Saki Blogs

Part of the reason for setting up the new AustCrimeFiction site was being able to amalgamate a lot of activities in one place - backwards"ing" and forwards"ing" between here and the old wiki and the forums package and around in circles was giving me hea… more »

I've started placing most of the new announcements of goings on in Australasian (and really any other) crime fiction on the main site. http://www.austcrimefiction.org/forum/957 You can now pick that up as an RSS feed from that location as well if… more »

Just posted a review of this interesting, startling debut book from Australian Author Chris Womersley: http://www.austcrimefiction.org/node/2755 more »

After enjoying this book immensely, I've finally had time to put together some random thoughts in the form of a review on the main site: http://www.austcrimefiction.org/node/2745 more »

I mentioned earlier I think that I've been reading this great anthology of short stories from the Local Sisters in Crime Chapter - I've finally started making very restricted comments at: http://www.austcrimefiction.org/node/2678 It's hard to say… more »

Originally published in 1887 - this book is very much a contemporary of Fergus Humes' The Mystery of the Hansom Cab. Francis Adams briefly lived in Melbourne before returning to England. Full review of the book at: http://www.austcrimefiction.org/n… more »

Just posted a Review of this really fascinating Crime in Verse novel at: http://www.austcrimefiction.org/node/2626 more »

On the main site again: http://www.austcrimefiction.org/node/2613 Full review posted. more »

Just posted a review of this over on the main site: http://www.austcrimefiction.org/node/2601 more »

Phew - finished writing up the festival: http://www.austcrimefiction.org/node/2487 and http://www.austcrimefiction.org/node/2531 more »

Just posted on the main site: http://www.austcrimefiction.org/node/2497 more »

If anyone's still awake :) - a quick ramble through our next full day at the Festival: http://www.austcrimefiction.org/node/2469 more »

FINALLY - a bit of a ramble through a coolish August night in a tent with a lot of people obsessed with killing ?fictional? characters: http://www.austcrimefiction.org/node/2462 more »

http://www.austcrimefiction.org/node/2456 Muttering away over on the main site - as you can see I'm doing everything possible to NOT go panel by panel :) more »

Review just posted at: http://www.austcrimefiction.org/node/2454 more »

Well Melbourne Writers Festival has ended again for another year and there's something very very sad about that - even though my feet hurt and my head is stuffed with cotton wool from the cold I caught... another great year which we'll slowly report on… more »