Pauline Rowson's Blog - Posts Tagged "pauline-rowson"
Talks, public appearances and radio interview - Pauline Rowson talking to Rob Richardson at Express FM
It was the 25th birthday party of the Southsea Afternoon branch of the Women's Institute last Wednesday and I was honoured to be their guest speaker. There was a great turn out at what is clearly a thriving branch of the WI. Well done ladies, thank you for asking me to talk to you about my crime novels and my marine mystery police procedurals featuring my hunky DI, Inspector Andy Horton.
My next public appearance is at the Oxfam Books and Music Shop in Fareham, Hampshire where I will officially kick-start the annual Oxfam BookFest on 3 July. I will be there between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30.a.m.
But before that, on 8 June 2010 at 7pm, I am giving a radio interview with Rob Richardson of Express FM. It is broadcast on 93.7 or you can listen live via the Express FM web site. I'm talking to Rob about my crime novels and how I write, although the interview was recorded last week and I can't recall exactly what I said now! Perhaps I'd better listen to it!
My next public appearance is at the Oxfam Books and Music Shop in Fareham, Hampshire where I will officially kick-start the annual Oxfam BookFest on 3 July. I will be there between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30.a.m.
But before that, on 8 June 2010 at 7pm, I am giving a radio interview with Rob Richardson of Express FM. It is broadcast on 93.7 or you can listen live via the Express FM web site. I'm talking to Rob about my crime novels and how I write, although the interview was recorded last week and I can't recall exactly what I said now! Perhaps I'd better listen to it!
I've received the Turkish edition of my crime novel In Cold Daylight
I knew it was being published in Turkey but didn't know when.
I always get a buzz when I see one of my books translated into another language. This one looks good. The Turkish publisher has changed the title but I've no diea to what, perhaps someone who speaks Turkish might tell me.
In Cold Daylight is published by Babiali Kültür Yayinciligi and looking them up on Wikipedia, as one does, here is what they have to say about the company.
"Babiali Kültür Yayinciligi was founded in Istanbul in November 1999 and it started to publish books in 2000. It has extended its sphere of activities and brought important books into the Turkish market. Today it is one of the leading publishing companies in Turkey with popular authors and important books."
Well that's certainly nice to know. And it looks as though I am in good company along with fellow thriller writer, Harlan Coben. I haven't made it on to the Wikipedia list yet but if anyone would like to add my name to it please feel free.
So, taking a look at the publisher's web site Babiali Kültür Yayinciligi I found my novel and then punched in my name in their search field and there I am - photo and all.
I hope people in Turkey enjoy reading Gün Isiginin Ayazinda . And just for good measure I've put the blurb on In Cold Daylight , which was shortlisted for the World Book Day Prize in 2008, below in English.
Fire fighter Jack Bartholomew dies whilst trying to put out a fire in a derelict building. Was it an accident or arson? Marine Artist Adam Greene doesn't know, only that he has lost his closest friend. He attends the funeral ready to mourn when another funeral intrudes upon his thoughts, and one he has tried very hard to forget for the last fifteen years. But before he has time to digest this, or discover the identity of the stranger stalking him, Jack's house is ransacked.
Unaware of the risks he is running Adam soon finds himself caught up in a mysterious and dangerous web of deceit. By exposing a secret that has lain dormant for years Adam is forced to face his own dark secrets, and as the facts reveal themselves the prospects for his survival look bleak. But Adam knows there is no turning back; he has to get to the truth no matter what the cost, even if it means his life.
I always get a buzz when I see one of my books translated into another language. This one looks good. The Turkish publisher has changed the title but I've no diea to what, perhaps someone who speaks Turkish might tell me.
In Cold Daylight is published by Babiali Kültür Yayinciligi and looking them up on Wikipedia, as one does, here is what they have to say about the company.
"Babiali Kültür Yayinciligi was founded in Istanbul in November 1999 and it started to publish books in 2000. It has extended its sphere of activities and brought important books into the Turkish market. Today it is one of the leading publishing companies in Turkey with popular authors and important books."
Well that's certainly nice to know. And it looks as though I am in good company along with fellow thriller writer, Harlan Coben. I haven't made it on to the Wikipedia list yet but if anyone would like to add my name to it please feel free.
