Pauline Rowson's Blog, page 80
November 3, 2010
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.
November 1, 2010
Entertaining a packed audience at a charity lunch yesterday with a talk on my crime and thriller novels
Over eighty people, including the Lord Mayor of Fareham and his wife, attended the charity lunch yesterday (31 October) in aid of the NSPCC and to listen to me talking about my marine mystery police procedural crime novels featuring the flawed and rugged Inspector Andy Horton and my crime thriller novels, set in the Solent area on the South Coast of England.
I've posted a couple of photographs of the event here and you can see and read more on my personal blog and on my official web site.
There was a question and answer session after the talk, followed by lunch then a book signing with a queue stretching back to the door.
It was a thoroughly enjoyable event and the audience were fantastic. I’m delighted to have helped the NSPCC raise much needed funds for a very worthwhile cause.
I've posted a couple of photographs of the event here and you can see and read more on my personal blog and on my official web site.
There was a question and answer session after the talk, followed by lunch then a book signing with a queue stretching back to the door.
It was a thoroughly enjoyable event and the audience were fantastic. I’m delighted to have helped the NSPCC raise much needed funds for a very worthwhile cause.
October 29, 2010
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
October 24, 2010
I was made very welcome at the Southern region of the Society of Women Writers and Journalists
On 22 October I gave a talk on how I write, research and market my marine mystery crime novels and thrillers to the Southern Region of the Society of Women Writers and Journalists and have posted some photographs on my profile page from the event.
They were a lovely group of people and I was delighted to see popular saga author Dee Williams, whom I've appeared with at a few signings in the audience, along with crime writer, Peter Lovesey, a prolific writer with a string of awards including the Cartier Diamond Dagger for his career in crime writing. I'm appearing with Peter Lovesey at Crime & the City, CSI Portsmouth event on 6 November as part of Portsmouth Bookfest and I'm very much looking forward to it.
It was a fun event and I hope the audience found it interesting and informative, they certainly seemed to have done from their comments after the talk.
My next speaking engagement is at a charity lunch on behalf of the NSPCC at Wallington Hall, Fareham on 31 October 2010.
They were a lovely group of people and I was delighted to see popular saga author Dee Williams, whom I've appeared with at a few signings in the audience, along with crime writer, Peter Lovesey, a prolific writer with a string of awards including the Cartier Diamond Dagger for his career in crime writing. I'm appearing with Peter Lovesey at Crime & the City, CSI Portsmouth event on 6 November as part of Portsmouth Bookfest and I'm very much looking forward to it.
It was a fun event and I hope the audience found it interesting and informative, they certainly seemed to have done from their comments after the talk.
My next speaking engagement is at a charity lunch on behalf of the NSPCC at Wallington Hall, Fareham on 31 October 2010.
October 18, 2010
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.
October 12, 2010
Speed networking with students who want to know about the life of a crime writer
I'm participating in a speed networking event with pupils from Springfield School in Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK this morning. It’s looking at the use of language in the workplace and is organised by the Education Business Partnership in Portsmouth who have recruited a number of business people from the area who use language in their profession.
The speed networking is taking place between 11.25 am and 12.25 pm with lunch afterwards. I, and other professionals, each sit at a table and spend around 10 minutes with the group of students who ask us about our careers, then a whistle is blown and the next lot of students arrive. This happens 6 times within the hour.
I think I might be hoarse and very weary by the end of it if it’s similar to the last time I did this event, answering questions about my marine mystery police procedural crime novels and how I write! Still, it's very rewarding and enjoyable, for me, at least, not sure what the students think of it! And I’ll have time to recover my voice before my next speaking engagement on 22 October, which is to the Society of Women Writers and Journalists.
The speed networking is taking place between 11.25 am and 12.25 pm with lunch afterwards. I, and other professionals, each sit at a table and spend around 10 minutes with the group of students who ask us about our careers, then a whistle is blown and the next lot of students arrive. This happens 6 times within the hour.
I think I might be hoarse and very weary by the end of it if it’s similar to the last time I did this event, answering questions about my marine mystery police procedural crime novels and how I write! Still, it's very rewarding and enjoyable, for me, at least, not sure what the students think of it! And I’ll have time to recover my voice before my next speaking engagement on 22 October, which is to the Society of Women Writers and Journalists.
October 4, 2010
National Crime Writing Week 2011
The Crime Writers' Association of Great Britain (CWA) of which I am a member has announced that it will again run two highly successful initiatives next year, which were first introduced this year.
National Crime Writing Week, formerly National Crime Fiction Week, will run between June 13 and 19, 2011. The name change is designed to encompass both non-fiction and fiction and the nationwide celebration of crime writing will see the culmination of the CWA Young Crime Writers' Competition, which was run by libraries and the CWA this year and attracted 600 entries nationwide.
I was the CWA representative and judge for entries on the South Coast of England this year and I am happy to say that I will be next year. I very much look forward to being involved and once again reading the entries from young writers.
In addition, during National Crime Writing Week, members of the CWA, including yours truly, will take part in readings, discussions, readers' group events and workshops.
The Young Crime Writers' Competition will run from January 10 - 18 Feb. 2011 - more information on this later when I have it, but budding crime writers should get cracking with their ideas and stories now.
There will also be more details posted on my official web site and my personal blog
National Crime Writing Week, formerly National Crime Fiction Week, will run between June 13 and 19, 2011. The name change is designed to encompass both non-fiction and fiction and the nationwide celebration of crime writing will see the culmination of the CWA Young Crime Writers' Competition, which was run by libraries and the CWA this year and attracted 600 entries nationwide.
I was the CWA representative and judge for entries on the South Coast of England this year and I am happy to say that I will be next year. I very much look forward to being involved and once again reading the entries from young writers.
In addition, during National Crime Writing Week, members of the CWA, including yours truly, will take part in readings, discussions, readers' group events and workshops.
The Young Crime Writers' Competition will run from January 10 - 18 Feb. 2011 - more information on this later when I have it, but budding crime writers should get cracking with their ideas and stories now.
There will also be more details posted on my official web site and my personal blog
September 29, 2010
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
September 23, 2010
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
September 21, 2010
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.
