David Hewson's Blog

Well, we did it. What a weekend. Some amazing venues, some amazing authors, and Venice too. Thanks so much to everyone who came…. Italian and English speaking. It was a […]

Listen to Richard Armitage narrate The Four Deadly Seasons.

There’s a pivotal scene in The Four Deadly Seasons that, like much of the book, is based on Venetian reality. Arnold Clover has been growing closer to Mia Haas, the […]

We want Venice Noir to be an informal affair where readers, publisher and authors can mix and get to know one another. And here’s the perfect opportunity.

This will, I'm sure, come as a great surprise to all of you but Philip Gwynne Jones and I have been known to partake of food and the odd drink while doing all that necessary book research in Venice. It only seemed fair to share with you a few of our recommendations for finding sustenance during the festival. Or any other time come to that...

The third book in my Venice mystery series is out today in print and ebook from Bloodhound Books. You can find it online and order print versions on the web and through conventional book stores.

Venice Noir weekend is rapidly approaching so let me give you a quick guide to the principal book events in English over the weekend.

Venice Noir 2025 goes live six weeks on Friday… and now you can reserve your free places for the weekend. Please note there was a timing error in the initial […]

Three hundred years ago a child was born near today’s San Samuele vaporetto stop in Venice. He was christened Giacomo Girolamo Casanova and is, perhaps, the most famous Venetian of […]

A cocktail evening with Ian Rankin in Venice