Top conspiracy-thriller novelist Gordon Brown, author of the Craig McIntyre series, is off on tour with his latest book, Deepest Wounds. And already it is garnering rave reviews. Gordon’s namesake, the former PM, might appreciate that there’s a little bit of politics (as Ben Elton used to say) in the Craig McIntyre novels. The underhand sort.…
We’ve been captivated by Sunny, the gripping new novel from Paul Murdoch. So have his school and library audiences. It’s kicking up a storm of enthusiastic supporters. Sunny is like a cross between Frank Cottrell Boyce’s novel/Danny Boyle’s film Millions and Theresa Breslin’s exploration of sectarianism Divided City. It’s a page-turning thriller with a mystery…
We’re absolutely delighted that Gordon Brown‘s conspiracy thriller Darkest Thoughts – book 1 in the Craig McIntyre series – has been hailed by The Reading Agency as one of its Books Of The Year for 2017. Brilliant novel, brilliant author; the perfect combo. It’s up there with the likes of novels by Robert Harris and…
We see this as a relay – complete with dystopian baton-passing – more than as a straight race. After all, Margaret Attwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale came many years before Gillian Phillip‘s Bad Faith; and 1984 well before both. The theocratic premises are similar. In Bad Faith, there is a Putinesque collusion between the political leader and the One…
Kirkland Ciccone‘s Catalyst Book Award winner Conjuring The Infinite is now available from all main ebook suppliers. So you can read it on your e-reader or tablet. [metaslider id=1354] If for any reason you can’t find the ebook, try using the ISBN (the book’s unique identifier) to search. It’s 9781905537686.
Is it a bird, is it a plane…? Actually, it’s probably Matt Cartney researching his next Danny Lansing Adventures novel. Matt may not have the Swivel Eyes of the Action Man below, but he’s got a lot more get up and go, as demonstrated by this short film. (Click link to view. You should be taken…
Sam Wilding’s eco thriller Windscape is being used by a number of schools running combined literature+eco projects. A neat example of cross-curricularism! (Made up word? Probably!)
Kirkland Ciccone‘s debut novel Conjuring The Infinite has been lauded in the Daily Record newspaper, with the reviewer concluding, ‘I thoroughly enjoyed it and will recommend it to all my friends.’ We love it too. If Janne Teller‘s Nothing,or Gillian Philip‘s Bad Faith are your cuppa, Conjuring The Infinite will be right up your street.…
…you’re in for a big surprise. Because Kirkland Ciccone has been signing copies of Conjuring The Infinite, his YA novel. Run and you might just catch one on either the Strident or ‘Signed’ shelves in the festival’s bookshop.
Conjuring The Infinite author Kirkland Ciccone will be donning a Viking helmet and heading to Largs for the 2013 Tidelines Book Festival, which runs 31 Aug to 8 Sep. More info as soon as we know the precise date and time. Why the helmet? Because the book festival runs at the same time as the Largs…
Watch: Trailer for The Sons of Rissouli and Red, White & Black by Matt Cartney. Action-packed adventure-thrillers.
Watch it here: Trailer for the novels of Linda Strachan
Magick, madness and murder. They’re all coming this May. It’s going to be one of the books of the year. And here’s the man behind it all. Watch: Conjuring The Inifite…the trailer
See the great new trailer here! Includes previously unseen artwork. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8HT5gBVgdM&feature=youtu.be
We gave the cover of Kirkland Ciccone’s Conjuring The Infinite it’s first outing yesterday. We love the intricate artwork by Lawrence Mann and thought we’d share it with you. Look closely: the title is full of clues about the novel. And what a novel this is. Stylish and full of surprises. We think you’ll love…
This week it’s Bristol’s turn to be entertained and educated by Sam Wilding, with Ayrshire, Northern Ireland and Berwickshire to follow in the next few weeks. There’s great interest in this page-turning adventure from Sam. It’s partly the intrigue of the plot and the quality of the storytelling, but it’s also because it’s backdrop is the sometimes controversial subject of wind…