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Interviewed by Imagining History website, 2024
2024

Description "Prepare the party poppers, slice the sandwiches, and roll out the red carpet as we are delighted to be welcoming author D. V. Bishop back to the Imagining History Blog.

David has become something of a regular over the last few years; telling us about about his superb 'Cesare Aldo' Historical Fiction series back in 2022, as well as providing us with a handy guide to survive in Renaissance Florence a year later. To celebrate the release of his latest book, 'A Divine Fury', David has returned to regale us with the story of the infamous Medici Family!"
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Creative Practice Research
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://www.imagininghistory.co.uk/post/who-was-the-medici-family-a-historical-masterclass-with-author-d-v-bishop

Guest contributor to Historia Magazine's 2024 Summer Reads
2024

Description "We asked eight well-loved authors of both historical fiction and non-fiction to each suggest a couple of books they recommend for history lovers to enjoy reading over the summer. They’ve come up with an inspiring mix of books they’ve loved and books they’re looking forward to reading themselves, some just published, and a few old favourites. We hope you get some good summer reading ideas from our list."
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Creative Practice Research
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://www.historiamag.com/historical-books-for-summer-reading-2024/

Guest speaker on 'The Past is a Foreign Country' panel at 2024 Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate
2024

Description "We journey to a time of dastardly deeds to learn what the criminal past can tell us about the criminal present." Panel with Ambrose Parry, Anna Mazzola and D V Bishop, chaired by Laura Shepherd-Robinson.
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Creative Practice Research
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://x.com/davidbishop/status/1814323368235012352

Guest on the Rock, Paper, Swords! podcast 2024
2024

Description "D. V. Bishop is the author of the award-winning Cesare Aldo historical thrillers set in Renaissance Florence. The Aldo novels have won the Crime Writers’ Association Historical Dagger and the NZ Booklovers Prize, been shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, and longlisted for many more awards."
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Creative Practice Research
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dv-bishop-author-of-the-cesare-aldo-novels-also/id1631182936?i=1000662712441

'Ritual of Fire' wins 2024 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel
2024

Description The third Cesare Aldo novel RITUAL OF FIRE won the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel, a prize that celebrates excellence in New Zealand crime, mystery, and thriller writing.

The award was announced at the WORD Festival in Christchurch on August 28th. The Best Debut Award went to Dice by Claire Bayliss, while the Award for Best Kids-YA Book went to Miracle by Jennifer Lane.

RITUAL OF FIRE was chosen by an international judging panel of experts. The other finalists were: Dice by Claire Bayliss, The Caretaker by Gabriel Bergmoser, Pet by Catherine Chidgey, Devil’s Breath by Jill Johnson, Going Zero by Anthony McCarten, and Expectant by Vanda Symon.
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Creative Practice Research
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://goodreadingmagazine.com.au/book-briefs/2024-ngaio-marsh-award-winners-revealed/

Guest on Dead Giveaways at 2024 Theakston's Crime Writing Festival
2024

Description "Brilliant, bestselling authors D V Bishop and Laura Shepherd-Robinson discuss all things historical crime fiction on Saturday 20 July at 2pm in the Pan Macmillan Dead Giveaways tent at the Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate."
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Creative Practice Research
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://x.com/panmacmillan/status/1813865076987716089

Guest on The Power of 3 podcast Episode 248
2024

Description We're turning back the clock to 1996, as we find out just Who Killed Kennedy. We have an exclusive chat with author David (D. V.) Bishop about this often-forgotten gem and his new historical thriller A Divine Fury.
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Creative Practice Research
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://soundcloud.com/powerof3pod/248-who-killed-kennedy?ref=clipboard&p=a&c=1&si=3163a661cbce4d69ad200f80c65d420c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Edinburgh launch event for A Divine Fury
2024

Description "Join us in Renaissance Florence to celebrate the launch of the new historical thriller A Divine Fury - the fourth book in the Cesare Aldo mysteries from CWA Historical Dagger-winning author D. V. Bishop.

A religious serial killer is haunting Florence and only Cesare Aldo can stop them. A Divine Fury is an atmospheric, immersive historical thriller set against the backdrop of the Medici dynasty in 1530s Florence."
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Creative Practice Research
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/d-v-bishop-a-divine-fury-book-launch

'A Divine Fury' previewed by Crime Fiction Lover website
2024

Description "Let’s head to Florence in the autumn of 1539, where Cesare Aldo, once an officer for the city’s most feared criminal court, has been demoted to patrolling the streets after dark. One rainy night he comes across a man lying dead at the feet of Michaelangelo’s David. The body has been posed to look like a crucifixion, so there were clearly religious motives. As more bodies appear much to the consternation of the Florentine citizens, it is clear that Aldo is up against an unholy murderer who is preparing to strike again… and again. An intriguing slice of historical crime by CWA Dagger winner DV Bishop, A Divine Fury is published on 20 June."
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Creative Practice Research
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://crimefictionlover.com/2024/06/on-the-radar-wrong-hands-right-good-reads/

