Category Archives: Australian noir

Wake in Fright

Rural noir is big at the moment, if the interest in US writers like Donald Ray Pollock, Cormac McCarthy and Daniel Woodrell, is anything to go by. While it is not be as well known, Kenneth Cook’s 1961 novel Wake … Continue reading

This Christmas give the gift of Ghost Money

Okay, it’s been a long year and like you, as 2012 draws to a close, I’m pretty much over everything. But before I take a few weeks break from the blog, I wanted to pull on your collective coats one … Continue reading

Anthologies, my novel and more shameless self-promotion

In over a couple of weeks I will be jetting off to spend a couple of weeks in the US, New York mostly, followed by a few days in Philadelphia to attend Noir Con. I-can-not-wait. Several more ‘Noir Con noir … Continue reading

Unveiling the cover of Crime Factory’s Hard Labour anthology

Here it is people, the cover of Crime Factory’s all-Australian anthology, Hard Labour, edited by Cameron Ashley, Liam Jose and myself. It’s by the same artist who did the cover art work for the Australian version of the First Shift … Continue reading

Crime Factory Publications clocks on

Put the night of March 5 in your diaries, people. That’s the launch of Crime Factory Publications, a (very) small publishing company I’ve set up with my two colleagues and friends from Crime Factory magazine, Cameron Ashley and Liam Jose. … Continue reading