Authors Jo Spain and William Shaw are heading to Jarrow Focus Library to talk about their writing career. Jo Spain's first novel, With Our Blessing, was one of seven books shortlisted in the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition. Her first psychological thriller, The Confession, was a no.1 bestseller in Ireland and has […]

Join us for a crime and wine evening at Waterstones Newcastle.  Crime authors Jo Spain and William Shaw will be in conversation with Jacky Collins Newcastle's very own Dr. Noir.  Jo will be discussing her new novel Dirty Little Secrets, a book to devour in one sitting and William will be talking about his new […]

Writer-in-residence William Shaw will be talking about the strange relationship between research and invention in fiction. He'll be asking whether it's the fact that crime writing increasingly occupies a space between fact and fiction that makes it such a good lightening rod for society's very real anxieties, and whether this is the reason why it […]