Archive for the ‘Genre’ Category
Behind the Headlines: From Britain to Hollywood (and back) – Oct 24th
15 Oct 2019Britain to Hollywood Free event 5pmThursday October 24th 2019Leicester Central Library All my life I’ve been telling stories. At first,…
Impress your friends – Your biggest eReader problem solved at last
02 Oct 2019Your biggest e-reader problem solved The Harris Institute for Social and Self-Improvement For Individuals and Teams (HISSIFIT) has been working…
How to create a character that lives
20 Sep 2019HOW TO CREATE A CHARACTER THAT LIVES This week I talked to Bonnie D Graham on her radio programme Read…
Review: Joe Country by Mick Herron
11 Sep 2019REVIEW: JOE COUNTRY BY MICK HERRON Publishers, agents and readers love a running series. Like a fast food outlet a…
Finnish humour. Review of Palm Beach Finland by Antti Tuomainen
14 Aug 2019Review of Palm Beach Finland Last year, I sat with the Finnish novelist Antti Tuomainen on a panel for the…
The roller-coaster ride of publishing a novel
04 Jul 2019THE ROLLER-COASTER RIDE OF PUBLISHING A NOVEL It’s not often that a writer gets to blow his own trumpet, but…
Today’s real pirates of the Caribbean
26 Jun 2019REAL PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN Crime is exotic, exciting, fun – unless you’re on the wrong end of it. And…
Paris by noir – Review: Clementina by Simon Cann
13 Jun 2019Paris by noir – review: Clementina by Simon Cann Last week I wrote about honesty in writing – how it…
Ukraine elected a comedian president – so what do politicians think of voters?
24 Apr 2019Last Sunday, the voters of Ukraine elected a comedian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy won the election despite having zero experience of…
