by DETECt Project | Aug 19, 2020 | News
The pleasure of reading crime fiction In crime fiction, being bothered by the fact that we don’t know the meaning of words, facts, situations, and contexts, is hardly seen as an issue. As a matter of fact, nobody cares. What matters is the pleasure of reading. Jan...
by DETECt Project | Jun 14, 2020 | News
DETECting crime fiction authors in Paris The city of Paris has inspired many generations of crime fiction authors from Europe and beyond. Here we look at three African American crime fiction authors who wrote from or about the City of Light. Álvaro Luna (University of...
by DETECt Project | May 22, 2020 | News
Crime fiction Is it possible to argue that the popularity of crime fiction in today’s society depends on its capability to disclose layers and meanings of reality that nonfiction is not capable of revealing? And that the real literary sociologists of today are those...
by DETECt Project | Feb 24, 2020 | News
L'Europe du Polar The exhibition will run from March 6th to December 31th, 2020 at the Bibliothèque des littératures policières. Admission is free. Closed on Sundays, Mondays and holidays. Website: https://europedupolar.paris.fr/ Download the English or French press...
by DETECt Project | Feb 12, 2020 | News
New scholarly report on locations and place branding in European crime narratives calls for increased policy incentives towards less used locations across the continent. Download the report Download the report “Location marketing and cultural tourism” The...
