It's Tess Gerritsen month at Million for a Morgue! Tess has given us a whole box of signed Rizzoli and Isles gear which can be yours - vote at www.millionforamorgue.com for a chance to win it. read more

We are very excited to be offering some (ahem) dead exciting lots. Looking for global fame and posterity? Look no further... Not only will you, or the person of your choice, be immortalised by one of the best-selling authors of our time, but you will be making an enormous contribution to the advance of medical research and training in the UK by building the first morgue in the country to use the Thiel method of embalming.   read more

We're now at the mid-point of the Million for a Morgue campaign, so we thought it would be a good time to give you an update of what Professor Black and her team at CAHID have spent the first 6 months of their year doing:   read more

To celebrate the publication of Kathy Reich's latest Dr Temperence Brennan book, Bones are Forever, we have a fantastic prize for one donor this month: a script of an episode of the US tv series, Bones, written by Kathy herself and signed by the entire cast. You know what you need to do: vote for whichever author you would like to have the morgue named after them before 31 August, and it could be yours. read more

We have a winner for the Jeffery Deaver comp: Jill Sunter from Glenrothes.  And one lucky June donor will be pulled out of the hat at the end of the month to win a pair of tickets to the mighty Crimefest in May 2013 and some signed books by Million for a Morgue authors.   read more

To win tickets to crimefest, all you have to do is vote for your favourite author. One lucky voter will be picked from the hat and will win two full passes to Crimefest. read more

We have a fantastic Jeffery Deaver prize this month to celebrate the launch of his new Kathryn Dance novel, XO. The novel sets Kathryn on a quest to stop an obsessive stalker from destroying a beautiful young country singer, Kayleigh Townes. Before becoming a globally bestselling author, Jeffery Deaver was a folksinger and he has recorded a collection of 'Kayleigh Townes' songs in Nashville to complement the book. read more

The winner of our April prize of an iPod loaded with Tom Thorne's playlist and tickets to Crimefest 2013 goes to Jill Sunter from Glenrothes. read more

A big thank you to the people at Hotel Du Vin in Brighton who are supporting the campaign and will be putting up Jan Newey and her friend when they go for lunch with Peter James.  It is, genuinely, the nicest hotel in Brighton, so check it out: Hotel Du Vin, Brighton read more

Adam & Sue West from Sheffield were our March competition winners and will be going down to Bristol's Crimefest to meet Lee Child very soon. Congratulations! read more

We have a great prize for April voters to the campaign... You can win an iPod loaded with some of DC Tom Thorne's favourite music (as recorded by Mark Billingham) and two weekend passes to Crimefest 2012. So get voting, and we'll pick someone out of the hat at the end of the month.   read more

The winner for February's competition is Jay Leffew, from Erith in Kent, who said 'WHAT!!! You have to be kidding me!' on hearing that she'd won. We think she was rather pleased... Stuart MacBride will take Jay and a friend around the grisliest spots Aberdeen has to offer. Congratulations! read more

Our author of the month for March is the amazing Lee Child, creator of Jack Reacher and most borrowed author from British libraries in 2011. And we have a great prize for any devoted Reacher's Creatures out there. One lucky voter will be picked from the hat at the end of March, and will win two full passes to Crimefest with the opportunity to meet Lee. read more

ShortbreadStories.co.uk, an online community where writers can showcase their work and receive feedback, advice and mentoring, has launched a short story competition to raise funds for Million for a Morgue.  Everyone who donates to Million for a Morgue via a special link will get the chance to enter their story into a competition.  More info can be found at http://www.shortbrea read more

Here's Stuart's plan: 'For a writer, there's nothing quite like a good excuse to get out of the house, and this one's perfect. Not only do we all get to raise money for a really important cause, we get to go out and tour Aberdeen, poke our noses into its seedy fictional underbelly, then nip off to the nearest pub for a bit of fortification before moving on to the next scene. Think of it as a semi-educational stag-night, only without the general rowdiness, stripper, and inevitable kebab. What's not to love?'   read more

Janet Newey from Cannock will be having a lunch cooked for her by Peter James very soon... Congratulations Janet, have a great time. read more

Bestselling crime writer Peter James is offering a `dead good’ dinner to one lucky donor to the University of Dundee’s `Million For A Morgue’ campaign.   Everyone who registers a vote in Million For A Morgue before the end of December will go into a draw for the prize. Each vote costs £1, which goes towards the target of £1million to help build a new morgue at Dundee’s world-renowned Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, headed by Professor Sue Black.   read more

The University’s Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHId) has played a key role in helping solve one of the UK’s most infamous murder cases of recent times - the case of `jigsaw killer' Stephen Marshall, who murdered businessman Jeffrey Howe in March 2009 and scattered his body parts in locations around Hertfordshire and Leicestershire.  The ITV4 show 'Real Crime', which can be viewed at www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/  features interviews with the CAHId team and police officers and& read more

Million for a Morgue was used as the subject matter for the 'National Anthem' on the Steve Lamacq show.  Viewers were invited to think of songs that relate to the topic of 'crime writers competing to have a morgue named after them'.  You can listen to the show via iPlayer at www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016lbxb.  Million for a Morgue is mentioned throughout the show (the chosen song is announced at around the 115 minute mark for those who don't want to listen to the whole show). read more

These stylish University of Dundee Lapel badges are now on sale at the very reasonable price of £2 each. All proceeds go to the Million For A Morgue campaign. Visit the University's Online Shop to purchase. read more

After a false start due to Wimbledon, the second series of History Cold Case aired on BBC 2 on 30th June featuring Professor Sue Black and her team at the Centre for Human Anatomy and Identification at the University of Dundee. read more

Professor Black and Val launched the Million For A Morgue campaign during their very successful talk at the Borders Book Festival on 18th June. read more