Saturday 13th June, 2.15pm – 3.30pm KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON As part of the the Alumni Literary Festival, author Beryl Kingston (Gates of Paradise, Octavia and Octavia’s War) will be on a panel with Lawrence Norfolk, Marina Lewycka (famed author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian) and Ross Raisin. They will be talking about […]
Thursday 16 July, 7pm NOTTING HILL GATE, LONDON Before you head off on your summer holidays, come to Waterstone’ at Notting Hill Gate for a summer fiction soiree and meet Victoria Connelly and Judy Astley who will be talking about and signing copies of their latest books. They are just the sort of reads to […]
Monday is always a bit manic, everyone rushing around trying to get the bearings, rush to meetings and gawp at the impressive HarperCollins and Little Brown stands. Amazingly there’s still a shaking of heads and muttering about ‘that awful Excel fiasco’ when the fair was moved to east London for one year’s fair. You’d have […]
Rushing off to the London Book Fair in fifteen minutes. Attending a seminar at 2pm entitled Online Publicity: Making the most of the Digital Media which sounds very much up my street. Bound to be very interesting…although no doubt will see me writing down a plethora of new webspeak words to look up a later. […]
Before I head off for the weekend (and into the rain which has just started pouring down outside my office window) I must flag up the fact that Tim Lebbon‘s newly released paperback Fallen (the latest in his dark fantasy series set in Noreela) has just now got the most wonderful review from blogger Liz […]
Friday 22nd May 7.30pm BIRMINGHAM Alex Wheatle, author of the cult classic Brixton Rock and Island Songs, will be giving a talk about his work at Great Barr Library, Birmingham Road in Birmingham. For more information contact Lisa Bunn at the library on 0121 357 1340
Friday 22nd May, 2.30pm DUDLEY Alex Wheatle, author of the cult classic Brixton Rock and Island Songs, will be giving a talk about his work at Stourbidge Library, Crown Centre, Stourbridge in Dudley. For more information contact Jill Bright at the library on 01384 814746.
It’s nearly that time of year again, the time when people in the book industry descend like moths to a flame on huge halls in West London for The London Book Fair. Earls Court is a funny old place, or so it seems to me, having seen it under other auspices ranging, but not limited […]
I was very lucky to have spent a fabulous Easter break in New York. Ostensibly, I was there for a friend’s wedding but after the happy couple had departed for the sunny shores of Mexico (first class I might add – no jealousy after my sincerely tacky flight involving a broken seat, grumpy flight attendant […]
Back to work after a lovely, sunny week away relaxing by the pool and doing nothing but eating, drinking and reading. No telly to watch (other than at the bar where I got to see Chelsea’s marvellous trouncing of Liverpool) so it was a great chance to catch up on reading some of the manuscripts […]
Today, we were honoured with a visit from author Jack Ludlow. He came in to sign copies of his latest hardback release Mercenaries, the first in a new trilogy revolving around the Normans. I don’t think any other novelist has tackled this era before (correct me if I’m wrong!) which is odd as the Norman […]
21-23 August St Hilda’s College, OXFORD Various authors, including Martin Edwards will be speaking at this crime conference. This year’s theme is The Wages of Sin For information email: eileen.roberts@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk
It’s the weekend, and like most weekends I need to make sure I have sufficient reading material to ensure I make the most of the weekend’s ‘reading moments’. For example there is… The slow start moment: This is when I wake up, quickly make myself a cup of tea and then sit in bed reading […]
Wednesday 20 May, 7.30pm The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, ST NEOTS Kate Charles, acclaimed author of ecclesiastical mysteries, will be giving a talk entitled Corpses in the Cloisters as part of the town’s very popular annual Ascensiontide Festival. For more information call The Revd Dr Paul Andrews on 01480 472297
Sunday 23 August, 6.45 Peppers Theatre, Charlotte Square, EDINBURGH Crime-writers Alanna Knight and The Mulgray Twins will be speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Subject of the talk TBC Full brochure of events can be downloaded as of 11 June 2009 from www.edbookfest.co.uk
Saturday 25 July, 6.15pm Crown Hotel, HARROGATE Part of the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival: Cath Staincliffe will be taking part in the Come Dine (Die) With Me: Murder Mystery Dinner. Hosted by award-winning author Ann Cleeves, come dine with an author and solve a dastardly crime at the same time! Other participating crime […]
Thursday 23 July, 12.15pm Crown Hotel, HARROGATE Part of the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival: Martin Edwards has made a successful career as a crime writer and lawyer at a top firm. In this tutorial entitled Legalese, Martin will advise how a writer successfully walks the line between staying true to the letter of […]
Saturday 25 July, 5pm Crown Hotel, HARROGATE Part of the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival: Zoë Sharp will be speaking together with Stuart MacBride, Caro Ramsay, Mega Abboott and Denise Mina, on a panel entitled: X-rated: Sex, Drugs and Ultra-Violence. Shocking, sickening, repulsive, amoral… how far can – or should – a writer go? […]
Thursday 23 July, 2pm Crown Hotel, HARROGATE Part of the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival: Following the success of her workshop on improvised weapons at last year’s festival, author and action heroine Zoë Sharp is back offering a second helping! This time her workshop is entitled You Can’t Run in High Heels and will […]
I’m feeling all internet savvy today. I’ve been using words like plug-ins and widgets and mini-feeds. I’ve been exploring the plethora of free features that are available on WordPress and discovering how to add things to our web system. Bearing in mind that five months ago I didn’t even know what WordPress was (an old-fashioned […]
Thursday 23 April, 6.30pm Waterstones, Altrincham Martin Edwards and Cath Staincliffe will be speaking to their local readers at Waterstone’s, 33-35 George Street, Altrincham. For more information, call the bookshop on 0161 941 5952.