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Mega Contest!
Posted on November 10, 2015 5 Comments
Thought we’d have a little bit of fun with this one! For a chance to win a copy of Tyger, The Silk Tree & Stockwin’s Maritime Miscellany (plus a mystery prize) email me with a response to this question (in not more than 100 words) Imagine you’re in a room with a visitor from an […]
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 […]
Out and About with TYGER!
Posted on September 30, 2015 3 Comments
Hey! Tyger is officially launched in the UK on Thursday October 8 at Chatham Library. I’ll be also signing copies of the book at a number of other venues around the UK. October 10 Waterstones Drake Circus 1-3 pm 1 Charles Street, Plymouth, PL1 1EA. 01752 669898 October 17 Torbay Bookshop 11:30 am. 7 Torquay […]
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 […]
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 […]