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