Why I Write I grew up with stories of writing. My mother, aged three, learning to write with a stick in the sand, in a Japanese prison camp where people risked their lives to keep diaries. Writing with stubs of pencil on scraps of cloth and in the… Continue reading
Available Now from Headline. Thank you to the author and publisher for the review copy via BookBridgr Amy Philmore knows something is wrong as she walks home alone through Fort George Hill. When a car pulls up and three men get out, it’s too late to escape. Now she is… Continue reading
Available now from Heron Books. Thank you to the author and publisher for the review copy. Two years on from the events of Dodger, Jack Dawkins is back as top-sawyer with his own gang of petty thieves from Seven Dials. But crime in London has become a serious business –… Continue reading
BOOK BREAK – the new online book show series – Episode 5 Log on during your lunch hour for the fifth of ten monthly shows where author Alexandra Heminsley is joined by J B Morrisson, Tim Winton and Louise Millar who will be talking about their contemporary fiction novels. Broadcast date:… Continue reading
Today an introduction to Netwars: The Code with a guest post from author M Sean Coleman. ABOUT M.SEAN COLEMAN: AUTHOR OF THE BUTTERFLY ATTACK AND THE CODE: M. Sean Coleman was born in the UK and raised in South Africa. He started his career as a writer working for Douglas… Continue reading
After the popularity of the “Why we Read” articles (some of which are still to come) I asked a few lovely authors to do me a guest post about writing. First up is the lovely Liz Fenwick, author of “The Cornish House” and others. Here is what she had to… Continue reading
One of my favourite books of the year so far, The Axemans Jazz was a wonderful tale set in New Orleans and with some amazing characters at its heart. I was lucky enough to get to ask the author a few questions – here is what he had to say…. Continue reading
