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On the Holloway Road – free sample

By On 24 December 2011 · 7 Comments

My publisher, Legend Press, is offering a free sample of the first two chapters of On the Holloway Road as a special Christmas giveaway. Click here to access it – not sure how long it’ll be available.

Merry Christmas to all my readers, and thanks for all the wonderful comments over the year [...]

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New review for On the Holloway Road

By On 15 September 2011 · 10 Comments

On the Holloway Road picked up a good review from Emma over at Book Around the Corner yesterday. I don’t normally tell you about every review, but I wanted to highlight this one particularly because of a beautiful description of my main characters, Jack and Neil. Emma compares them to Sal and Dean in [...]

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Signed copies available, free worldwide delivery

By On 3 April 2011 · 5 Comments

I have just added a “Buy Now” feature to my website – if you click the button on the right-hand side, you can order a copy of On the Holloway Road from me directly and pay through Paypal. For £7.99, I will sign a copy for you (personalised if you let me know the message), [...]

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Buy Bitmead Books

By On 2 November 2010 · Leave a Comment

As regular readers will know, my novel On the Holloway Road was published as a result of winning the Luke Bitmead Writers’ Bursary, an award set up by the family of Luke Bitmead, a writer who died tragically young. My publisher, Legend Press, is doing a special offer at the moment, comprising both of [...]

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Paired with Andrea Levy

By On 14 July 2010 · 5 Comments

OK, so Amazon’s algorithms don’t always work too well. But I was pleased to see On the Holloway Road being offered with Andrea Levy’s Small Island for £9.93 in the “Frequently Bought Together” category.

I also like checking out the “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought…” section for my book. There are some [...]

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“On the Holloway Road” published as an eBook

By On 18 February 2010 · Leave a Comment

I’m a bit behind the times – this actually happened at the end of last year. But wanted to let you know that my debut novel On the Holloway Road has been digitised and is available as an eBook download, for those of you who are into such things.

Personally I prefer the [...]

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Prize draw to win books

By On 4 December 2009 · 3 Comments

OK, I haven’t done any self-promotion on here for a while, so here goes:

BUY MY BOOK! BUY MY BOOK! BUY MY BOOK!

Thank you.

The reason for this outburst is that my publisher is running a special promotion today – if you buy On the Holloway Road through their website, you get entered [...]

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Good review

By On 24 September 2009 · Leave a Comment

On the Holloway Road got a nice review from a fellow writer and blogger, Helen J Beal. I found it particularly encouraging because she hates travelogues and Kerouac, so could have been expected to hate my book! Anyway, the site is worth checking out for more than just the review. It’s a good [...]

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Tonight on the Holloway Road

By On 16 June 2009 · Leave a Comment

I’m gettin ready for a talk at Islington North library, just off the Holloway Road, tonight at 6:30pm. I’m a bit nervous to be meeting people who probably know the Holloway Road a lot better than I do. Hope I got it right!

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Review in Notes from the Underground

By On 16 June 2009 · Leave a Comment

My agent just spotted a great little review of my book in the latest issue of Notes from the Underground:

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