Justin Fox's Blog, page 2
November 10, 2021
BEAT ROUTES: travel poems from near and there
My debut poetry collection has just been published by Karavan Press and is available in selected bookstores.
May 24, 2021
Digital launch of The Cape Raider by Justin Fox
Exclusive Books launch of THE CAPE RAIDER, 19 MAY 2021. VIDEO LINK: https://www.facebook.com/ExclusiveBoo...
April 30, 2021
Painting inspiration for THE CAPE RAIDER
After one of the novel’s battle scenes, a heaving line is passed between HMSAS Gannet and HMSAS Belle to take the latter in tow. EXTRACT: ‘PO Cummins supervised the party on the quarterdeck preparing a towline. Gannet wallowed beside Belle, now sporting a fifteen-degree list. Instructions were shouted between the ships… A weighted heaving line […]
Photo inspiration for THE CAPE RAIDER
In the climactic battle of THE CAPE RAIDER, the Nazi ship emerges from the headland shadows and mist off Cape Agulhas to surprise the minesweeper flotilla. EXTRACT: ‘It was after midnight and Falk stared at the black outline of the enemy coast. Low cloud, a few scudding stars. Another set of mines was ready to […]
Painting inspiration for THE CAPE RAIDER
The disguised Nazi raider attacks a Norwegian whaling vessel at night in a secluded bay on the eastern shore of Prince Edward Island. EXTRACT: ‘Sturmvogel’s upright prow sliced through dark water, shaving the island’s north shore. The crew had not been this close to land since leaving the Kattegat. They could smell the ammonic stink […]
April 25, 2021
Photo inspiration for The Cape Raider
A Royal Navy ‘Saint’ class rescue tug, St Dogmael, makes a couple of appearances in THE CAPE RAIDER, first as a dragger of floating targets for the flotilla’s gunners, and then as an escort after the battle. EXTRACT: ‘The pair of sweepers, with St Dogmael taking up the rear, approached the harbour entrance. “Stop engine.” […]
