EVENTS NEWS
Summer festivals may have been cancelled, but there are plenty of virtual alternatives you can watch from home!
I had a wonderfully gruesome evening on 3rd September discussing themes from The Waiting Rooms along with books by fellow authors Lesley Kelly and Julie Anderson, chaired by Dr Jacky Collins. We covered a multitude of topics, from pandemics to plague pits to political power, as well as the curious parallels between our books and life during Covid 19, despite all three thrillers being written before coronavirus.
The event can be viewed on Facebook here .
Thanks so much to everyone who joined, there were some great questions and discussion, and also to Honey & Stag Events for hosting.
I would thoroughly recommend Lesley’s and Julie’s books if you fancy a dark, gripping read!
Lesley’s latest novel in The Health of Strangers series is Death at the Plague Museum.
The North Edinburgh Health Enforcement Team will hunt you down if you miss your monthly Health Check. Dealing with murder, politics and intrigue, the HET's biggest problem is keeping themselves alive. The series is set in a parallel Edinburgh where people are trying to survive a killer virus - it was fiction when it was written!
Julie’s novel, Plague, will be published on 16th September.
Work on a London tube line is halted by the discovery of an ancient plague pit and, within it, a very recent corpse. A day later another body is found, killed in the same way, also in a plague pit. This victim is linked to the Palace of Westminster, where rumours swirl around the Prime Minister and his rivals. As the number of deaths climbs, the media stokes fear. Government assurances are disbelieved. Everyone feels threatened. This has to be resolved and fast.
BeaconLit Book Festival: New Voices Panel has gone virtual!
Watch me being interviewed by BeaconLit’s Dave Sivers along with other debut authors Ruby Speechley and Sophie Ward in the New Voices panel, available to watch below. I must apologise for the phone in the middle… Not exactly slick. No one ever rings the landline, typical!
Next time I’ll unplug! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJj4o2wi6h8
BeaconLit is an eclectic literary festival with something for everyone, from bestsellers to the hottest new debut authors. http://www.beaconlit.co.uk/NewsPictures.php
You can hear my interview with the wonderful Doctor of Noir, Jacky Collins, about The Waiting Rooms, recorded just before launch. We discuss the issues raised in the book, my journey to writing and some of the inspiration behind the characters.
Available to listen to here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxCEu5crqhI
Huge thanks to everyone who joined me for my virtual launch, at our Twitter Q&A. We had some excellent questions, and even though we couldn’t meet up in a book store for proper chats and drinks, you made it a fabulous launch day!
My webinar ‘From Facts to Fiction: launching a debut during a pandemic’ has been recorded as part of Jericho Writers Summer Festival of Writing, and is available to view for Festival-goers until September.
I discuss what inspired me to write my thriller, what it’s like launching a debut during a pandemic, as well as some tips for how you can use facts to inspire your own book ideas.
You can find out more and book on other summer events here.
My interview with Bex at Northbound Radio is available here, where I discuss the book, what inspired it and the unnerving parallels with the coronavirus pandemic.
Capital Crime has unfortunately been cancelled: watch this space for 2021
I was due to be on A Dystopian World panel with Will Carver. One day we will get back to physical festivals!
Capital Crime is a crime and thriller festival with a difference, bringing some of the world’s favourite crime and thriller authors and filmmakers to London.
Newcastle Virtual Noir at the Bar: Wednesdays, 7.30pm
Newcastle Noir are running Noir at the Bar each Wednesday where crime writers give short readings from their books live on screen. My reading from earlier this year is available to watch on their website.
You can get on the mailing list here so you can register in time before places run out!
Check out facebook Noir at the Bar pages for events across the UK where you can hear crime authors reading from their books.
Also, keep watching the website for details of next year’s festival line up: you can see my panel and what would have been, here!