Monthly archive - January 2022

If you're lucky in this life, you may discover an author whose work moves you so deeply that reading it is like going to church-like listening to your own soul speaking quietly as you turn the pages.  Read more

What some call science fiction, I prefer to call science possible or sometimes science probable. One branch of sci-fi is based on imagined technological or scientific advances, and major social or environmental changes. It was that branch that I embraced when I wrote Pig Heart Boy.  Read more

Indie Novella, a non-profit book publishing agency, is preparing for an exciting launch in Highbury next month.

The organisation, which is based in north London, facilitates and inspires the work of local, upcoming authors.

The publishing industry is booming. According to Publishers WeeklyInternational news website of book publishing and bookselling including business news, reviews, bestseller lists, commentaries http://www.publishersweekly.com/, sales of print books rose 8.9% in 2021, selling 825.7 million units, up from 757.9 million in 2020. This is the second year in a row to see a similar sales jump; in 2020, sales were up 8.2% from 2019, in which 693.7 million units were sold.