So, taking a look at the publisher's web site Babiali Kültür Yayinciligi I found my novel and then punched in my name in their search field and there I am - photo and all.
I hope people in Turkey enjoy reading Gün Isiginin Ayazinda . And just for good measure I've put the blurb on In Cold Daylight , which was shortlisted for the World Book Day Prize in 2008, below in English.
Fire fighter Jack Bartholomew dies whilst trying to put out a fire in a derelict building. Was it an accident or arson? Marine Artist Adam Greene doesn't know, only that he has lost his closest friend. He attends the funeral ready to mourn when another funeral intrudes upon his thoughts, and one he has tried very hard to forget for the last fifteen years. But before he has time to digest this, or discover the identity of the stranger stalking him, Jack's house is ransacked.
Unaware of the risks he is running Adam soon finds himself caught up in a mysterious and dangerous web of deceit. By exposing a secret that has lain dormant for years Adam is forced to face his own dark secrets, and as the facts reveal themselves the prospects for his survival look bleak. But Adam knows there is no turning back; he has to get to the truth no matter what the cost, even if it means his life.
I've added a new video clip to my profile here on Goodreads
In this new short clip I'm in discussion with Rob Richardson talking about how I research my police procedural marine mystery crime novels, featuring my rugged and flawed detective, Inspector Andy Horton. You can listen to more of my video clips here or on my official web site
Blood on the Sand
Blood on the Sand
Top crime authors join crime experts in unique CSI Portsmouth Event at Portsmouth Bookfest
Five Internationally acclaimed crime writers, Simon Brett, June Hampson, Graham Hurley, Peter Lovesey and Pauline Rowson will join experts from the Crime Scene Investigation team and Fingerprinting Bureau of Hampshire Constabulary and experts from the International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology to discuss crime fiction and fact in a unique event, Crime and the City, Portsmouth CSI being held on 6 November at the John Pounds Community Centre, Queen Street Portsmouth, as part of Portsmouth Bookfest.
Portsmouth Bookfest is a new Festival of popular literature organised by The Hayling Island Bookshop and Portsmouth City Council, which will run from October 26th to November 13th. Its aim is to promote reading for pleasure and enthusiasm for literature in the city of Portsmouth. There will be opportunities to hear and meet popular authors at events across the city and in schools with ticket offers to attract new members to city Libraries and stimulate book ownership.
On 6 November between 10 a.m. and 12 noon delegates can meet Simon Brett, June Hampson and Pauline Rowson, and between 1 p.m. and 3p.m Peter Lovesey and Graham Hurley who will again be joined by Pauline Rowson. All authors have a connection with the local area.
Pauline Rowson’s marine mystery crime novels featuring Inspector Horton are set in the Portsmouth and Solent area as is Graham Hurley’s Joe Faraday series. June Hampson’s Daisy Lane novels are set in Gosport and Peter Lovesey, a prolific writer with a string of awards including the Cartier Diamond Dagger for his career in crime writing and whose novels have been dramatised on television lives in Chichester, and Simon Brett responsible for the Charles Paris, Mrs Pargeter and Fethering series of crime novels, as well as radio and television series such as No Commitments and After Henry lives in Arundel.
On the expert side will be DS Martin Chudley, in charge of the Crime Scene Investigation team for Hampshire Constabulary and Jane Aston and her team from the Fingerprinting Bureau. With them will be Dr Claire Nee, Director of the International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology at Portsmouth University, an expert in forensic psychology and Paul Smith, an expert in Crime Scenes. To keep us all in check will be panel moderator Cheryl Buggy, Station Director at Express FM, as she stimulates a lively discussion and takes questions from the audience.
There will be a chance for delegates to see how the fingerprinting bureau works and have their fingerprints taken, as well as talk to the crime authors to find out how they come up with their intricate plots and research their novels.
A mobile bookshop, provided by the Hayling Island Bookshop will be selling signed copies of the authors’ books.
