The City
Writing and photographs from Venice
Venice is more than the Rialto, the Piazza San Marco and gondolas on the Grand Canal. As a long-term visitor and writer setting stories in the city, David knows it better than most. Here he will bring alive the private, local Venice of his books, the real-life calli and campi, the outer islands, the other side of an extraordinary community deep in history and culture, a world in miniature waiting to be explored.
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Carpaccio’s Dog — A Free Short Story
A free short story set in Castello on a bitter January night, adapted from Carnival for the Dead — download it as an ebook when you subscribe.
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The Zattere: A Walk from San Basilio to the Punta della Dogana
Forget the crowds in San Marco and Rialto. There’s a lovely walk you can make to escape them along a broad promenade with beautiful views and piles of history. This is the Zattere which runs along the Giudecca Canal from San Basilio to the famous viewpoint at the very tip of the Grand Canal. It’s…
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The Ghosts of Campo Santa Margherita
When I first came to Campo Santa Margherita thirty years ago, there were just a couple of bars and restaurants and the place was dead by nine o’clock. Today it’s one of the busiest patches of nightlife in Venice, thronged with students and spritz-drinkers until the small hours. But its religious past is still there,…
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Out now in German… Das Borgia-Porträt
Delighted to tell you the second Arnold Clover book is now out from my wonderful German publishers, Folio. And isn’t it a lovely edition — just look at those clever maps… Many thanks to everyone at Folio in Vienna and to my translator Birgit Salzmann.
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Venice Noir… what a launch
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 pleasure to put al this together alongside my fellow organisers, Philip Gwynne Jones, Gregory Dowling and Giacomo Brunoro, with the extraordinary generosity and support of…
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Richard Armitage reads The Four Deadly Seasons
Listen to Richard Armitage narrate The Four Deadly Seasons.
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Your November Venice challenge… hunt the castradina
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 woman who’s employed him to research Vivaldi’s supposed memoirs. Over a very unusual meal at a lovely, real restaurant near San Giacomo dell’Orio, the relationship…
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Some ideas for food and drink during Venice Noir
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…
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Out today… The Four Deadly Seasons
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.
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What to see at Venice Noir in English
Venice Noir weekend is rapidly approaching so let me give you a quick guide to the principal book events in English over the weekend.