{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/689b7bcb290bdec8f9696fb1/6a33b5fff1ca90f587ed6c55?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Black Women Are Rewriting Crime Fiction |Nadine Matheson ft. Remi Kone, Mel Pennant & Scarlett Brade","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/689b7bcb290bdec8f9696fb1/1781773548581-c9124c7d-d5a1-4faf-9a3a-c3a74efc06d7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Nadine is joined by three brilliant Black British crime writers for a special live edition of The Conversation. Together they explore the dark, thrilling, and deeply human world of crime fiction  and what it means to be writing it right now.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/remikonewriter/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Remi Kone</a>: TV producer (<em>Killing Eve, Spooks</em>) and author of the DI Leah Hutch series. Her second book, <em>Just Kill</em>, is out now.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.melpennant.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mel Pennant</a>: Solicitor and author of the Miss Hortense Mysteries. Her second book, <em>Miss Hortense and the Last Rites</em>, is out 2nd July.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/scarlettgbrade/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Scarlett Brade</a>: Author of <em>The Hive</em> and the upcoming destination thriller <em>The Carnival</em>, set in Jamaica. Out 16th July.</li></ul><p>In this episode:</p><ul><li>Why crime fiction? All four writers on what drew them to the genre and why it's ultimately hopeful</li><li>How characters take on a life of their own (and refuse to do what you planned)</li><li>Writing Black women front and centre not as victims or side characters, but as leads</li><li>Caribbean culture, patois, and Nine Nights: writing authentically without explanation</li><li>The subgenres of crime: procedural, cozy, psychological, destination thriller and whether we're seeing a new wave</li><li>The darkest things they've Googled for research (white paint, organ scales, and throat-cutting trajectories)</li><li>What their writing and publishing journeys have taught them about themselves</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Books mentioned:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/14776/9781529441376\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Just Kill</em>  - Remi Kone (out now)</a></li><li><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/14776/9781399814423\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Miss Hortense and the Last Rites - </em> Mel Pennant (2nd July</a>)</li><li><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/14776/9781838776794\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Carnival</em> - Scarlett Brade (16th July)</a></li><li><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/14776/9780008359430\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Jigsaw Man</em></a>, <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/14776/9780008359485\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Binding Room</em></a><em> - </em>Nadine Matheson</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Nadine Matheson"}