Pauline Rowson's Blog, page 67
April 16, 2013
A good visit to the London Book Fair, great to meet up with my publisher and agents
I was trying to recall how many times I have visited the London Book Fair and have to admit that I can't. I do however remember that the first time I visited the London Book Fair was in 1998. It's hard for me to believe that it was that long ago. My first impressions were that it was like no other exhibition I had ever attended and that impression remains, although I have witnessed the changes over the years.
Now there is a thriving digital arena, stands dedicated to self publishing and e books which didn't exist in 1998. There are more seminars across a whole range of subjects of interest not only to the publishers and agents but also to authors both published and self published. And in the past whereas authors were positively frowned upon or ignored they are now welcomed.
I have made some great friends at the London Book Fair and met up with my various publishers, Summersdale, Matrix Media, Crimson and the publisher of my DI Andy Horton crime novels, Severn House. I have also have met up with my Chinese, Italian and Brazilian Literary Agents.
It's also nice to catch up with those I know in the book world. The publishing industry has changed a lot since 1998 and will continue to change but then what industry doesn't. The one thing that remains constant though is that people still want to read books in whatever format. They still like a good story and from an author's point of view that is good news indeed.
Undercurrent is the ninth in the DI Andy Horton crime series published by Severn House in the UK, Commonwealth and USA.
Available in hardcover and as an ebook in all formats including Kindle, Kobo and Nook.
Undercurrent
Now there is a thriving digital arena, stands dedicated to self publishing and e books which didn't exist in 1998. There are more seminars across a whole range of subjects of interest not only to the publishers and agents but also to authors both published and self published. And in the past whereas authors were positively frowned upon or ignored they are now welcomed.
I have made some great friends at the London Book Fair and met up with my various publishers, Summersdale, Matrix Media, Crimson and the publisher of my DI Andy Horton crime novels, Severn House. I have also have met up with my Chinese, Italian and Brazilian Literary Agents.
It's also nice to catch up with those I know in the book world. The publishing industry has changed a lot since 1998 and will continue to change but then what industry doesn't. The one thing that remains constant though is that people still want to read books in whatever format. They still like a good story and from an author's point of view that is good news indeed.
Undercurrent is the ninth in the DI Andy Horton crime series published by Severn House in the UK, Commonwealth and USA.
Available in hardcover and as an ebook in all formats including Kindle, Kobo and Nook.
Undercurrent
April 12, 2013
Undercurrent, featuring DI Andy Horton, published in US in hardcover and released internationally as an e book
Undercurrent, the ninth in the marine mystery crime series featuring the flawed and rugged detective DI Andy Horton will be published in America in hardcover and released internationally as an e book, available on all e readers including, Kindle, Kobo and Nook on 1 May 2013.
Undercurrent was published in the UK and Commonwealth by Severn House on 30 January 2013.
Set in the Solent area on the South Coast of England the DI Horton series has received critical acclaim both in the UK and the USA where they have been compared to the works of Ed McBain and Joseph Wambaugh, and their British counterparts, Peter Robinson and John Harvey. Translation rights to the Horton series have recently been sold to China where they are being published in 2013.
American Reviewer Booklist says, "Andy Horton is an especially good series hero, a likeable fellow with plenty of street smarts and the requisite personal baggage – an abrasive supervisor and an antagonistic soon-to-be ex-wife. Procedural fans who haven’t already read Rowson should be encouraged to do so in the strongest possible terms."
When naval historian Dr Douglas Spalding is found dead in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard, the Major Crime Team is adamant it is suicide. Detective Inspector Horton is not so sure. Then another body is found in similar circumstances and Horton is convinced they’re looking at murder; but not so his bosses. Angry and frustrated at the lack of investigation, Horton goes out on a limb to prove he’s right. Whichever way he turns, he finds the deaths have all the hallmarks of a cover up at the highest level, but who is behind it and why? Soon Horton begins to find disturbing similarities with his own private investigations into the disappearance of his mother thirty years ago. As he gets closer to the truth someone is determined to prevent it from ever coming out, even if means death.
Alll my crime and thriller novels are available in hardcover, paperback, as e books on Kindle, Nook and Kobo and some are available in Large Print and as Audio Books.
Undercurrent
Undercurrent was published in the UK and Commonwealth by Severn House on 30 January 2013.
Set in the Solent area on the South Coast of England the DI Horton series has received critical acclaim both in the UK and the USA where they have been compared to the works of Ed McBain and Joseph Wambaugh, and their British counterparts, Peter Robinson and John Harvey. Translation rights to the Horton series have recently been sold to China where they are being published in 2013.
