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simon lendrum

@simonlendrum

Writer. Diver. CEO of the Commercial Communications Council.

 Auckland
Joined February 2010
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Plot twist! Many crime readers & writers like a surprise or two along the way, so here's one for ya: 2023 Ngaios double-finalist @simonlendrum joins our Takapuna event! A cracking panel just got even more sizzling. Will be a brilliant evening of thrilling conversation #yeahnoir
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3 sleeps until we uncover who's won #2023Ngaios - from a superb group of finalists - following a criminally fun pub quiz in Dame Ngaio's hometown. Kia ora to all: entrants, judges, @WORDChCh crew, libraries etc who've made this Ngaios season so fab: wordchristchurch.co.nz/progr…
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Auckland author @simonlendrum is an exciting new voice in #yeahnoir, with his debut novel THE SLOW ROLL, starring an unusual private detective who makes most of his living as a poker professional, thrilling both our international panels for Best First Novel and Best Novel.
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Dani chats to four of 16 finalists across three categories for the Ngaio Marsh Awards. Charity Norman, Dahlia Malaeulu, representing Emeli Sione SIONEY, Bede Scott and Simon Lendrum. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcas…
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Greg Fleming@GregFleming410 Jul 2023
Have been lucky enough to get to talk to some great local crime writers. I opened @simonlendrum s debut knowing nothing about him, emerged hours later blown away. Smart, funny, moving and it makes Auckland City feel mysterious and interesting -go read it! #yeahnoir #crimefiction – at Auckland, New Zealand
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NZ Booklovers@NZBooklovers3 Jul 2023
Poker, poverty and the power of storytelling... nzbooklovers.co.nz/post/poke… #nzbooklovers @ngaiomarshaward
Poker, poverty, and the power of storytelling: 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award longlist revealed

Poker, poverty, and the power of storytelling: 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award longlist revealed

A poker-playing sleuth, a poet’s gritty take on life on Aotearoa’s poverty line, a rural mystery entwined with heart-wrenching exploration of dementia, and the long-awaited return of a master of...

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Simon Lendrum's poker-playing sleuth O'Malley rnz.co.nz/national/programme… #yeahnoir @upstartpressnz @simonlendrum #2023Ngaios @radionz
Simon Lendrum's poker-playing sleuth O'Malley

Simon Lendrum's poker-playing sleuth O'Malley

In poker, a slow roll is the ultimate example of bad etiquette. It's when a player knows they've got the best hand but waits until their opponent thinks they've won the pot before showing the winning...

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After a tough judging process thanks to a fascinating array of entrants, we're stoked to reveal the longlist for the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel. Kia ora rawa atu to all our fab entrants & whakamihi to the #yeahnoir storytellers who've made the #2023Ngaios longlist.
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After thrilling evenings of criminally good convo in Cambridge and Napier last week, our nationwide #MysteryInTheLibrary series continues this week with events in Takapuna on Wednesday, New Lynn on Thursday, and Pt Chev, Rangiora, and Dunedin this Friday. Kia ora all #yeahnoir
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MITL news: we've confirmed a fresh and fun panel for our Fri 26 May event in Pt Chev, Auckland. Debut authors Les Allen & @simonlendrum will join #2022Ngaios finalist @KasmaraAng and Auckland author Diane Robinson for a chat chaired by @ParsingThePage. More soon #yeahnoir
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NZ Booklovers@NZBooklovers4 Apr 2023
When your first novel is an award winner! 🙌 In today's author Q&A we meet Simon Lendrum 👇 nzbooklovers.co.nz/post/inte… #nzbooklovers @upstartpressnz
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Whakamihi (congrats) @simonlendrum! What terrific news, as his debut novel THE SLOW ROLL wins @NZBooklovers Fiction Award 2023. Great to see #yeahnoir being embraced by readers, critics, and awards locally and overseas. We've got some tremendous storytellers. #2023Ngaios
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✨✨✨ CONGRATULATIONS! ✨✨✨ "Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll is a stunning crime novel with real emotional heft..." the judges say. #nzbooklovers @upstartpressnz
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✨✨✨ CONGRATULATIONS! ✨✨✨ "Simon Lendrum's The Slow Roll is a stunning crime novel with real emotional heft..." the judges say. #nzbooklovers @upstartpressnz
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A debut novel, rescued from the slush pile, that introduces "an exciting new voice in commercial crime fiction to New Zealand readers". Ad exec turned author @simonlendrum chatted to @nzbookcouncil about THE SLOW ROLL: read-nz.org/new-zealand-book… #yeahnoir #2023Ngaios
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Congratulations to all the shortlistees for the 2023 @NZBooklovers Awards, particularly our #yeahnoir pals @davidbishop, @FionaSussman & @simonlendrum, plus past multiple-times Ngaios finalist Paddy Richardson (for her latest brilliant historical novel).
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Set in Auckland, there's murder, drug-dealing, laundering, police and gangs! nzbooklovers.co.nz/post/the-… #nzbooklovers @upstartpressnz
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📚Next on our Frankfurt @Book_Fair stand is @upstartpressnz. Upstart is an independent publisher, staffed by veterans of multi-national publishing. Upstart publishes trade titles in fiction, non-fiction and children’s categories. 👉bit.ly/3gfREoT #FrankfurtBookFair
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M+AD!@maddailynz17 Jul 2022
Simon Lendrum pens a crime thriller – AUCKLAND, Today: Comms Council ceo Simon Lendrum last week released his first novel – a 390-page crime thriller called The Slow Roll. is.gd/QzOVW0
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"At some point towards the end of level 3 of lockdown, I had a first draft." @simonlendrum talks about writing #TheSlowRoll on @NZStuff stuff.co.nz/entertainment/bo…
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@simonlendrum's debut novel The Slow Roll, about Auckland private eye O'Malley, will be on library shelves soon! You can read a review by @KeteBooks here: bit.ly/3OnbJVK And you can place your reserve here: bit.ly/3B1gNMf #readnz
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