Rotorua Noir

JP (Josh) Pomare (Ngapuhi) grew up in Rotorua, losing his mother to cancer at 11 and leaving home at 15. He dropped out of a BA degree in Wellington before moving to Melbourne, where he has laboured… Audio

The country's first crime writing festival, Rotorua Noir is on this weekend. Participants will hear from international and local crime writers and gain more clues along the way about the elements of… Audio

Ninety-one years ago the writer SS Van Dine published 20 rules for aspiring detective writers. No love interests, for example. No wilful tricks or deceptions to be played on the reader.  Audio