- Euro Crime has been posting a 3-part interview with Don Bartlett, the translator of Jo Nesbø and K O Dahl's crime fiction books from Norwegian to English. Nesbø and Don Bartlett have been shortlisted with a CWA Dagger Award, and in light of the wave of Scandinavian mystery novels over the past few years, it's interesting to hear from one of the folks who make it possible for English-speakers to enjoy those works, too.
- Speaking of Scandinavian crime fiction, Crime Scraps is reporting that the Swedish Crime Academy have selected the nominees for this year's best translated crime novel (the Martin Beck Award) and the best Swedish crime novel.
- Mystery Fanfare has news of a a mystery writing workshop in Berkeley featuring Cornelia Read, coming up November 21st and 22nd. Meanwhile thousands of miles away, Big Beat From Badsville has a link to an event for writers which combines a writing workshop with forensic science in Edinburgh.
- Deborah Elliott-Upton offers up 10 Myths About a Writer's Life at Criminal Brief, while Martin Edwards talks about how writers research place.
- Laura James over at Clews, makes note of three new regional true crime story collections focusing on southern Indiana, Miami, and Cincinnati. For short-story markets and news, Sandra Seamans has some updates.
- From Bish's Beat comes word of a bit of Australian Noir, an article by Ryan K. Linday in an upcoming issue of Crimina, the crime comic from Sean Phillips and Ed Brubackers.
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