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 | 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 | 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 | Feb 13, 2021 | Blogging, Book Reviews, Carrion, Events, Writing |
For a variety of reasons, I’ve not been very active on social media recently. I don’t have anything against it – well, no more than I did previously – but other distractions have limited my time. The only plus side of this is that one of those...
by Graeme Cumming | Jan 30, 2021 | Blogging, Book Sales, Events, Life Lessons, Meetings |
Some of you will know Sue Vincent already. I met Sue for the first time about five years ago, at the first ever Bloggers Bash. She and I had ‘met’ online through our blogs, but meeting in the flesh is, inevitably, a different experience. As I recall it,...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 4, 2020 | Events |
Last weekend, I took part in an online author event organised for Halloween via the Bibliophile Book Haven Facebook Group. As the COVID-19 situation lurches us from one state of deprivation to another, online events have been a lifeline to those of us who are missing...
