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Livia’s Poison Pen
A new week and a new website! For those of you just finding me, I write far more frequently under my other (less poisonous) pen name over at Stitching Words, but that is a fairly Livia-lite kind of...
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Killer Reads: The Quick & the Thread, by Amanda Lee
One of my favourite things in the world is a cozy mystery, especially one with a connection to craft (though any book with an obsessive protagonist is usually my cup of tea). So I was delighted to...
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New Cover for A Trifle Dead!
I’ll admit I was nervous when I heard there was ‘tweaking’ going on with the cover of my book, because I had just been showing it off to everyone I met at Genrecon and hearing so much positive feedback...
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Book Launches! Two for the price of one
A Trifle Dead will be officially launched on Thursday 28 March 2013, in two different states! The Tasmanian launch is at 5:30-7pm at the Hobart Bookshop, Salamanca Square, Hobart. No need to RSVP, just...
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Angela Slatter Talks Sassy Crime!
Angela Slatter has interviewed me about writing as Livia Day (among my other writings as TansyRR) and coins the phrase Sassy Crime to describe my new books. I like it! And here’s a snippet from the...
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Random and Uncharted
My author copy arrived yesterday! Very happy with it. It arrived packaged with chocolate, and my publisher informs me that this is now official policy – chocolate will be delivered with books. When I...
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Sneak Peek: A Trifle Dead by Livia Day
My awesome mother has given me a brilliant present in honour of the release of my new novel – a throw cushion based on the cover design of A Trifle Dead! She’s even included little bobbly cherry stems....
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A Trifle Dead – the launch speech
Getting the signature rightA Trifle Dead was well and truly launched on Thursday – with a cavalcade of macarons and trifles over in Perth, thanks to the organisation skills of Tamara (and the launching...
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Something Rotten in the Apple Isle! (Sisters in Crime)
So, that crime-writing alter ego of mine has a pretty exciting weekend coming up in a few weeks. Those of you likely to be in Melbourne on 14th June, check out this awesome Sisters in Crime event!...
View ArticleA Trifle Dead Book Trailer
I’m so delighted by this – students at Curtin University created a book trailer for A Trifle Dead for one of their in-class projects. Delicious, cheeky and just a little bit bloodthirsty – it perfectly...
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Murder on the Links July 2013
Some crime-related links I have been gathering! I’m always on the look out for new crime/murder mystery blogs to follow, so please recommend some in the comments. Penguin have reissued 50 classic crime...
View ArticleChoose Your Own City Adventure!
Do you remember the old Choose Your Own Adventure books? How would you like to do one in real life? I’m taking part in a new collaborative writing project where myself and some other fantastic genre...
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Darling Detectives: Trixie Belden
I’ve been meaning for some time to start a series of blog posts devoted to my favourite detectives – and since it’s Children’s Book Week here in Australia, I thought it would be a great time to start...
View ArticleMurder on the Links: August 2013
The Australian Women Writers Reading Challenge round up of Crime Reviews. The Guardian looks at the crime inspiration of West Australian writers, and also how crime fiction is changing (with added...
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Crimescene WA
I’m very pleased to announce that I will be a guest at this year’s Crimescene WA, from the 11-12 October 2014 in Perth. Headlining this year will be Michael Robotham, Livia Day and Julie Szego....
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