crime fiction,” said Val McDermid in her keynote speech, which opened the Iceland Noir festival in Reykjavik this evening. In an eloquent talk, she outlined – in great depth – a range of parallels between British crime fiction and Nordic…
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NTN: How to find new crime authors

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Finding a great new book or an exciting new author is like discovering gold – or, since we’re talking crime here, stealing some gold and getting away with it! Everyone has their favorite MO, and here are several ways of finding exciting new crime books….
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NTN: Spotlight on Bloodhound Books

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Indie publisher Bloodhound Books was founded in 2014 by Fred Freeman and Betsy Reavley ostensibly to publish Betsy’s crime fiction novels. But the husband and wife team have given the world so much more. The company has grown fast and in two years has a…
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NTN: Ten to Taste part 1

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One of the great traditions that has become a part of New Talent November is giving airtime to self-published crime authors. We do try to review as many self-published books as we can throughout the year, ever searching for those diamonds in the rough that we can pick…
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NTN: Steph Broadribb interviewed

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Steph Broadribb is one of the writers you should definitely be watching out for during New Talent November, particularly if you like the kind of action seen in Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series along with a strong female protagonist. Her debut novel Deep Down Dead…
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NTN: Spotlight on Orenda Books

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Orenda Books is a small independent publisher focusing on literary fiction, with a heavy emphasis on crime thrillers. About half its titles are in translation. Founded in late 2014 by Karen Sullivan, Orenda began on a shoestring and has steadily developed its portfolio publishing six books…
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