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KyddFest-5: Quarterdeck
Posted on March 8, 2016 7 Comments
Over the coming months I’ll be celebrating the earlier titles in the Kydd Series, it’s Quarterdeck for this blog. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the book, either as a first-time reader or if you’re a re-reader and have read it more than once! It’s very gratifying for an author to be told that […]
KyddFest-4: Betrayal
Posted on March 1, 2016 5 Comments
Over the coming months I’ll be celebrating the earlier titles in the Kydd Series, it’s Betrayal for this blog. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this book, either as a first-time reader or if you’re a re-reader and have read the book more than once! It’s very gratifying for an author to be told […]
KyddFest-3: Seaflower
Posted on February 23, 2016 12 Comments
Over the coming months I’ll be celebrating the earlier titles in the Kydd Series, it’s Seaflower for this blog. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this book, either as a first-time reader or if you’re a re-reader and have read the book more than once! It’s very gratifying for an author to be told […]
KyddFest-2: Artemis
Posted on February 16, 2016 49 Comments
Over the coming months I’ll be celebrating the earlier titles in the Kydd Series, it’s Artemis for this blog. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this book, either as a first-time reader or if you’re a re-reader and have read the book more than once! It’s very gratifying for an author to be told […]
Behind the Lines at McBooks Press
Posted on October 27, 2015 7 Comments
As a former print journalist and magazine editor Kathy was delighted to take on the assignment of interviewing McBooks Press. She recently spoke with Publisher Alex Skutt and Art Director Panda Musgrove. But first a bit of bio on Alex and Panda. Alex moved to Ithaca, New York, when he was nine years old, and […]
The Nelson Quiz – How Did You Go?
Posted on October 23, 2015 1 Comment
Here’s the answers to the Nelson quiz in my last blog: 1. Where is purportedly the largest collection of Nelson memorabilia in the western hemisphere? The Horatio Nelson Museum, Nevis. Nelson had a number of associations with the Caribbean, especially in his early naval career, and married a young Nevis widow, Frances Nisbet, there in […]
Tyger Extra: the Audiobook
Posted on September 8, 2015 15 Comments
‘Listen to any good books recently?’ It seems more and more of us are downloading audiobooks, thanks to the ubiquity of smartphones and tablets – and the format’s popularity on long car journeys. The UK audio market rose by nearly 25% in 2014 – and has grown by an astonishing 170% in the past five […]
Collectors Sets and Signed First Editions Going Fast!
Posted on August 2, 2014 7 Comments
This year I’m delighted to be offering +two+ Collectors Sets, one for Pasha, the next title in the Kydd series, and one for The Silk Tree, my standalone historical novel (and a departure from my maritime tales) set in the sixth century. Each Set is strictly limited in number and I am happy to write […]
She speaks…
Posted on July 28, 2014 21 Comments
[To leave a comment or reply go to box at the end of the page] I was recently chatting to a reader who told me he enjoyed my blogs and mentioned that he’d like to see a Guest Blog from Kathy as she is so intimately connected with my work. She was up for it […]
TREACHERY: prey and prizes
Posted on July 20, 2014 3 Comments
A regular feature looking back on each of the Kydd titles – with story background, research highlights, writing challenges and more. And thank you for all your kind comments on the post about my eighth book, THE ADMIRAL’S DAUGHTER. The ninth book in the series is TREACHERY, published in the US as THE PRIVATEER’S REVENGE). […]
Julian Stockwin 