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December Goodreads Book Giveaway

More book shaped-news: In celebration of the launch of my novel A Funeral for an Owl, I am giving away 10 copies via Goodreads, which, boasting 19 million visitors a month, is the world largest book discovery and fan site. The … Continue reading →

Writer of Murder and Mayhem, Meddler of Words: Meet Mel Sherratt

Today, I’m delighted to be interviewing top-selling indie author, Mel Sherratt. Mel has been a self-described “meddler of words” ever since she can remember. After winning her first writing competition at the age of eleven, she has rarely been without … Continue reading →

Daily Mail First Novel Award-winner has done it AGAIN!

  A FUNERAL FOR AN OWL by JANE DAVIS Out now as an e-book and arriving in paperback 27th November Everything changes for Jim Stevens the day he finds a pair of binoculars and picks them up. Kneeling on the … Continue reading →

An interview with author-entrepreneur J. F. Penn

Jane: Today I’m delighted to be interviewing J.F.Penn, the bestselling author of Desecration, as well as the ARKANE series of thrillers. Joanna’s site for writers, TheCreativePenn.com has been voted one of the Top 10 sites for writers three years running, and … Continue reading →

A short piece about book cover design – “The spine is dead.”

Cover design is an unappreciated artform and yet it is also an author’s first – and possibly their most important - promotional tool. In his touchingly modest Booker acceptance speach, Julian Barnes went to great lengths to praise his cover designer, Susanne Dean, for turning A … Continue reading →

An interview with top-selling indie author, Joanne Phillips

Today, I’m delighted to be interviewing indie author, Joanne Phillips, whose books regularly appear on Amazon’s bestseller lists (Can’t Live Without was an Amazon top 100 bestseller in 2012.) She’s the author of romantic comedies Can’t Live Without and The … Continue reading →

Award-winning Author Linda Gillard drops by to pay a visit

 Jane: I’m delighted to be speaking to Linda Gillard. Linda Gillard lives on the Black Isle in the Scottish Highlands and has been an actress, journalist and teacher. She’s the author of six novels, including STAR GAZING, short-listed in 2009 … Continue reading →

Author Linda Gillard drops by to pay a visit

 Jane: I’m delighted to be speaking to Linda Gillard. Linda Gillard lives on the Black Isle in the Scottish Highlands and has been an actress, journalist and teacher. She’s the author of six novels, including STAR GAZING, short-listed in 2009 … Continue reading →

The Great Storm, a Sequel

I don’t know if today’s storm will go down in history as a worthy rival to the Great Storm of 1987, an event that is at the climax of my novel, These Fragile Things. I hope all you bookish folk … Continue reading →

Book reviews: affirming – for all writers!

I’ve written before about how reviewers are the modern-day patrons of writers, but have  you ever agonized over what to write, wondering if an author will actually read your review and what it might mean to them? Yeterday, I a new … Continue reading →