Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
How to write a riveting review
08 Mar 2019How to write a riveting review This week, an art that is both very new and almost as old as…
How to stop innocent people getting shot
02 Mar 2019How to stop innocent people getting shot In his fascinating book on our unconscious instincts, Blink, Malcolm Gladwell starts one chapter…
Death by Monet: Black Water Lilies by Michel Bussi
14 Feb 2019Black Water Lilies review The struggles of three women – a child, a school-teacher and an elderly woman about to…
The Man Who Tasted Shapes
25 Jan 2019The Man Who Tasted Shapes – Richard E Cytowic It began in a kitchen. Two men talking over a roast…
They warned us! Review: Middle England by Jonathan Coe
05 Dec 2018Review: Middle England by Jonathan Coe They warned us. We were making a film for the British car makers British…
Rules for novelists writing rules for novelists
21 Nov 2018Many writers have handed down their golden rules for novelists. There seems to come a moment in every writer’s life…
Liam Glass gets a BookBub recommendation
14 Nov 2018This week I have exciting news: my novel has landed a prestigious BOOKBUB RECOMMENDATION. They’re putting my debut noir thriller The…
Taking risks in the farmers’ market
07 Nov 2018How often do you find yourself taking risks? Recently, my wife and I visited a farmers’ market along with our…
English noir at the seaside? Review: MJ Arlidge’s thriller ‘Eeeny Meeny’
24 Oct 2018English noir or seaside noir? We’ve had classic Hollywood noir, Scandi noir and the fast-rising Tartan noir, north of the…
