A joyous shout out for parkrun UK - the most uplifting, accessible, everyone-welcome, non-intimidating, low hassle, free bit of community spirit, encouragement, sociability and exercise that you could wish for. 🧵...

Love to see this in the hands of readers!
While it's my name on the cover it's really about all the wonderful Aussie & Kiwi storytellers who crafted some cool crime and thriller tales for our groundbreaking anthology (now antho series). #DarkDeedsDownUnder

Follow ex-New Zealand detective Hana Westerman as she fights to uncover the truth about a past murder and a shocking new mystery. Return to Blood by Michael Bennett is out now amzn.to/4aGTZQv

It’s #FridayReads time! Today we boost all signals and beat the algorithm. RT this and let us know what to RT for you. I have some grief, monsters, cults, violence, and mayhem for you. It’s cheap, too! Get some. Go ahead, share what you love.
amazon.com/gp/aw/d/031642…

Get ready! The grand finale is coming - 15 episodes beginning July 18th! #CobraKai Season6 #Netflix #CobraKai

How far will you go to celebrate National Walking Month? Don't go anywhere before visiting the Stableyard Secondhand Bookshop where you'll find inspiration in our OS maps and glorious books.
The Bookshop is open 10am-3pm every day and all proceeds go towards caring for the park💚

Had a great time last night at the Ngaio Marsh Awards Murder In The Library event in the historic Warkworth Masonic Hall in the heart of Brokenwood country. Thanks to everyone involved.

A quiet town. A fresh start. But trouble always follows ex-detective Hana Westerman. And it's not long before she needs to solve a two-decade-old murder. Return to Blood by Michael Bennett, novelist & filmmaker is out now in hardback. Order here: amzn.to/4aGTZQv

Hell yeah!

WINTER COUNTS by David Heska Wanbli Weiden (writing! semi-hiatus)
(Lakota)
Cash Blackbear books by marcie rendon (Chippewa)
Hana Westerman books by Michael Bennett, novelist & filmmaker (Ngati Whakaue)
Indian Lake books by Stephen Graham Jones (Blackfeet)
BLOOD MATTERS by Renée (Ngati Kahungunu)
IN THE CLEARING etc by JP Pomare
Crime Writers of Color

Kia ora to all who tuned into #DarkDeedsDownUnder livestream, esp with tech gremlins Great chat about power of storytelling & more with 13 DDDU2 authors. If missed it, can watch replay: facebook.com/dani.ruth.deeb… Fab to have 13 DDDU2 contributors there & Stephen Ross to rep Vol 1

This is amazing advice not just for screenwriters, but for authors.

Meet many of the authors involved with new anthology #DarkDeedsDownUnder2 at an online celebration and livestream tomorrow, 7.30pm Sydney/Melb, 9.30pm New Zealand, 10.30am UK time. Tune in here: facebook.com/events/7449312… #yeahnoir #AussieNoir Clan Destine Press Dani Vee Books - Words & Nerds Pod

Kia ora booklovers! Meet many of the authors involved with our new anthology #DarkDeedsDownUnder2 at an online launch celebration and livestream tomorrow, 7.30pm Sydney/Melb, 9.30pm New Zealand, 10.30am UK time. Would love to 'see' you there. Tune in here: facebook.com/events/7449312…

Meet the authors and editor Craig Sisterson in this epic line up of creators for Dark Deeds Down Under 2, a crime anthology you don’t want to miss!

Join the conversation! There will be a chance for you to ask questions.

Thursday 2 May at 7.30pm 🔥

Come join us tomorrow for an online celebration of the launch of #DarkDeedsDownUnder2 . Timing-wise that'll be 9.30pm in Aotearoa, 10.30am in UK, etc.
helen FITZGERALD Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦 Clan Destine Press Charity Norman Jack Heath 📚 Jennifer Lane Michael Botur @thecubapress #yeahnoir

I'm revisiting a cool i/v I did with Eli Cranor. An exciting newer voice in rural noir (subgenre I love), Eli referenced some #SouthernFiction writers I've yet to read (Harry Crews, Flannery O'Connor, Jesmyn Ward). Where should I start with each? S.A.Cosby? Eryk Pruitt?

Hope you enjoy the read, Ian. Lots of exciting storytellers packed into one book.

Today's book mail is the 2nd collection of Antipodean short stories collected by Craig Sisterson ft a raft of very talented authors.
1) Craig Sisterson - Dark Deeds Down Under Vol 2

thespinoff.co.nz/books/29-04-20…