Politics, Lives, Page Turners: The Courage of Claret Press publishing Sylvia Vetta and Pen Farthing and the joy of the Oxford Indie Book Fair. I love my publishers new book mark. It sums up what Claret Press is about.
It’s the wonderful Oxford Arts Week. On Tuesday, I was on a panel in Littlemore church exploring the creative process. This evening, I attended the annual Arts Week Forum which had a distinguished panel including Sir Philip Pullman. Imagine
Cosmic Cats: A World First ? Charming feature on BBC South Today covering the school's launch . Click on the link below to see it. Here's how you buy a copy Cosmic Cats brings together stories written by children in
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24256468.oxford-bakery-named-among-best-bakeries-britain/ Excellent news but I object to my village being called a SUBURB by the Oxford Mail! Oxford would love it to be but Kennington has always resisted the take over. My whodunit, Current of Death is inspired by the
In February, Chris Patten announced that he will retire as Chancellor of Oxford University. https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-02-05-lord-patten-barnes-announces-his-retirement-chancellor-university-oxford So the Chancellor’s event last night was an interview with him. https://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-events/2024/march-18/chancellors-lecture-from-china-to-the-middle-east-and-ukraine-a-world-in-turmoil I was moved for many reasons by last night's interview. He was
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/15/london-river-thames-dead-bodies/ I took a walk to some locations in my whodunit Current of Death. Unlike in London, in my novel,there are only two bodies in the Thames near my village in Oxfordshire where Current of Death is set. When
The former children ’s laureate , Michael Rosen has endorsed Cosmic Cats on his Facebook and Twitter accounts . Feel the force of fifty children’s voices. Recognise the bravery of turning an empty page into a living story and
https://www.oxfordindiebookfair.co.uk/whats-on/ Avert Your Eyes.... At the Oxford Indie Book Fair on November 26, I have the delightful opportunity to discuss Oxford-murder capital of the world? Odd to link ‘delight’ to ‘murder’? Crime fiction is the most popular genre so,unless
Andy Severn of Oxford eBooks organised a book fair in the village where I live. I encouraged author, architect and founder of the Isle of Wight festival, Ray Foulk and publisher James Harrison to have stands. We felt the idea
My first novel Brushstrokes in Time is set in China and the USA, Not so Black and White (with Nancy Mudenyo Hunt) is located in London and west Kenya and Sculpting the Elephant in Oxford and India. My fourth novel,