American Reviewer Booklist says, "Andy Horton is an especially good series hero, a likeable fellow with plenty of street smarts and the requisite personal baggage – an abrasive supervisor and an antagonistic soon-to-be ex-wife. Procedural fans who haven’t already read Rowson should be encouraged to do so in the strongest possible terms."
When naval historian Dr Douglas Spalding is found dead in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard, the Major Crime Team is adamant it is suicide. Detective Inspector Horton is not so sure. Then another body is found in similar circumstances and Horton is convinced they’re looking at murder; but not so his bosses. Angry and frustrated at the lack of investigation, Horton goes out on a limb to prove he’s right. Whichever way he turns, he finds the deaths have all the hallmarks of a cover up at the highest level, but who is behind it and why? Soon Horton begins to find disturbing similarities with his own private investigations into the disappearance of his mother thirty years ago. As he gets closer to the truth someone is determined to prevent it from ever coming out, even if means death.
Alll my crime and thriller novels are available in hardcover, paperback, as e books on Kindle, Nook and Kobo and some are available in Large Print and as Audio Books.
Undercurrent
April 8, 2013
Video Uploaded - Pauline Rowson talks to Xan Phillips about Undercurrent, no. 9 in the DI Andy Horton series
I've uploaded a new video. In this latest interview I am talking to Xan Phillips about Undercurrent, the ninth in the DI Andy Horton series of marine mystery crime novels set in Portsmouth and the Solent area of England, the rugged and flawed detective, DI Horton, and the area in which I set the novels
Undercurrent, the ninth in the DI Horton marine mystery crime series is published by Severn House in hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. It will be published in hardcover in the USA on 1 May 2013 when it will also be released as an e book and available on Kindle, Nook and Kobo.
Undercurrent
Undercurrent, the ninth in the DI Horton marine mystery crime series is published by Severn House in hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. It will be published in hardcover in the USA on 1 May 2013 when it will also be released as an e book and available on Kindle, Nook and Kobo.
Undercurrent
April 1, 2013
Footsteps on the Shore, (DI Horton 6) now also available in Large Print
Footsteps on the Shore the sixth in the DI Andy Horton series was published in Large Print on 28 March by Severn House Publishers. It is already available as an e book on Kindle, Kobo and Nook, in paperback and hardcover, as are all my DI Horton crime novels and thrillers with the exception of the latest DI Horton, number 9 in the series, Undercurrent, which will be published as an ebook on 1 May 2013
Footsteps on the Shore has been highly acclaimed both in the UK and abroad. American reviewer Booklist says, ' It deserves mention in the same breath as works in the upper echelon of American procedurals (those by Ed McBain or Joseph Wambaugh for example) and their British counterparts, including the work of Peter Robinson and John Harvey. Procedural fans who haven’t already read Rowson should be encouraged to do so in the strongest possible terms.’
Set against the backdrop of the sea in the Solent area of England, Footsteps on the Shore, like the others in the DI Horton series, reflects the seedy side of the densely populated and harbour front city of Portsmouth.
Footsteps on the Shore
Friday the thirteenth begins badly for DI Andy Horton when he wakes to find his Harley has been vandalized and his boss, DCI Lorraine Bliss, has returned early from her secondment to HQ. Then, convicted murderer, Luke Felton, released on licence, is reported missing and a decomposed corpse is washed up in Portsmouth harbour. But before Horton can get a grip on either case, he’s called to a house where a woman he’d only met the day before has been brutally murdered. Is missing Luke Felton the prime suspect, or is it his body in the mud of the harbour? Horton is under pressure to get results, but things are about to get much worse for the beleaguered detective …
Footsteps on the Shore
Footsteps on the Shore has been highly acclaimed both in the UK and abroad. American reviewer Booklist says, ' It deserves mention in the same breath as works in the upper echelon of American procedurals (those by Ed McBain or Joseph Wambaugh for example) and their British counterparts, including the work of Peter Robinson and John Harvey. Procedural fans who haven’t already read Rowson should be encouraged to do so in the strongest possible terms.’
Set against the backdrop of the sea in the Solent area of England, Footsteps on the Shore, like the others in the DI Horton series, reflects the seedy side of the densely populated and harbour front city of Portsmouth.