Tickets are available from the Box Office on 023 9268 8037, Monday to Friday 9am-5pm (library membership discount will not apply to telephone bookings) or in person at any Portsmouth library during normal library opening hours (show your Portsmouth library card to obtain a £1 discount off the price of the ticket or take the opportunity to join the Library Service) or from the Portsmouth Visitor Information Centre at the Hard, Monday to Sunday or the Hayling Island Bookshop, Monday to Saturday
Tickets can be purchased with cash, cheque, made payable to ‘Portsmouth City Council’, or by credit/debit card at ticket points and credit/debit card at the box office. They can be collected from any ticket point or posted to an address (there will be a booking fee of 50p charged for tickets posted).
Fulldetails and programme.
Blood on the Sand
Portsmouth Bookfest is a new Festival of popular literature organised by The Hayling Island Bookshop and Portsmouth City Council, which will run from October 26th to November 13th. Its aim is to promote reading for pleasure and enthusiasm for literature in the city of Portsmouth. There will be opportunities to hear and meet popular authors at events across the city and in schools with ticket offers to attract new members to city Libraries and stimulate book ownership.
On 6 November between 10 a.m. and 12 noon delegates can meet Simon Brett, June Hampson and Pauline Rowson, and between 1 p.m. and 3p.m Peter Lovesey and Graham Hurley who will again be joined by Pauline Rowson. All authors have a connection with the local area.
Pauline Rowson’s marine mystery crime novels featuring Inspector Horton are set in the Portsmouth and Solent area as is Graham Hurley’s Joe Faraday series. June Hampson’s Daisy Lane novels are set in Gosport and Peter Lovesey, a prolific writer with a string of awards including the Cartier Diamond Dagger for his career in crime writing and whose novels have been dramatised on television lives in Chichester, and Simon Brett responsible for the Charles Paris, Mrs Pargeter and Fethering series of crime novels, as well as radio and television series such as No Commitments and After Henry lives in Arundel.
On the expert side will be DS Martin Chudley, in charge of the Crime Scene Investigation team for Hampshire Constabulary and Jane Aston and her team from the Fingerprinting Bureau. With them will be Dr Claire Nee, Director of the International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology at Portsmouth University, an expert in forensic psychology and Paul Smith, an expert in Crime Scenes. To keep us all in check will be panel moderator Cheryl Buggy, Station Director at Express FM, as she stimulates a lively discussion and takes questions from the audience.
There will be a chance for delegates to see how the fingerprinting bureau works and have their fingerprints taken, as well as talk to the crime authors to find out how they come up with their intricate plots and research their novels.
A mobile bookshop, provided by the Hayling Island Bookshop will be selling signed copies of the authors’ books.
Tickets are available from the Box Office on 023 9268 8037, Monday to Friday 9am-5pm (library membership discount will not apply to telephone bookings) or in person at any Portsmouth library during normal library opening hours (show your Portsmouth library card to obtain a £1 discount off the price of the ticket or take the opportunity to join the Library Service) or from the Portsmouth Visitor Information Centre at the Hard, Monday to Sunday or the Hayling Island Bookshop, Monday to Saturday
Tickets can be purchased with cash, cheque, made payable to ‘Portsmouth City Council’, or by credit/debit card at ticket points and credit/debit card at the box office. They can be collected from any ticket point or posted to an address (there will be a booking fee of 50p charged for tickets posted).
Fulldetails and programme.
Blood on the Sand
A new video has been uploaded - Pauline Rowson talks about DI Andy Horton
A new video has been uploaded to my official web site, my You Tube Channel and here. In this latest video, I'm talking to Rob Richardson about the creation of my detective, Inspector Andy Horton who features in my marine mystery police procedural crime novels set in the Solent area on the South Coast of England. Rob is doing his hardest to make me laugh, and succeeding during the interview which was recorded for the radio and internet station Express FM.
You can listen to the video here, or on my web site or on You Tube along with many other of my videos where I discuss developing characters, research, my crime novels and how I write. There are also two interviews with Raychel Harvey Jones. Hope you enjoy watching and listening to them.
Hailed in the US as 'exemplary procedurals,' there are five novels in the Andy Horton series with the sixth, Footsteps on the Shore to be published early 2011. I'm currently working on the seventh in the series.
You can listen to the video here, or on my web site or on You Tube along with many other of my videos where I discuss developing characters, research, my crime novels and how I write. There are also two interviews with Raychel Harvey Jones. Hope you enjoy watching and listening to them.
