Blogs in August 2022

Mystery set in Virginia

Mystery set in Virginia 22nd August 2022

The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan, mystery set in Virginia. #audiobook A well plotted novel that builds with a good few twists and turns. Hannah Rokeby is a trainee lawyer and she has got herself onto the Innocence Project,...

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GIVEAWAY:  3 copies of “After Paris” by Nicole Kennedy – PARIS

GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of “After Paris” by Nicole Kennedy – PARIS 21st August 2022

We are delighted to have 3 copies of After Paris by Nicole Kennedy, set, of course, in Paris. UK ONLY Three women take the same Eurostar to Paris for a girls’ trip, but take separate trains back. What happened...

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Join Sophia Jansson on the 50th Anniversary of The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

Join Sophia Jansson on the 50th Anniversary of The Summer Book by Tove Jansson 20th August 2022

If you love the gentle and often thought provoking work of author Tove Jansson, then you might like to join the Virtual Event hosted by Bookshop.org : Sophia Jansson (Tove’s niece and inspiration for the character Sophia in The Summer...

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Musings on book covers

Musings on book covers 18th August 2022

Musings on book covers. I get it. With around 188,000 books published per annum in the UK, 1.7 million per annum globally, there is a fair chance that covers will feel similar, some will provide inspiration for subsequent books...

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Talking Location With author Phyllida Shrimpton – CORNWALL

Talking Location With author Phyllida Shrimpton – CORNWALL 18th August 2022

#TalkingLocationWith… Phyllida Shrimpton, author of Every Shade of Happy “What does Cornwall mean to me?” “He inhaled deeply, allowing the Cornish air back into his lungs and wondered how he’d ever been able to breathe all this time without...

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