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HOW WE GOT TO TODAY Press Conferences

I totally forgot to post these up on here because I thought they’d rip through the viralsphere like Covid at a house party, but I should’ve known better. The single-figured viewing figures are just me checking it’s uploaded correctly and working. I’m only reminded of these because I got a random email from Youtube saying

Worthing Herald article

I was featured in last week’s Worthing Herald with my novel ‘How We Got to Today’. I think I did this in the summer, so obviously some journalist was clearing out their spam folder during the Christmas break and saw this rich piece of local history just sitting there between the Nigerian Princes and Russian

‘How I Got Published’ Feature in Writing Magazine

I’m in the latest edition of Writing Magazine (January 2021) in the ‘How I Got Published’ feature. This edition also features David Nicholls on the cover which, coincidently, is someone I mentioned in my cover letter to the publisher who published my novel. In the cover letter, I described ‘How We Got To Today’ as

I Don’t Have an Agent but I’d Like One

This is one of those Ronseal blog posts, it does exactly what it says in the title. A short cry into the literary world ether – I have no agent but I would like one. I have a 3 book deal with Headline Accent with the three books already written (HOW WE GOT TO TODAY

Interviewed by North Manchester FM

Yesterday I was interviewed by Joe Figueira on North Manchester FM about HOW WE GOT TO TODAY, which was fun and I think I’m actually enjoying this kind of thing now.

Interviewed by Glastonbury FM

On Thursday 15th October I was interviewed by Alan Philpot for Glastonbury FM to talk about my novel, HOW WE GOT TO TODAY. This was pre-recorded and done via Zoom which I found a lot easier, even though one of my WhatsApp groups went into melt down so all the notifications you can here are

Using The Pigeonhole to get Book Reviewers

Just before publication, I used the services of ‘The Pigeonhole‘ to try and get more book reviews once my novel, HOW WE GOT TO TODAY, was published. I’d never heard of them before so I asked around and got some good feedback. It’s essentially an online book club where readers can sign up for free

Interviewed by BBC Radio Sussex

On Tuesday 29th September 2020, I was interviewed on BBC Radio Sussex on the Mid-morning show with Sarah Gorrell about getting my novel, HOW WE GOT TO TODAY, published The call was done via FaceBook audio which makes it sound like I’ve got a lisp at the start! I don’t think I’ve listened to the

Unboxing my copies of HOW WE GOT TO TODAY

I got sent some copies of my novel before the publication day of 24th September 2020 and he is a little video I did of unboxing them. Enjoy!

HOW WE GOT TO TODAY is now available on NetGalley

If you’re a book blogger, vlogger, podcaster, reviewer or general reading freak then you can pick up a free advanced copy of HOW WE GOT TO TODAY on NetGalley. Here is the public posting on NetGalley, you have to be a signed up member to actually grab a copy. If you’d like a NetGalley widget,