Had a lovely time in Alnwick on Monday visiting @forumbookscorbridge's sister shop, The Accidental Bookshop - such a lovely shop with a great backstory. (You'll have to visit and ask...)
And while I was there, it would have been rude not to offer Helen a proof copy of The Hunters Club, wouldn't it?

Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB A weekly show all about audiobooks recorded at the RNIB Talking Book studios.

I had a great time talking to the lovely Robert Kirkwood for the the audiobook show Read On. We talked about about writing, my visually impaired protagonist in the Teifi Valley Coroner books, the Skeleton Army vs. the Salvation Army in 1882 Oxford, my writing method, and three very important books.

But possibly longer than via Lampeter which is the way we go (our trip is Forest of Dean - Abergavenny - Brecon - Llandovery - Lampter - Castell Newydd Emlyn. Any chance I might see you at Aberaeron book festival? xx

Every time I drive home I pass the sign to Talley - now I'll have to follow it and see!

I think my cat has been talking to your cats ..

Exciting news! The Hunters Club has been chosen by Waterstones as one of their summer offers! You can now get 25% off the cover price if you preorder before the end of July.

I'd be really grateful for any pre-orders - they make all the difference to authors!

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100% this!

At a recent event with my Crime Cymru pal and fellow historical crime author @chrislloydauthor.bsky.social we were asked whether it's ok to get in touch with a writer to tell them you've enjoyed their book or whether it's a pain because then you have to reply.
Easy answer PLEASE BE IN TOUCH!!

Welcome to the mad world of novel writing, Geoff!

Diolch!

Very much looking forward to chatting to my friend and fellow historical crime writer @chrislloydauthor.bsky.social on Friday in Cowbridge 😃

Independent Bookshop of the Month: Backstory Our Bookshop of the Month for June is Backstory, a bookshop and bar in Balham, south London founded by ex-journalist Tom Rowley.

Having a bar running down the middle of a bookshop would, surely, make it the ideal space to hang out? Now ever so slightly wishing I lived in Balham...
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Glorious time chairing an event with @fflurdafydd.bsky.social and Caryl Lewis last night at Bookish bookshop in Crickhowell. The House of Water and Bitter Honey are two of the most beautiful, emotionally charged and page-turning books you're likely to read this year.

So it is - sorry!

I love an index card... Sometimes IT just isn't better.

Very much looking forward to chatting to @gbwilliams.bsky.social next Thursday!
Huge thanks to Gloucestershire Libraries for working together with Crime Cymru to put on these events in the Forest of Dean for National Crime Reading Month.

@rhianejones.bsky.social is inciting this meeting to rebellion and @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social is helping her with some gusto!

You'll hear us coming out of the darkness, just like the Rebecca Rioters.

Thank you for a stirring session, both - and to Harrisons Solicitors for sponsoring.

Music to an author's ears! Hope you enjoy it, Cavan (and I hope you're feeling better really soon).

I had such a lovely time discussing time, place and character with my great friend and fellow historical crime writer @chrislloydauthor.bsky.social at Lisvane Book Festival yesterday! Thanks to fellow Crime Cymru author Laura Shepherd for this post (read her The Trials of Lila Dalton - it's fab!)

Lovely time at Monty Lit Fest yesterday. It really is the most wonderful festival 🥰

Looking forward to this!

Really hoping you enjoy it, Chris!

Just spent the bank holiday reading this (when I should have been writing, but hey, everybody needs a day off now and then) and it is BRILLIANT! If you don't know @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social's work, then you have a treat in store - not just this but all the Malabar House books AND Inspector Chopra!

Ah, the lovely Gwisgo Bookworm in Aberaeron have always been great champions of the Teifi Valley Coroner books!

That's a shame. But watch out on my website and socials for launch events in the autumn. Where does your Mum live?

😘😉

What Chris says... Except he's the brilliant one!

Oh my gosh, I do kind of start a lot of answers that way when people ask me about the stuff in my books! Busted!!

I'm OK, thanks for asking! You'd find my Oxford Mysteries series more cheerful, despite the fact that they're murder mysteries. And Myfanwy Alexander's Daf Dafis whodunnits are laugh-out-loud funny. And for a bit of WW2 Raymond Chandler-eque noir, try the fabulous @chrislloydauthor.bsky.social

Book Review: The House of Water by Fflur Dafydd Molly Stubbs  I’m fascinated by dark stories set in Wales.  There’s something about this country that meshes with murder. A thinner line between mother nature’s unforgiving hand and the strange, passi...

It's hard to disagree with anything Molly Stubbs says in this @nation.cymru review of @fflurdafydd.bsky.social's mellifluous, insightful, thought-provoking novel. Definitely one of my books of the year already.
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