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Five Books with Strong Voices which I’ve Loved Recently by Liz Webb
9 July, 2024
All the books I’ve especially loved reading recently have very strong distinctive main characters and voices. Like them or loathe them, we are drawn along by their idiosyncrasy and charisma. That’s what I love reading and what I aspire to create with my own writing. In my second novel THE SAVED, the story is told […]
Jess Armstrong introduces Ruby Vaughn and The Curse of Penryth Hall
4 June, 2024
This month, we are delighted to introduce debut author Jess Armstrong and the memorable heroine of The Curse of Penryth Hall, Ruby Vaughn. Ruby has faced her share of drama and trauma at the pinnacle of American high society and behind the wheel of an ambulance on the Western Front. Life as an antiquarian bookseller […]
GIVEAWAY: Take a tour of Paris with three Allison & Busby books
9 May, 2024
Do you have a hankering to get away from it all this spring? May we suggest that you armchair travel with one of A&B’s recent titles which makes Paris its atmospheric setting. Jim Eldridge, author of Murder at the Louvre, says he wrote the tenth instalment in the Museum Mysteries series as a love letter […]
Guest post: Denny S. Bryce discusses what led her to THE OTHER PRINCESS
1 March, 2024
We are delighted to welcome our February Author of the Month, Denny S. Bryce, to the blog to chart her journey to writing her biographical historical fiction novel The Other Princess which is inspired by the remarkable life of Queen Victoria’s African Goddaughter. History can take surprising paths to reveal itself, even for a history […]
My favourite authors – A guest blog post by Jacqueline Winspear
12 October, 2023
To celebrate the launch of The White Lady in paperback last month, we asked Jacqueline Winspear who her favourite authors are. It’s an interesting question – which authors have inspired you? I have been an avid reader since early childhood, though I know every writer says pretty much the same thing . However, I have […]
Writing the ‘Blind Detective’ series – A guest blog post from Christina Koning
3 October, 2023
Our Author of the Month for October is Christina Koning, author of the Blind Detective series. This month, we publish two more books in the ongoing interwar series – Murder in Cambridge and Murder in Barcelona. In this blog post, Christina reflects upon writing the series. When, in 2014, I started writing the first book […]
Crimes of the past – A guest blog post from Jim Kelly
18 July, 2023
As Jim Kelly is our Author of the Month for July, we asked him to write a blog post on writing crime fiction. I am – apparently – an author of historical crime. I am not sure how this happened, or why, but I’m enjoying it a lot. The Eden Brooke series is set in […]
Morðor heo writ / Murder She Writes – A guest blog post from Sarah Hawkswood as part of National Crime Reading Month
20 June, 2023
To celebrate National Crime Reading Month (June 2023) we will be showcasing our finest crime series from the Allison & Busby bookshelves. Each week, we will be spotlighting a different crime series and bringing you exclusive content from the authors themselves. National Crime Reading Month aims to bring crime writing, old and new, to the […]
A guest blog post from Stephanie Austin as part of National Crime Reading Month
13 June, 2023
To celebrate National Crime Reading Month (June 2023) we will be showcasing our finest crime series from the Allison & Busby bookshelves. Each week, we will be spotlighting a different crime series and bringing you exclusive content from the authors themselves. National Crime Reading Month aims to bring crime writing, old and new, to the […]
A guest blog post from Graham Bartlett as part of National Crime Reading Month
31 May, 2023
To celebrate National Crime Reading Month (June 2023) we will be showcasing our finest crime series from the Allison & Busby bookshelves. Each week, we will be spotlighting a different crime series and bringing you exclusive content from the authors themselves. National Crime Reading Month aims to bring crime writing, old and new, to the […]
Unexpected Detectives in Fiction – A guest blog post from Christina Koning as part of National Crime Reading Month
26 May, 2023
To celebrate National Crime Reading Month (June 2023) we will be showcasing our finest crime series from the Allison & Busby bookshelves. Each week, we will be spotlighting a different crime series and bringing you exclusive content from the authors themselves. National Crime Reading Month aims to bring crime writing, old and new, to the […]
Buried Treasure – A guest blog post from Mike Hollow
2 May, 2023
To celebrate the publication of The Camden Murder in paperback this month, we asked Mike Hollow to share a guest blog post on his writing process. Back in the days when I was teetering on the brink of parenthood, it used to be said that the average British family had 2.4 children. I never met […]
Edward Marston’s Railway Detective series welcomes its 21st addition, Death at the Terminus – A guest blog post from Edward Marston
5 April, 2023
Our Author of the Month for April is Edward Marston, author of the Railway Detective series. This month, we celebrate the publication of the 21st book in the series, Death at the Terminus. In this blog post, he reflects on the origins of the series and his love for steam engineering. Death at the Terminus […]
The Children of War – A guest post from Jacqueline Winspear
3 March, 2023
Jacqueline Winspear is our Author of the Month for March 2023. To coincide with the publication of her stand-alone mystery, The White Lady, we are pleased to share a guest blog post from Jacqueline Winspear on the children of war. “Every war is a war against the child.” Eglantyne Jebb, 1876-1828, founder of the Save […]
My Writing Process: The Little Voice Inside Me – A guest blog post from Natalie Jenner
3 February, 2023
Natalie Jenner is our author of the month for February 2023. To celebrate the publication of Bloomsbury Girls in paperback this month, we are pleased to share a guest blog post from Natalie Jenner on her writing process. Listening to an excerpt from the audiobook of my novel Bloomsbury Girls, my editor asked me whose […]
Taking it on the chin – A guest blog post from Liz Webb
18 January, 2023
To celebrate the publication of Liz Webb’s The Daughter in paperback this week, we asked Liz to reflect on her experience as a debut author. Taking it on the chin: even in a sea of 5-star reviews, a 1-star review still stings! If you look up any book you love, there will be 5-star reviews, […]
Across the Open Moor or Down a Twisty Lane -A guest blog post from Stephanie Austin
5 January, 2023
Stephanie Austin is our author of the month for January 2023. To celebrate the publication of Death Comes to Dartmoor this month, we are pleased to share a guest post from Stephanie on the significance of the idyllic countryside in her work. The big event of January for me is undoubtedly the publication of my […]
The ‘Gift’ of Regency Romance – A guest blog post from Sophia Holloway
12 December, 2022
To celebrate the publication of Isabelle this week, we asked Sophia Holloway to reflect on the spirit of Christmas in her novels. Not only does Sophia vividly represent the spirit of the festive period, but her regency romances are intrinsically linked to the act of giving associated with Christmas celebrations. Isabelle is the third of […]
From Screen, to Page, to Stage: Mr Dickens and His Carol – A Guest Post from Samantha Silva
10 November, 2022
To coincide with our November E-Book of the Month, Mr Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva, we asked the author to share her experiences of channelling the centrality of Christmas across different mediums … Most people who read Mr. Dickens and His Carol don’t know that it began life as a screenplay – one […]
Books that inspired Bloomsbury Girls – a guest post by Natalie Jenner
17 May, 2022
To celebrate the publication of Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner, we are pleased to share a list of books that inspired Natalie with her writing of her novel…. Let’s have a look at what books inspired Natalie, in her own words… 84, Charing Cross Road a book by Helene Hanff. (bookshop.org): Hanff’s classic epistolary work […]
How I first became a published author – A guest post from Anna Jacobs
21 April, 2022
Anna Jacobs is our Author of the Month for February 2022. To celebrate the publication of Sarah’s Gift we are pleased to share a guest blog from Anna herself, describing how she became the prolific author that she is. I came away from my Grammar School in 1959 secure in my understanding of English grammar, […]
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