Yvonne Eve Walus discusses the imminent release of Murder @ Play, a South African murder mystery. On the eve of SA elections this year, the book looks back at the first free and fair elections in 1994 when the mood was optimistic and people embraced the new government. What's changed 15 years on?
Jane Beckenham focuses on the use of settings and dialect in historical writing, with a reference to Sophia James' novels.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Novel-Origins/2009/02/19/New-Zealand-Authors-talking-mystery-and-elections
