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Prize draw to win books

4 December 2009 · On the Holloway Road · Comments { 3 }

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 into [...]

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Good review

24 September 2009 · On the Holloway Road · Comments { 0 }

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 mix of [...]

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Tonight on the Holloway Road

16 June 2009 · On the Holloway Road · Comments { 0 }

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

Review in Notes from the Underground

16 June 2009 · On the Holloway Road · Comments { 0 }

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

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Hornsey Library event

28 May 2009 · On the Holloway Road · Comments { 8 }

Thanks to the kind prompting from May, I am finally getting around to writing about my talk and book signing at Hornsey Library last week. Even though it was my local library, I was a bit worried about how many people would turn up to an event for a little-known first-time author, so I was [...]

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Reviewed in the Daily Mail

10 April 2009 · On the Holloway Road · Comments { 1 }

My first review in a national newspaper! Victoria Moore reviewed On the Holloway Road in the Daily Mail. It’s only a short review, along with two other debut novels, but I like what she wrote. Here’s an excerpt: There are echoes of Jack Kerouac in this freewheeling adventure down the CCTV-ed, drizzly corridors of modern [...]

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Mention in Time Out

8 April 2009 · On the Holloway Road · Comments { 0 }

My book got a small spot in this week’s Time Out, in the “Battle of the Books” feature…

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Kentish Times article

1 April 2009 · On the Holloway Road · Comments { 0 }
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My book is a bestseller*

17 March 2009 · On the Holloway Road · Comments { 7 }

* in Crouch End. Hey, it may not be the New York Times bestseller list, but it made me proud when I walked past my local bookshop, Prospero’s Books, and saw my book at #4 on the Bestsellers Chart. I even asked someone to take a photo. Come on, it’s probably the last time in [...]

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Radio interview

4 March 2009 · On the Holloway Road · Comments { 1 }

I was interviewed by Jo Thoenes on BBC Oxford yesterday. I had done radio and TV a few times when I was at the Wall Street Journal, but it was different talking about myself. I was a lot more nervous and didn’t know what I would say. Still, it worked out really well. For the [...]

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