Stop Press: Amazon surprise deal
Well this was a surprise - unknown to me Amazon decided to offer Turn of the Tide for a limited time at 99p - so I wanted to share the…
Author event – Heron and Willow Bookshop, Jedburgh
Hugely looking forward to chatting to Dean at Heron and Willow Bookshop in Jedburgh on April 25th - the evening event is free, but please book ahead if you can…
VEH Masters – New release – Apostates
Recently I met up with V E H (Vicki) Masters to chat about her third in series, The Apostates, which has just been released. The story is partly set in Venice and…
Guest Post: Linda Pennell – The Gilded Age
In 2016 Linda Pennell invited me onto her blog when I was launching book two in the Munro trilogy - A House Divided. It seems a lifetime ago now, but…
A very personal reflection on 2020
2020 Looking back on 2020 it is tempting to focus on negatives – there have certainly been enough of them, and it’s impossible to minimize the impact of the pandemic.…
Jolabokaflod
Jolabokaflod – translated as ‘Christmas Book Flood’ - the lovely Icelandic tradition of giving books as gifts on Christmas Eve. If I only had an open fire that I could…
Britain’s ‘Little Ice Age’
It's hardly surprising in the UK that we are notorious for talking about the weather, for it is nothing if not unpredictable. Take the last 2 weeks - where I…
Dipping in to Viking era Scotland
Today I'm welcoming a fellow historical author, Jen Black onto the site to highlight her new book set in the 11th century. A wee bit before my period of expertise…
That was the week, that was (well, two weeks, actually).
You know the feeling when you decide to do something and you've no idea how to do it and it's probably crazy anyway? Well, that was my position two weeks…
Mathilda’s Spy (or is he?)
For all you good folk who have been following the Historical fiction blog Hop here is the final character interview in the blog hop series - and this time it…
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