Teach Yourself: Complete Screenwriting Course
Screenwriting • Film • TV All you need to write, develop and market a script for TV or film. Buy from Amazon UK → Buy from Amazon US → Read Reviews About the Book Amazon…
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Jaws in Space – Powerful Pitching for Film and TV Screenwriters
Screenwriting • Film • TV Powerful Pitching for Film and TV Screenwriters Buy from Amazon UK → Buy direct / non-Amazon → Amazon AU Paperback + e-book Amazon Best-seller Paperback 192 pages ISBN: 9781843447337 £16.99…
The Breaking of Liam Glass
Satirical Crime Novel Every scoop has its price. Buy from Amazon → Buy from Waterstones → Read Reviews → Nominated for the Eyelands International Novel Awards 2018 Nominated for the Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2017…
Room Fifteen
Psychological Crime Thriller A murder he can’t remember. A truth he might not survive. Buy Now → Read Reviews → Amazon Bestseller E-book Paperback Psychological Crime Thriller Finalist Page Turner Book Awards 2025 Finalist Page…
Play Me!
Comedy Crime Novel The most dangerous gig of his life. Buy Now → Read Reviews → Amazon Top 12 Bestseller for Political Humour E-book Paperback Hardback Shortlisted Eyelands International Award Shortlisted 2025 Page Turner Award…
BESTSELLING NOVELS
Crime fiction – thrillers and satires Discover bestselling novels and original writing about crime, books and film. Get The Cupboard, my acclaimed book of short stories, plus a novella for free Explore Books Charles Harris…
Uncovering the Truth: The Inspiration Behind Play Me!
A strange thing: The launch of the paperback of Play Me! is a bigger deal than the launch of the original hardback, which is its first appearance in the world. The hardback is the book’s first day…
Can you help me deal with Amazon’s high-handedness?
I’d appreciate your help dealing with Amazon’s high-handedness. Some time ago on Amazon I had well over 100 reviews of my first novel, the satirical The Breaking of Liam Glass – the majority 5 star.…
Room Fifteen second edition now out
I’m delighted to say that Blue Coast Publishing have now published the second edition of my psychological thriller Room Fifteen in e-book and paperback, and for the first time in hardback. They’ve also made the…
Charles Harris – longer bios
Charles Harris bio 346 words Longer bio 644 words Short bio 199 words Best-selling author and martial arts black-belt (346) Charles Harris is a best-selling author, award-winning writer-director, journalist, martial arts black belt. Semi-finalist: Author…
Three books for humans
It’s not easy to find an entertaining book about the way we live now, climate change and politics. Even the words seem so off-putting. But I’ve just discovered three that are great reads in totally…
Orbital and other books and TV
Fall in love with the earth In my continuing search for books to recommend to you, a few months ago I read Samantha Harvey’s novel Orbital. Just two weeks ago, it won the Booker. Never…
The Boys from Biloxi. Has Grisham taken on too big a case?
Not many writers can claim to have made a genre their own, but John Grisham and legal thrillers go together like an American judge and gavel. So, when a new Grisham comes out, there’s a…
Adaptation Workbook
Download for free So, you’re thinking of writing an adaptation. Maybe a screen version of one of your own books. Or a novelisation of a movie you admire. Or even a stage play based on…
Want help selling a book or film?
No book or film reviews today. This week I’m talking about pitching a book or film with Thomas Umstattd Jr, who runs the outstanding Novel Marketing podcast. His podcast is, he assures me, the longest-running…
Special offer on Room 15
We’re all trying to save money, so I’m delighted that Bloodhound Books have agreed to a very rare offer on the e-book version of my psychological mystery thriller Room 15. That’s 99p in the UK,…
Remote control – Stone Heart Deep by Paul Bassett Davies reviewed
With foreign holidays still only slowly returning, how about a remote Scottish island? One with a freezing-cold loch that contains deep secrets, a populace who seem eerily calm and controlled – and a rather strange…
My 2021 in books
Imagine you could buy a pill that could give you more brainpower, more empathy, better vocabulary and a longer life, while preventing cognitive decline, reducing stress, helping sleep and lifting depression. How much would you…