Festivals should pay Authors
I applaud Philip Pullman in his decision to resign as patron of the Oxford Literary Festival because it refuses to pay authors to attend and speak. He was right to say that writers should be paid. They are not on [...]
Book Reviews
Here are some recent reviews of my latest novel: ‘The Lost Journey Homeward’, published in June by Onwards & Upwards in Hardback (£16.99), Paperback (£9.99) and eBook (£5.99). The book also has a number of reviews posted by readers on [...]
Sign Books – Send out Words
The wind is blowing today and swirling the leaves around, autumnal messages from the trees to the earth below, red songs, yellow secrets, laments in purple and whispers in brown. Millions of millions of leaves, each one entirely unique, soon [...]
Talking to Professionals
It's always a challenge to give a informative entertaining talk to a group of people who have come to an event and are gathered to listen to what I say. Recently I was the Guest Speaker at the Autumn Lunch [...]
Independent Bookshops are great!
All bookshops are marvellous places but a good independent bookshop is really worth supporting. I'm lucky enough to have a book signing next weekend on Saturday 19th September at Winstone's Book Shop in Cheap Street, Sherborne in Dorset. Winstone’s is [...]
Prodigals with Tea and Cake
My third book has been published this summer by Onwards and Upwards – a novel called The Lost Journey Homeward. It is a contemporary take on the parable of the Prodigal Son, though in my book the prodigal is a [...]
Book Signing Satisfaction
Authors must help their publishers to market their own books these days. We tend to target local booksellers to hold book launches, talks and signings in our own areas, where we know people and can spread the word or [...]
Sunday Tea and Talk
My next Event coming up is on Sunday 2nd August at 4pm - Tea and Talk at Beatons Tearooms in Blandford Forum, Dorset. Here is further information: Blandford Tea & Talk Flyer. FLASH FICTION: If you want to read [...]
Paintings and Books
I love painting watercolours as well as writing fiction, and I've done both for some years. I belong to the Milton Abbas Art Group and every summer we hold a group exhibition when, along with the other members, I exhibit [...]
Moving on to new Work
I woke up the other morning with a bunch of plot ideas in connection with my next book, a novel to be set in Dorset. In the earlier part of the year, I was doing research on the locations and [...]