Lorelei Mathias's Blog, page 5
January 31, 2016
What do Jordan Catalano, Barry from Eastenders and Winnie Cooper all have in common?
Yep. Showing my age now, aren’t I?! Happy Sunday all. When you have a spare 90 seconds – here’s my new book trailer! I hope you like it, and if you do I’d be gargantuously (?) grateful if you could share with... Continue Reading →
January 21, 2016
Break Up Club – opening soon, and you’re all invited!
Which is code for… I have a new novel coming out…really rather soon. Hooray! That didn’t take long, did it? It’s a love story about break-ups, starring four Londoners at the fag-end of their twenties. It celebrates what becomes of... Continue Reading →
January 16, 2016
Book Review: Reader, I Dumped Him by Lorelei Mathias
Originally posted on Bookaholic Confessions:
Reader, I Dumped Him by Lorelei Mathias Release Date: 4th February 2016 Publisher: Maze Buy: Kindle Rating: This story is a celebration of the people that bring you back to…
Reader, I Dumped Him by Lorelei Mathias Release Date: 4th February 2016 Publisher: Maze Buy: Kindle Rating: This story is a celebration of the people that bring you back to…
December 12, 2015
THIS TRAIN CALLS AT ALL STATIONS TO NOSTALGIA
In the opening to one of my novels (sorry, there is no way to write that phrase in a way that doesn’t sound pretentious) the main character Holly is on the tube, musing to her boyfriend about the voice of... Continue Reading →
August 18, 2015
LONDON AS IT COULD BE NOW
In a second ‘wild swimming’ related post, today I’d like to draw your attention to an exciting new venture being organised by a small group of people connected to London’s ad agencies. The plan to build a swimming pool in the middle... Continue Reading →
August 5, 2015
Come to Memory lane, E2
A while ago I (Lol) signed up for an unusual writing project with writer’s collective 26 and the Ministry of Stories. The gist of it was, you get randomly paired with an artefact from the V & A Museum of Childhood and then you have... Continue Reading →
July 22, 2015
Goodbye Sherlock, Hello Shard
I’ve just been for a run along the beach in my lunch hour. No, we haven’t moved to LA. Just to the South Bank, to AMV’s lovely new beach-side offices.* AMV BBDO moved house last month, from where they’ve lived... Continue Reading →
June 22, 2015
New Lines for London Underground
A while ago we wrote about the Poetiquette campaign that’s been up on the tubes. A lovely way to encourage people to be less self-involved while they’re travelling. They’ve now awarded a winner – Jennifer Dart from Rayleigh in Essex, who saw... Continue Reading →
May 31, 2015
I couldn’t help but wonder…what the f**k were they thinking?!
I went to a funeral on Saturday night. A memorial service for my old friends Charlotte, Samantha, Miranda and Carrie. I saw Sex and the City 2. Now, before I go any further, I have to say that (unlike Nat)... Continue Reading →
May 14, 2015
OF SOIL, WATER AND NOMINATIVE DETERMINISM
This is Ian. Ian Freshwater. He is – I shit you not – the Project Manager of a new swimming pond that’s launching in King’s Cross very soon. As a fan of nominative determinism, I couldn’t help but be tickled when I heard... Continue Reading →