Hailed in the US as 'exemplary procedurals,' there are five novels in the Andy Horton series with the sixth, Footsteps on the Shore to be published early 2011. I'm currently working on the seventh in the series.
Yesterday I gave a talk to a great crowd in Hampshire, next week I'm off to speak in the West Midlands
Yesterday I gave a talk to a packed audience of the U3A group in Waterloovile, Hampshire about how I write my police procedural marine mystery crime novels featuring Inspector Andy Horton and my thrillers. They were a great crowd and I was delighted to answer their questions and sign so many books.
Next week I'm off to the West Midlands and will be speaking at Perry Common Library in Birmingham and Burton-upon-Trent Library. I'm really looking forward to it. There is more information about these events, including contact details, and my forthcoming appearances and speaking engagements on my official web site at http://www.rowmark.co.uk . You can also read more on my personal blog at http://www.paulinerowson.com
I have been giving talks and speaking in public for many years. It's an aspect of being a novelist I particularly enjoy, entertaining others and helping budding writers. If anyone reading this would like to book me to speak at an event you can contact me through my official web site at http://www.rowmark.co.uk
Tide of Death
Next week I'm off to the West Midlands and will be speaking at Perry Common Library in Birmingham and Burton-upon-Trent Library. I'm really looking forward to it. There is more information about these events, including contact details, and my forthcoming appearances and speaking engagements on my official web site at http://www.rowmark.co.uk . You can also read more on my personal blog at http://www.paulinerowson.com
I have been giving talks and speaking in public for many years. It's an aspect of being a novelist I particularly enjoy, entertaining others and helping budding writers. If anyone reading this would like to book me to speak at an event you can contact me through my official web site at http://www.rowmark.co.uk
Tide of Death
A life-long lover of Marmite and a visit to two libraries in the West Midlands
I'm back from the West Midlands where I met some very interesting people and had a good chat with them about how I write my marine mystery detective crime novels and thrillers, but I have to tell you that I committed a great sin while there. No, I didn’t run amok naked and wailing through the centre of Burton-Upon-Trent or Perry Common in Birmingham – though that might have been interesting or sad, depending on your point of view, and it might well have got me in the newspaper headlines, although I did make it into the Staffordshire and local press – but I failed to visit the Marmite factory, or even sniff the very air where it is made!
Yes, I know, how, as a life-long lover of Marmite, could I have possibly missed out on such a wonderful opportunity? (I need to have my fix every day on toast otherwise I suffer withdrawal symptoms). So, while I was in the actual town where the wonder product is produced you’d have thought I would have spared some time to worship its hallowed ground. But no, and neither did I get to visit the three breweries in the town and sample the beer, because I was in the Reading Café in the Library explaining how I write my marine mystery crime novels, answering questions about my novels, supping coffee and signing books with some lovely local people.
And I also have to confess to another sin while in Burton-upon-Trent, I said no to the lady in the library café who offered me Branston pickle on my cheese baguette. Sorry, sorry, I forgot that Burton-upon-Trent also contains a suburb by the name of Branston, known for inventing Branston Pickle. If I am ever invited back I promise I will sup ale and eat Branston pickle until I am well and truly sozzled and most probably sick. And I will bow down and give thanks for Marmite at its very door because all those lovely vitamins are so perfect for stimulating the little grey cells of this crime author. Keep up the good work, Marmite! I will be back.
Deadly Waters
Yes, I know, how, as a life-long lover of Marmite, could I have possibly missed out on such a wonderful opportunity? (I need to have my fix every day on toast otherwise I suffer withdrawal symptoms). So, while I was in the actual town where the wonder product is produced you’d have thought I would have spared some time to worship its hallowed ground. But no, and neither did I get to visit the three breweries in the town and sample the beer, because I was in the Reading Café in the Library explaining how I write my marine mystery crime novels, answering questions about my novels, supping coffee and signing books with some lovely local people.
And I also have to confess to another sin while in Burton-upon-Trent, I said no to the lady in the library café who offered me Branston pickle on my cheese baguette. Sorry, sorry, I forgot that Burton-upon-Trent also contains a suburb by the name of Branston, known for inventing Branston Pickle. If I am ever invited back I promise I will sup ale and eat Branston pickle until I am well and truly sozzled and most probably sick. And I will bow down and give thanks for Marmite at its very door because all those lovely vitamins are so perfect for stimulating the little grey cells of this crime author. Keep up the good work, Marmite! I will be back.
