Editor-in-chief at Fiction Feedback. Competitions Coordinator at the CWA. Published poet, unpublished novelist. Voracious reader. Oh, and mad tennis fan.
@BarbaraNadel Fabulous about the TV show, Barbara. When I saw the trailers I wondered if it was your Inspector Ikmen series. Absolutely thrilled for you and can't wait to watch it - you were so lovely to me when we met years ago at Morecambe & Vice, and I do enjoy your books! Congratulations.
Wow, the Jeffrey Flint books are reissued! Fab ebook box set at £1.99 for all five. If you're into archaeology and crime, and quite like a bit of 90s nostalgia too, they're the perfect read.
Flint digs again! @lume_books have re-released my #Archaeology#mystery series box set, including new author's notes on the historical setting of each book. @The_CWA https://t.co/hJ5tbh6lT1
@AntonyJohnston@SarahSuch What an absolutely brilliant idea. Great news, Antony. That sounds so much fun - and good for you and Sarah getting the deal.
@MiddlethorpeHal@seanlusk1@PenguinUKBooks Can't wait to read this! I loved @seanlusk1's Second Sight very much, and I studied Lady Mary a little for my history degree, long ago. Can't wait to get reacquainted with her under Sean's entertaining curatorship!
@oliagent Happy New Year, Oli! I had mine out aged 17. Had a lot of schoolwork to catch up with, but on the plus side I went into hospital gutted about a boyfriend deciding he was too old for me, yet came out glad to be free! Curious about which book...
@AndrewJRTaylor, a fab author and human being reviewed by @SandraDanby whose novels I also admire and who is also a lovely person. Gives me a warm glow.
Thrilled to be quoted by the prestigious W&AYB from an article they commissioned from me for the 2024 edition. So busy editing and working @The_CWA I only just spotted it!
In this exclusive extract, editor @DeaWriter highlights some of the pitfalls to be alert to as you edit your writing.
The Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2024 publishes tomorrow!
Read: https://t.co/d02LYW8SWX
@AndrewJRTaylor@Shotsblog@BarryForshaw3 An irresistible offer, Andrew, thank you! I'd gone two whole days without buying a book. And I'm currently listening to The American Boy on Audible.
Next Wednesday, come and hear me talk lighthouses and shipwrecks, in a castle, with free refreshments. This lovely illustration of Plover Scar was created for my piece in the #LancashireStories anthology by Rachel Crawshaw. Tickets here, fer nowt an all... https://t.co/W6DoW16zjL
Really hope Alan Garner wins the @TheBookerPrizes. The books of his that I read as a child then a teenager had a huge impact on me. I know all the other writers are amazing, but personally, in my gut... please let it be Alan.
The Life of Crime is still 33% off on Amazon UK, but not for much longer: https://t.co/rAyLZe7Jzs. And maybe a book that earns plaudits from both the Daily Mail and the Morning Star, not to mention the 'i' and the Spectator, can truly claim to be wide-ranging in its appeal 😀