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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 […]
To the Kydd Gang!
Posted on October 6, 2015 8 Comments
With the publication this week of Tyger, the 16th Kydd title, Kathy and I will raise a glass (or two…) to all the publishing professionals it’s been our pleasure to work with over the past decade and a half. As my eponymous hero would say, ‘Let’s drink their health in a bumper!’ The Belgian novelist […]
TYGER: “A very rich and satisfying reader experience”
Posted on September 22, 2015 6 Comments
A number of early review copies of Tyger, the next book in the Kydd series, were made available by my publishers (Hodder & Stoughton in the UK; McBooks Press in the US). I’ve been chuffed with the feedback from these reviewers, many saying it’s the best book yet! And I’m honoured that the September-October issue […]
Blogging away, blogging away – more thoughts…
Posted on July 2, 2015 7 Comments
First, I must thank you again for all the feedback and comments on my blogs. Being an author can be a pretty isolated life so it’s always great to hear from readers! And while I thoroughly enjoy writing the Tom Kydd series – and my other historical fiction – it’s a pleasant diversion to put […]
The Year Ahead!
Posted on February 4, 2015 8 Comments
2015 looks set fair to be another busy year for Team Stockwin. On January 1, I delivered the manuscript of the next Kydd book, Tyger, to my publisher. It will come out in October and I was delighted to hear back from my editor Oliver Johnson: Another wonderful book. I especially liked the poetic descriptions […]
Contest: Win Kydd Series Audiobooks Sets!
Posted on January 22, 2015 2 Comments
Audiobooks are on the up! According to Michele Cobb, President of the Audio Publishers Association, who spoke on a panel at Digital Book World 2015 in New York City recently, the past few years have seen an exponential growth both in audiobook sales and in the volume of titles released into the market. On a personal note, […]
Julian Stockwin 