Footsteps on the Shore
Friday the thirteenth begins badly for DI Andy Horton when he wakes to find his Harley has been vandalized and his boss, DCI Lorraine Bliss, has returned early from her secondment to HQ. Then, convicted murderer, Luke Felton, released on licence, is reported missing and a decomposed corpse is washed up in Portsmouth harbour. But before Horton can get a grip on either case, he’s called to a house where a woman he’d only met the day before has been brutally murdered. Is missing Luke Felton the prime suspect, or is it his body in the mud of the harbour? Horton is under pressure to get results, but things are about to get much worse for the beleaguered detective …
Footsteps on the Shore
March 25, 2013
Top crime authors sharing the platform at CrimeFest 2013
Jeffery Deaver and Peter James are lined up to take part in this year’s Crimefest and I'm delighted to be there with them.
I am sure that Jeffrey Deaver's Thriller Writing Seminar as part of the festival’s Crime Writing Workshop will be packed to the rafters. Well worth attending if you're a budding crime author.
Literary Agents will also be attending. Taking part in the Pitch an Agent strand will be Camilla Wray, Broo Doherty and David Headley.
Also at CrimeFest will be TV series "Sherlock"s co-creator, producer and actor Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffatt and Sue Vertue.
My Panel at CrimeFest is on 31 May at 10.10am.I will be appearing with my fellow crime authors, Ann Cleeves, Kate Ellis, J.C. Martin and Kerry Wilkinson discussing 'A Policeman Calls.'
I appeared with Ann Cleeves at CSI Portsmouth 2012, so it will be good to be working with her again.
The Crime Writers' Association (CWA) will also announce the Dagger Awards shortlists at CrimeFest.
CrimeFest takes place at the Royal Marriot Hotel, Bristol and runs from 31 May to 2 June.
The DI Horton novel, A Killing Coast, has been longlisted for the EDunnit Award at CrimeFest 2013
A Killing Coast
I am sure that Jeffrey Deaver's Thriller Writing Seminar as part of the festival’s Crime Writing Workshop will be packed to the rafters. Well worth attending if you're a budding crime author.
Literary Agents will also be attending. Taking part in the Pitch an Agent strand will be Camilla Wray, Broo Doherty and David Headley.
Also at CrimeFest will be TV series "Sherlock"s co-creator, producer and actor Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffatt and Sue Vertue.
My Panel at CrimeFest is on 31 May at 10.10am.I will be appearing with my fellow crime authors, Ann Cleeves, Kate Ellis, J.C. Martin and Kerry Wilkinson discussing 'A Policeman Calls.'
I appeared with Ann Cleeves at CSI Portsmouth 2012, so it will be good to be working with her again.
The Crime Writers' Association (CWA) will also announce the Dagger Awards shortlists at CrimeFest.
CrimeFest takes place at the Royal Marriot Hotel, Bristol and runs from 31 May to 2 June.
The DI Horton novel, A Killing Coast, has been longlisted for the EDunnit Award at CrimeFest 2013
A Killing Coast
March 19, 2013
Radio Interview - DI Andy Horton Series
On Saturday night I appeared on the Arts and Culture Show on Voice FM talking to the radio presenter Xan Phillips about my marine mystery crime novels, the inspiration behind my flawed and rugged detective DI Andy Horton, the latest in the Horton series, Undercurrent and the importance of marketing for authors, artists and musicians.
Click here to listen to the programme
Click here to listen to the programme
March 6, 2013
New venue announced for CSI Portsmouth 2013
I'm delighted that the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard is to be the new venue for the popular one day event, CSI Portsmouth 2013, part of Portsmouth BookFest to be held on Saturday 2 November.
CSI Portsmouth 2013 will be held in the Princess Royal Gallery at the museum, which is one of the settings for the latest DI Horton novel, Undercurrent, published in hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth in January and in the USA in May.
Naval historian Dr Douglas Spalding is found dead in Number One Dock in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard after giving a lecture in the Princess Royal Gallery in the Royal Navy Museum. Detective Superintendent Uckfield of the Major Crime Team is adamant it is suicide. DI Horton is not so sure. Angry and frustrated at the lack of investigation, Horton goes out on a limb to prove he’s right and discovers a cover up at the highest level. Soon Horton begins to find disturbing similarities with his own private investigations into the disappearance of his mother thirty years ago. As he gets closer to the truth someone is determined to prevent it from ever coming out.
CSI Portsmouth, where crime fiction meets crime fact is now in its fourth year and 2013 promises to be as exciting as previous years with some top crime authors and crime experts coming along to entertain us all. The panellists for CSI Portsmouth 2013 will be announced during the year.
The National Museum of the Royal Navy Portsmouth is one of Britain’s oldest maritime museums. Its aim is to preserve and present the history of the Fleet - the ships and the men and women who manned them and to make accessible to all the story of the Royal Navy and its people from earliest times to the present.
