Tag: crime-fiction

  • Iceland and International Women’s Day 2025

    In the new documentary The Day Iceland Stood Still, director Pamela Hogan revisits October 24, 1975, when 90% of Iceland’s women walked off the job–at work and at home. For one day, they insisted, men could pay attention to how much they did, and how little their contributions were appreciated and rewarded. On International Women’s…

  • Crime Fiction Festivals: A Few Thoughts

    A brief post, today, because deadlines are looming for three writing projects and two reviewing tasks. But I’m also planning a trip, and working out how to be in Stirling for Bloody Scotland in the middle of September. As with most large events held in small-ish cities, finding accommodation is the tricky part, so I’m…