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May 4, 2015
Self-help: Advice for girls, 1908
‘Your website is very out of date,’ said a friend disapprovingly about a month ago, and I cringed, well aware of my failings on the blogging front. My explanation, if not an excuse, is that I have […]
March 18, 2015
The model model shop
Tucked just to the side of Monk Bar is the Monk Bar Model Shop. I have to admit I have only been in a couple of times to buy presents for young nephews, but it’s clearly […]
March 1, 2015
Paperback launch: Thursday 12th March 2015
If you’re in or around York on THURSDAY 12th MARCH, do come along to Waterstone’s in Coney Street, York, between 7.00pm and 9.00pm to help launch the paperback edition of The Edge of Dark. […]
February 22, 2015
The Edge of Dark: Read an excerpt 5
Although Jane is plain, her father is rich enough to buy her a fine husband, and she is married to Robert Holmwood. Robert is young and handsome and wealthy; Jane can hardly believe her luck. […]
February 12, 2015
The Edge of Dark: Read an excerpt 4 – King’s Square
King’s Square has been repaved and refurbished since I wrote this scene, but you can still see the raised platform with the grave slabs. Where jugglers, fire-eaters and other pavement artists now entertain the crowds at […]
February 4, 2015
The Edge of Dark: Read an excerpt 3
When we first meet Jane, she is just twelve and living in her father’s house in St Andrewgate. Her mother is dead, and although Jane is nominally in charge of the household, she relies on […]
January 28, 2015
The Edge of Dark – cover reveal!
The new cover for the paperback edition of The Edge of Dark has just arrived! What do you think? I really liked the hardback cover (below), which I thought was very handsome, and when […]
January 21, 2015
The Edge of Dark: Read an excerpt 2 – St Andrewgate
Today, St Andrewgate bears little resemblance to the 16th-century street, although the church of St Andrew still stands. Apart from a row of lovely 18th-century houses, most of the homes are now blocks of flats […]
January 6, 2015
Editing “Grandfather’s Snakebite”
I am waiting to hear back from my editor about the book I was writing frantically in November, so this is a chance to catch up on some other projects that get put on hold […]
December 19, 2014
The Edge of Dark: Read an excerpt now!
The Edge of Dark is the story of Jane, whose deathbed vow in 1569 sets her on twisting path of joy and deceit that takes her from the dark secrets of Holmwood House in York to […]