Guest on The Hobcast Book Show Ep. 184, 2024
2024

Description There seems to be a theme emerging on The Hobcast Book Show. Iet's amazing how many guests begin their literary careers in comics and graphic novels. That's certainly the case for our guest this week, D.V. Bishop. David was the youngest editor ever of the celebrated 2000 AD comic. As he explains, many of the lessons he learned from that experience have given him advantages as a novelist and creative writing course leader. Author of the Historical Dagger-winning Cesare Aldo series of historical crime novels set in Renaissance Florence, David's evocative recreation of the city at its height in the 16th century has gained him many admirers. As he explains in this illuminating interview, his passion for literature was forged in his New Zealand upbringing - where finding books to read involved a lengthy bike ride to access the mobile library service once a week.
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Creative Practice Research
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://shows.acast.com/the-hobcast-book-show/episodes/184-renaissance-florence-meets-judge-dredd-with-dv-bishop

'Ritual of Fire' shortlisted for the 2024 NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Fiction
2024

Description RITUAL OF FIRE by D V Bishop was shortlisted for the 2024 NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Fiction. Judges' comments: ‘In Renaissance Florence, under a sweltering summer sun, a series of brutal murders are unfolding. A wealthy merchant is hanged and set on fire in the main city square. Bishop seamlessly blends a tense thriller with a wealth of historical details. The central duo of Aldo and Strocchi, helped and hindered by various investigating constables, must put aside their differences and work together to solve crimes that span both the city and the surrounding countryside. The sort of mystery that keeps you gripped right to the end.’
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Creative Practice Research
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/2024-awards

Guest speaker on 'Award-Winners' panel at Granite Noir 2024
2024

Description Granite Noir 2024: Award Winners
Chaired by Peggy Hughes

Callum McSorley’s debut novel, Squeaky Clean – inspired by his years working at a car wash in Glasgow’s East End – was shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize and became the youngest ever winner of the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year.

Sophie White is a novelist, essayist and podcaster from Dublin. Her sixth book, and debut horror, Where I End – novel about being bound by the blood knot of family – won the Shirley Jackson Award for best novel.

DV Bishop’s The Darkest Sin won the CWA 2023 Historical Dagger Award. Ritual of Fire is the third novel in the Cesare Aldo series – Growing religious fervour and a scorching heatwave drives Florence ever closer to madness, while someone is stalking powerful men
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Creative Practice Research
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/granite-noir-2024-award-winners/

In Conversation with Kate Foster & D V Bishop event
2024

Description Kate Foster joins us to celebrate the paperback release of her compelling novel, The Maiden. Inspired by a real life case, The Maiden gives a voice to women otherwise silenced by history.

Edinburgh, October 1679. Lady Christian Nimmo is arrested and charged with the murder of her lover, James Forrester. News of her imprisonment and subsequent trial is splashed across the broadsides, with headlines that leave little room for doubt: Adulteress. Whore. Murderess.

Only a year before, Christian was leading a life of privilege and respectability. So what led her to risk everything for an affair? And does that make her guilty of murder? She wasn’t the only woman in Forrester’s life, and certainly not the only one who might have had cause to wish him dead...

Inspired by a real life case, The Maiden gives a voice to women otherwise silenced by history. Told through chapters narrated alternately by Christian and Violet, the prostitute Forrester kept as a mistress, it’s a remarkable story, and clearly marks Kate Foster as a name to watch.

D.V. Bishop, author of the award-winning Cesare Aldo historical thrillers set in Renaissance Florence, joins Kate for what is sure to be a great night.
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Creative Practice Research
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://www.waterstones.com/events/in-conversation-kate-foster-and-d-v-bishop/edinburgh-west-end

'Ritual of Fire' shortlisted for Bookmark Book Festival 2024 Book of the Year
2024

Description Six novels have been shortlisted for the Bookmark Book Festival 2024 Book of the Year prize: Clear by Carys Davies; Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie; Columba's Bones by David Greig; All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker; Ritual of Fire by D V Bishop; and The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson. This award focuses on ideal books for book group discussions.
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Creative Practice Research
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://twitter.com/gewylie/status/1763548251305746845

Speaker at Gender & Sexuality Research Symposium
2024

Description Gender & Sexuality Research Symposium at Edinburgh Napier University, March 2024: David Bishop (Creative Writing) will speak about his creative writing PhD, instigation into the scarcity of queer sleuths in historical mystery fiction set before the Victorian era, and the politics of outing and authorship.
Research Areas Literature
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Creative Practice Research
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries