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The Grand Finale
Well the Queen had a three day celebration for her Diamond Jubilee and what’s good enough for Her Majesty is certainly good enough for me. Today we begin by making a little piece of history. King George IV of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover, the first ever reigning monarch to blog. …
Read MoreThe Beat Goes On
Day 2 of the Virtual Launch of A Humble Companion and, as is only proper, Royalty take precedence. A few words from Her Disputed but Nonetheless Welcome Majesty, Queen Caroline. Ach, but vass kind off party is ziss? Nussink to eat, nussink to trink! When We were Prinzess von Wales We have made many gay…
Read MoreIt's Party Time!
Welcome to Day 1 of the Virtual Launch of A Humble Companion. Feel free to stay as long as you like or, if you’re busy, just say hello, grab a vol-au-vent and run. Today we have a bit of genuine 18th century cookery, some music, and a lovely nostalgic piece by best-selling novelist and all-round Good Egg,…
Read MoreFirst Review In!
Yey! A Humble Companion made it into the Irish Sunday Independent Top Ten Beach Reads. Graham is fantastic at creating solid believable characters while at the same time conjuring up the historical period and producing a gripping plot Be still, my pitter-pattering heart!
Read MoreAnd Then There Was Cake
So we’re off and running. Twenty bookish folk kindly gave up their Thursday afternoon (including some for whom it was press day) to help me launch A Humble Companion on a sea of champagne, tea and rather superior cakes. Several of them were garnished with gold leaf (the cakes, I mean, not the bookish folk) which…
Read MoreGladys, Gloria et al
Standing in the middle of Grafton Street this morning having my photo taken and trying to look completely natural I was reminded of a couple of other pre-pub moments in my, ahem, career. There was the time when my then publisher’s front desk receptionist burst my balloon of celebrity by announcing me as, ‘Gloria Graham for Mr Motion.’ I think he’s…
Read MoreWoke Up This Morning…
When I woke up this morning I didn’t know what a flipbook was. If I’d had to guess I’d have said it was one those cartoony picture books you riffle through quickly to get the sensation that the images are moving. Wrong. I know what one is now. I may not actually own one but you could say I’m…
Read MoreMarginalia
Mr F and I disagree on very few important issues – they’re mainly of the ‘wet spoon in the sugar bowl’ degree of seriousness, but there is one thing I do think warrants my going public: writing in books. On this point, never the twain. Like me my husband loves books. Unlike me he never…
Read MoreIn Three Minds
This is one of the most confusing times of my working year. It’s just three weeks till my new novel is published, so part of each day is devoted to getting the word out. Tweeting, Pinning, Posting. Plus the really important stuff, like deciding what shoes to wear to the launch party. Then there’s my Work in Progress, which…
Read MoreA Writer's Worst Fear
Well, it’s happened. You write the novel, you edit it, it goes to press and then before you can get it onto the bookstands one of your characters escapes. Or in my case, two characters. A Humble Companion is due out on June 7th, an everyday story of 18th century London, Royals and mere humans. You may…
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