by Graeme Cumming | Nov 22, 2021 | Blogging, Interviews |
I was delighted over the weekend to see the incomparable Jill Doyle had refreshed, revitalised and updated (all at the same time) a Five On Friday interview she’d done with me a couple of years ago. For those who missed it the first time – or just want the...
by Graeme Cumming | Sep 13, 2021 | Book Reviews, Events |
Way back in the olden days when the words Covid, furlough and lateral-flow didn’t form part of our daily vocabulary, authors went out on the road and saw their readers. They even talked to them and signed books and generally felt connected. As the rules around the...
by Graeme Cumming | Jul 19, 2021 | Independent Bookshops, Literary Festivals, Thinking Aloud |
In February last year (although in many respects it feels like a lot longer ago), I had the opportunity to go to a couple of events organised by one of the few remaining independent book shops in Nottinghamshire – The Book Case in Lowdham. The first event saw Ann...
by Graeme Cumming | Jul 9, 2021 | Book Reviews, Independent Bookshops |
I wrote recently about the first couple of books in the Charlie Fox series. At the time, I said I was considering going back to an old practice of mine, which was to pick an author and read everything of theirs I could get my hands on. Having spread myself quite...
by Graeme Cumming | Jun 4, 2021 | Book Reviews, Events, Meetings |
In recent years, my reading habits have changed. My motives are good. I wanted to broaden the range of authors and genres I was reading – and I have. In the past, I used to find an author I liked and then read everything they had until I’d exhausted their back...
by Graeme Cumming | May 28, 2021 | Book Reviews |
I’d recently prepared a review of the second book in Zoe Sharp’s Charlie Fox series, and was all set to cross-reference it to my review of Killer Instinct. And then I realised that, for reasons that completely elude me now, I didn’t share one after...
by Graeme Cumming | May 21, 2021 | Blogging, Gogglebox, The Gigging Years |
It’s about 4 weeks since I made the decision to get back to putting stuff out on my blog regularly. Since the beginning of the year, I hadn’t really been paying that much attention to it, so hadn’t noticed what was going on in terms of the stats. To be fair, my stats...
by Graeme Cumming | May 17, 2021 | Life Lessons, Nature |
As I grow older, I appreciate the natural world more. I’ve also come to realise that I’m most at peace when I’m in, on or by water, or I’m surrounded by trees. Forests and waterways feature prominently in my novels – though not always in...
by Graeme Cumming | May 14, 2021 | Book Reviews, Life Lessons, Nostalgia |
Towards the end of last year, I read and reviewed The Initiate by Stuart France and Sue Vincent. You can read my thoughts here. It was the first of their books that I’d read and, although not written in a conventional form, it invoked my curiosity sufficiently to want...
by Graeme Cumming | May 7, 2021 | Book Reviews, Independent Bookshops, Meetings |
Regular readers will recall me mentioning the gatherings for authors and book bloggers that take place in Stoke. Organised by Kerry Parsons and Steph Lawrence (click their names to check out their blog sites), they’ve provided a great opportunity to meet up informally...
by Graeme Cumming | Apr 30, 2021 | Book Reviews, Events, Independent Bookshops |
In February last year, when we had what we can nostalgically refer to as a normal life, I attended one of the stops on the Orenda Roadshow. Indeed, I wrote about it at the time. Whenever you go to a literary event like this, you are – unless you’re particularly...
by Graeme Cumming | Apr 23, 2021 | Thinking Aloud, Writing |
Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been very conscious that I haven’t posted much to my blog. To be fair, even those posts have been sharing information from other places – a book review was one, but also details of how to help a fellow author, blogger and –...