Deadly Waters
New video uploaded, Pauline Rowson interview with Angel Radio - talking about Crime and the City, CSI Portsmouth - 6 November 2010
In this video British crime writer, Pauline Rowson talks to Tony Smith of Angel Radio about a unique event where she and four of her fellow international crime authors: Simon Brett, Graham Hurley, Peter Lovesey and June Hampson join police, CSI, forensic and fingerprinting experts in Crime and the City, CSI Portsmouth on Saturday 6 November at the John Pounds Centre, Portsmouth.
Fiction meets fact at this lively, entertaining event; come for the morning session, the afternoon session or both. Tickets on sale from 023 9268 8037 or visit Pauline Rowson's official web site for more details.
This event is part of Portsmouth Bookfest. organised by the Hayling Island Bookshop and Portsmouth City Council.
Fiction meets fact at this lively, entertaining event; come for the morning session, the afternoon session or both. Tickets on sale from 023 9268 8037 or visit Pauline Rowson's official web site for more details.
This event is part of Portsmouth Bookfest. organised by the Hayling Island Bookshop and Portsmouth City Council.
A busy week ahead of talks, radio and television interviews
I've got a busy week ahead starting this Sunday 31 October when I'm giving a talk at a charity lunch on behalf of the NSPCC at Fareham, Hampshire. I'll be talking about my marine mystery crime novels featuring the rugged Inspector Andy Horton, and my crime thriller novels, In Cold Daylight and In For The Kill.
Next up is a talk on Tuesday 2 November on my local patch of Hayling Island followed by a press interview and a radio interview on Thursday 4 November when I'll be on the Sally Cronin Programme on Express FM between 1pm and 4pm. On Friday 5 November between 4.30 and 5.30pm I'll be on Portsmouth Live TV. You can listen to both interviews on the Internet.
Then on Saturday 6 November I will be at the Crime & the City, CSI Portsmouth event at the John Pounds Centre in Portsmouth as part of Portsmouth Bookfest appearing at an exciting and unique event with fellow crime writers Simon Brett, Graham Hurley, Peter Lovesey and June Hampson and with police and forensic experts.
Later in the month of November is a book signing at Waterstones, Commercial Road, Portsmouth 12-2pm on Saturday 27 November, and before that I’ll be on the Julian Clegg Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Solent on 19 November at 6.45 a.m.
Details of these and my December engagements are also on my official web site where you can find information about all my books and much more.
In for the Kill
Next up is a talk on Tuesday 2 November on my local patch of Hayling Island followed by a press interview and a radio interview on Thursday 4 November when I'll be on the Sally Cronin Programme on Express FM between 1pm and 4pm. On Friday 5 November between 4.30 and 5.30pm I'll be on Portsmouth Live TV. You can listen to both interviews on the Internet.
Then on Saturday 6 November I will be at the Crime & the City, CSI Portsmouth event at the John Pounds Centre in Portsmouth as part of Portsmouth Bookfest appearing at an exciting and unique event with fellow crime writers Simon Brett, Graham Hurley, Peter Lovesey and June Hampson and with police and forensic experts.
Later in the month of November is a book signing at Waterstones, Commercial Road, Portsmouth 12-2pm on Saturday 27 November, and before that I’ll be on the Julian Clegg Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Solent on 19 November at 6.45 a.m.
Details of these and my December engagements are also on my official web site where you can find information about all my books and much more.
In for the Kill
Gave a talk last night and I'm giving a radio interview tomorrow
I gave a talk last night to a small group of ladies of the Koinona Club who made me very welcome. I've uploaded a couple of photographs here. I talked about how I write my crime fiction and about my marine mystery crime and thriller novels set on the South Coast of England. They feature the rugged and flawed detective, Inspector Andy Horton and are set against the backdrop of the sea. Tomorrow I am giving a radio interview on Express FM on the Sally Cronin programme between 1.30 pm and 4.30pm. You can listen via the Express FM web site or on 93.7fm.
