A lot of the best things in life start with something simple – in this case, it was my phone ringing. It was an offer to come and work with young readers and writers in […]
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Flowers Over The Inferno
Last week, I was in the throes of reading an advance copy of Flowers Over The Inferno by Ilaria Tuti (thanks to Netgalley and Orion!), and I knew I was onto something. It was gradually […]
Writing From Your Gut – Guest Post For Lori’s Reading Corner
Writing From Your Gut – originally published at Lori’s Reading Corner on 27th July 2017 You need to have guts to be a writer, even right from the start. When you first sit down to […]
The Dry and its amazing claustrophobic openness…
I grabbed The Dry by Jane Harper on a whim, having seen that beautiful jacket and read half a line of the synopsis. I think I’d clicked BUY NOW before I’d even realised I’d done […]
The Last Cut, But A Great New Series
One of my formative memories in my fledgling writing career was at Bloody Scotland in September 2014, when, bumbling and in awe, I asked Danielle Ramsay to sign a paperback for me. I proceeded to […]
Two hauntings, two very different deliveries… two great reads
Every now and then a thirst for a scary story rears its ugly head, and I take a break from my usual crime novel inhaling to satisfy it. The last two I’ve read have both […]
A pint of the black stuff…
The Sean Duffy series became a favourite long before this sixth instalment, but this could be the best yet. Now a firm calendar highlight, the release of a new Duffy book guarantees a darkly funny, […]
From Bloody Scotland to Deep Down Dead…
When Deep Down Dead was first published as an ebook in October, I managed to convince myself to wait for the paperback in early January. I was very excited to read it, and had been […]
Arrival, and how sometimes the little things are even more important…
I’m pretty sure that, on Friday, I saw one of my favourite sci-fi films of all time, and in no way was I prepared for it. Arrival has leap-frogged so many classic films to get […]
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