Crime Beat

Stray doppies
From whisperings doing the rounds, it seems Black Star Crime – which launched Tracy Gilpin last year with Double Cross – has shut up shop. Let’s hope Tracy finds another publisher.
Remember the crime week at UCT’s 2010 Summer School called Schlock Horror and featuring, Joe Muller, Jane Taylor, Margie Orford, Angela Makholwa and Mike Nicol. To book check out the Summer School website.
With The Buzz today, Crime Beat logs 452 posts since the blog started in August 2007. We are now also linked to many of the major crime fiction blogs, including, Detectives Beyond Borders, Crime Always Pays, International Noir Fiction, and Australian Crime Fiction. Check them out (the links are on the Shelf page) if you want a handle on the world of international crime fiction.
Thanks to Chanette Paul for taking over the Afrikaans side of Crime Beat which has added to our content and increased our audience.
This is the last Crime Beat Buzz of 2009, come Friday next week we’re taking a month’s break and will be back on Monday 11 January 2010 with interviews and hot news about the krimi prospects for the new year.

Crime Beat Diary December 7 – December 11:
Monday: From the Hip with Joanne Hichens
Tuesday: Thriller Talk with Jassy Mackenzie
Wednesday: Barbara Erasmus on her recent find: M J Hyland
Thursday: An essential holiday reading list: our krimi writers name their hot krimi reads of the year
Friday: Last post for 2009: a festive krimi cartoon from Brandon Carstens and a wrap of the thriller year by Mike Nicol and Chanette Paul