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When I read of a new bookshop coming to York, I was pleased and interested.  Then, realising that it would be stocking only books about...

A book signing! In a bookshop! Never done that before. But now I have. I was one of the six authors selected by Kemps of Malton in their...

Great news! The Portal Bookshop in York is now stocking Llantathan. Situated just off the market place at no. 5 Patrick Pool, it's open...

The other day I decided to read all Dorothy L. Sayers’ Peter Wimsey novels again. Except for those featuring Harriet Vane, they can be...

A few years ago the chance discovery of Malcolm Pryce’s Aberystwyth novels was an event which has definitely enriched my life. In these...

“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare asks in Romeo and Juliet, asserting that “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. It would, but...

One question writers are always asked is ‘Where do you get your ideas from?’ Sometimes there’s a straightforward answer but as often...

I can’t remember a time when I didn’t have books. Anthony Buckeridge, Enid Blyton, Noel Streatfeild, Josephine Elder… The favourites of...