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Review: If Looks Could Kill
If Looks Could Kill – Olivia Kiernan The last time I read a book in one day it was several years ago and I was on a six-hour flight (with Jennifer Egan’s brilliant ‘A Visit from the Goon Squad’). Just … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Reviews, books, crime fiction, detective fiction, Fiction, Frankie Sheehan, If Looks Could Kill, novel, Olivia Kiernan, review, Roz Kay
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Review: The Wizards of Once
The Wizards of Once – Cressida Cowell Wonderful galloping tale of Magic, good and evil. Many influences feed into this, from Roald Dahl to Arthurian legend to fairy tales to Shakespeare, and the result, fired by Cressida Cowell’s imagination, is … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Books, Fantasy
Tagged Book Reviews, books, Cressida Cowell, Fiction, magic, novel, review, Roz Kay, The Wizards of Once
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Review: Don’t Think A Single Thought
Don’t Think A Single Thought – Diana Cambridge This is a beautifully constructed book. As I read it, I felt I was being slowly wrapped in a python’s coils, being pulled relentlessly into the centre of Emma Bowden’s life. Each … Continue reading
Review: Dead Man’s Lane
Dead Man’s Lane – Kate Ellis Another in the excellent and enjoyable Wesley Peterson murder mystery series: number 23 to be exact. The complex plot twists and turns, and even though I picked up enough clues along the way to … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Reviews, books, crime fiction, Dead Man's Lane, Kate Ellis, murder mystery, novel, Wesley Peterson
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Review: The Second Sleep
The Second Sleep – Robert Harris Excellent – a clever, absorbing post-apocalyptic story set 800 years in the future – the second sleep of the title referring to how people used to have a first sleep, wake during the night, … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Reviews, books, Fiction, novel, Robert Harris, Speculative fiction, The Second Sleep
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Review: Monstrous Devices
Review: Monstrous Devices – Damien Love When Alex’s grandfather sends him an old robot out of the blue, the mysterious writing of his English essay while he’s asleep is just the start. Whisked off to Paris and Prague by his … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Reviews, books, Children's Books, Damien Love, Monstrous Devices, novel, robots, Rock the Boat, Sam LeDoyen, writing
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Calling authors with new books
Launching your new book is a huge challenge at the best of times, never mind now. If you’re an author who’s just had or are about to have a book published, I’d like to invite you to consider an interview … Continue reading
Posted in Author interviews, Children's Books, crime fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, Nonfiction, Romantic fiction, Writing tips
Tagged author, Author interviews, books, Fiction, novel, Roz Kay, writing
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“Suspense, an occasional laugh, and many surprises”
My publisher, Hayloft, is expecting the copies of my debut children’s novel, The Keeper of the Stones, from the printer on 23 March. There will be fewer than 500 copies available. Advance orders are going well and anyone who pre-orders a … Continue reading
The Keeper of the Stones
Imagine starting to write a book in 1987. Finishing it in 1995. Having interest from publishers, but not getting a bite. Imagine it sitting on various hard drives until more than 20 years later, you open the file, rewrite it … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Books, Fiction
Tagged Avebury, children's novel, Fiction, novel, Poetry, Roz Kay, stone circles, The Keeper of the Stones, writing
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Sponsoring the next great children’s author?
By Roz Kay Authors who write for children have such a special place in my heart. I still have a few books from my childhood in the 1960s. As Stig Abell reveals in this tweet, the stories you loved as … Continue reading
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