Join me & Claire Whitehead (Reader in Russian, Modern Languages at St Andrews) next Weds 15 May, 5.30-6.30 pm, Bonington Lecture Theatre @ntuart NTU Research talking about the Lost Detectives nineteenth-century crime adaptation project! Followed by drinks & book signing #TheRussianDetective !

The verdict is IN. 'Eat Your Heart Out, Dostoevsky!' says none other than the Queen of Crime herself Val McDermid ... #TheRussianDetective @jonathancapebooks @penguinukbooks
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Tomorrow!

I’ll be confessing all to Val McDermid this Thursday evening Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews bookshop in St Andrews on how I made #TheRussianDetective Jonathan Cape Penguin Books, & #LostDetectives project lead Modern Languages at St Andrews Dr Claire Whitehead Claire Whitehead will tell us how it all began…

Thu 25Apr 7:30pm Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews, join the launch&signing of author-illustrator Carol Adlam’s graphic novel The Russian Detective, created as part of her work with Dr Claire Whitehead’s Impact&Innovation project, Lost Detectives: Adapting Old Texts for New Media.ow.ly/xmr150RjGYv

This will be a great event. 25Apr 7:30pm at Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews: Carol Adlam & Val McDermid will discuss Carol Adlam's graphic novel The Russian Detective, joined by Claire Whitehead of #Russian who'll talk about her project from which the book developed. More here: ow.ly/BnBV50Rb8Wf

Thrilled to see that #TheRussianDetective is book of the month at @pagefortyfive in Nottingham. Check out the review by Comics Laureate Stephen Holland here at shorturl.at/gjvW1: - 'grin-inducingly clever, a thrilling tour de force', 'impish', 'I am all of a swoon!'

Don't miss this event! Thu, 25 Apr 7:30pm at Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews: Carol Adlam & Val McDermid on The Russian Detective! They will be joined by Claire Whitehead of #Russian , who will talk about the Lost Detectives project from which the book developed. Read more here: ow.ly/2uL950R8j5i

So grateful for Rachel Cooke’s glowing review of Carol Adlam’s new graphic novel #TheRussianDetective in The Observer. Proud to be a small part of it. Grab your copy now! Huge thanks to University of St Andrews, Modern Languages at St Andrews and Jonathan Cape for their support. theguardian.com/books/2024/mar…

Oh my goodness. Review just out in the Observer by @msrachelcooke - 'takes you back to the deep pleasures of childhood reading'... 'it feels like there's nothing she cannot do with her paintbrush' 'inordinately beautiful'... Lost for words (for once)! Thank you so much...

A date for your diary if you happen to be in St Andrews on 25 April - I'll be at the wonderful Toppings bookshop @toppingsstas for a talk and a book signing... Early bird bookings now available tinyurl.com/bdhn6tct

#booksigning #detectivefiction #graphicnovel

Out in two days! #TheRussianDetective @jonathancape @capegraphic novels... Link in bio #graphicnovels #art #illustration #illustratednovels #crimefiction

Read the new blog of University of St Andrews Research & Impact about the creative relationship between Claire Whitehead and Carol Adlam and the development of Adlam's graphic novel.

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Pre-orders now available of The Russian Detective (Jonathan Cape/ Penguin), a nineteenth-century crime fiction graphic novel featuring Charlie Fox, liar, trickster and thief. Hardback and ebook version available. shorturl.at/cvLS5

📢NEW ARTICLE: 'Bodies of Evidence: The Depiction of Violence Against Female Characters in Late Imperial Russian Crime Fiction' by Claire Whitehead and Grace Docherty (@StAModLangs.) Read the article Open Access via the MLO site: bit.ly/BodofEv #russianstudies

I'm sorry to say I've had to postpone my talk with Claire Whitehead Byre World Byre Theatre tomorrow evening because of illness. More details on rescheduling soon!

Come along to our upcoming event 'Lost Detectives'🕵️ with Claire Whitehead & Carol Adlam as they discuss the forthcoming graphic novel adaptation of 19th-c Russian crime fiction!

🔎 Wednesday 2 November, 6pm, The Byre Theatre

Claire Whitehead Carol Adlam Modern Languages at St Andrews Byre Theatre

Should you find yourself at a loose end next Weds (2 Nov) in St Andrews, I'll be speaking about my graphic novel 'The Russian Detective' with Claire Whitehead Lost Detectives Modern Languages at St Andrews Cape Graphic Novels Byre Theatre

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Another behind-the-scenes look at my ongoing graphic novel for Jonathan Cape #TheRussianDetective - I had fun making a real peepshow showing (spoilers) Something Terrible About to Happen #graphicnovel

A small tribute to the early days of comics in my graphic novel The Russian Detective Cape Graphic Novels Claire Whitehead #workinprogress #illustration #graphicnovel