The tickets for CSI Portsmouth will also include the added bonus of free entry to exhibitions in the museum.
CSI Portsmouth is part of Portsmouth BookFest a festival of popular literature organised by The Hayling Island Bookshop and Portsmouth City Council and runs from October 19 to 3 November. Its aim is to promote reading for pleasure and enthusiasm for literature in the city of Portsmouth.
You can follow CSI Portsmouth on Twitter and on Facebook.
Undercurrent
CSI Portsmouth 2013 will be held in the Princess Royal Gallery at the museum, which is one of the settings for the latest DI Horton novel, Undercurrent, published in hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth in January and in the USA in May.
Naval historian Dr Douglas Spalding is found dead in Number One Dock in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard after giving a lecture in the Princess Royal Gallery in the Royal Navy Museum. Detective Superintendent Uckfield of the Major Crime Team is adamant it is suicide. DI Horton is not so sure. Angry and frustrated at the lack of investigation, Horton goes out on a limb to prove he’s right and discovers a cover up at the highest level. Soon Horton begins to find disturbing similarities with his own private investigations into the disappearance of his mother thirty years ago. As he gets closer to the truth someone is determined to prevent it from ever coming out.
CSI Portsmouth, where crime fiction meets crime fact is now in its fourth year and 2013 promises to be as exciting as previous years with some top crime authors and crime experts coming along to entertain us all. The panellists for CSI Portsmouth 2013 will be announced during the year.
The National Museum of the Royal Navy Portsmouth is one of Britain’s oldest maritime museums. Its aim is to preserve and present the history of the Fleet - the ships and the men and women who manned them and to make accessible to all the story of the Royal Navy and its people from earliest times to the present.
The tickets for CSI Portsmouth will also include the added bonus of free entry to exhibitions in the museum.
CSI Portsmouth is part of Portsmouth BookFest a festival of popular literature organised by The Hayling Island Bookshop and Portsmouth City Council and runs from October 19 to 3 November. Its aim is to promote reading for pleasure and enthusiasm for literature in the city of Portsmouth.
You can follow CSI Portsmouth on Twitter and on Facebook.
Undercurrent
February 27, 2013
First talk of 2013 a great success
I had a great time speaking to the lovely members of the Holbury and Fawley U3A on Tuesday 26 February. They made me very welcome and were a superb audience. I talked about how I write my DI Andy Horton marine mysteries and my thrillers.
I'm pleased to say that I will be talking at many more U3As this year and looking forward to them all.
U3As are self-help, self-managed lifelong learning co-operatives for older people no longer in full time work, providing opportunities for their members to share learning experiences in a wide range of interest groups and to pursue learning not for qualifications, but for fun.
You can see all my speaking engagements for 2013 on the events page on my website at http://www.rowmark.co.uk
I'm pleased to say that I will be talking at many more U3As this year and looking forward to them all.
U3As are self-help, self-managed lifelong learning co-operatives for older people no longer in full time work, providing opportunities for their members to share learning experiences in a wide range of interest groups and to pursue learning not for qualifications, but for fun.
You can see all my speaking engagements for 2013 on the events page on my website at http://www.rowmark.co.uk
February 21, 2013
On tour in North East England in April
I will be visiting the North East of England in April to publicise my latest crime novel to feature the flawed and rugged DI Andy Horton, Undercurrent, published by Severn House and to entertain audiences about how I research, plot and write my crime novels.
I will be appearing at Hartlepool, Gateshead and Whitley Bay where I will be giving a series of talks about the inspiration behind my crime novels and how I write them.
Full details are available on the events page on my website along with details of my other speaking engagements throughout the year.
Undercurrent
I will be appearing at Hartlepool, Gateshead and Whitley Bay where I will be giving a series of talks about the inspiration behind my crime novels and how I write them.
Full details are available on the events page on my website along with details of my other speaking engagements throughout the year.
Undercurrent
February 15, 2013
Why I like crime novels, psychology and writing from the male point of view
In this video clip uploaded onto my website taken from CSI Portsmouth 2012 I talk about why I like crime novels, psychology, writing from the male point of view and the importance of libraries.
You can read more about CSI Portsmouth 2012 on my website. CSI Portsmouth 2013 will be held on Saturday 2 November.
http://www.rowmark.co.uk/blogged/2013...
You can read more about CSI Portsmouth 2012 on my website. CSI Portsmouth 2013 will be held on Saturday 2 November.
http://www.rowmark.co.uk/blogged/2013...
