by Graeme Cumming | Jan 14, 2020 | Book Reviews, Fiction, Nostalgia, Publishing, Thinking Aloud |
In a recent blog post, I mentioned browsing in a second hand bookshop. I’ve picked up a few books there over the last couple of years – always picked something up while I was there. One of the last purchases was an impulse buy triggered by nostalgia. As a...
by Graeme Cumming | Jan 5, 2020 | Book Reviews, Events, Literary Festivals |
A few weeks ago, I wrote a review of Stone Cold Heart by Caz Frear. In the post, I explained how I came to have a copy of the book and, in the process, managed to acquire a few others. It has taken a while to get to those others, but I’ve made a start now,...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 11, 2019 | Book Reviews, Events, Meetings |
About every 5 months, a gathering occurs in a hotel in Stoke-on-Trent. On the face of it, not the most obvious place in the world to meet, but it seems well connected in terms of roads and rail – and the hotel is just opposite the train station. The people who show...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 3, 2019 | Book Reviews, Literary Festivals |
I went to the Harrogate Crime Festival this summer. It was my second time there, though the first had been little more than a recce – a long afternoon in sunshine and mixing with authors, book bloggers and crime fans generally. This year’s visit was slightly more...
by Graeme Cumming | Feb 14, 2019 | Book Reviews, Ravens Gathering |
It’s always good to get a review of your book. Even a bad review means the reader has felt strongly enough about something you’ve written to pass a comment on it. In those circumstances, you can console yourself with the thought that at least what you...
by Graeme Cumming | Feb 10, 2019 | Book Reviews, Writing |
It’s not very often I do book reviews. Those I do tend to be of books written by Indie authors. The reality, though, is that, whilst there are some amazing Indies out there, there are also some rubbish ones who’ve taken advantage of the fact they can...
