Circalit Seeks Crime Fiction

A year-old social networking and digital distribution platform that aims to bring writers and agents together has created a contest to find "the next big crime fiction blockbuster." Circalit, launched in February 2010 as a place for screenwriters to showcase their work to studios, began inviting novelists, playwrights, and short story writers to post their work in July 2010. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Romantic fiction writers creating a more diverse happily ever after

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CrimeFest offers bursary for crime author of colour

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Cosy crime, cookbooks and a surprise hit: what we’ve really read in the pandemic

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Seeking a world without women, Tabitha Lasley lost herself — and found a better book

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