Author, Review Thyself

A brief pit-stop between the London debut of Dress Circle and its opening at the Brighton Fringe this Thursday, May 9th at The Old Court Room. So, Laurie Graham, how was it for you? It was gut-churning, nail-biting and also the most enormous fun. Friends and family turned out for me, and so did some…

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Guerilla Book-Selling

I feel I must say a little something about the Sock Puppet affair. When this first started to rumble, after Stephen Leather’s admissions at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival, I can’t say I was shocked or even mildly surprised. My childlike innocence about writers’ dirty tricks ended the day Orlando Figes fell off his pedestal. I was…

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