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Harrison Detrose - 'written with great panache'

Nick has got another excellent review for his novel 'In the Footsteps of Harrison Dextrose' from the popular blog site Random Jottings.

'I found it very funny and written with great panache and style and I get the distinct impression that the author, Nick Griffiths, had a hoot writing it.'

'I enjoyed it very much and found myself sniggering and giggling at quite frequent intervals as I turned the pages.'

To read the full review click here.

Nick Griffiths will be 'In Conversation' tonight at Waterstone's Piccadilly at 6:30pm click here for more details.

Order your copy now - £5.99 

Lucy

Summer sale extended £2 off all titles

Due to the popularity of our Summer Sale, and the fact that summer is only just beginning, we have decided to extend the sale for a limited time only. We are giving you £2 off all our books, with free p&p for all UK orders. You can also treat yourself to our set of 10 books for just £45.99, to get all the books you'll need to read this summer.

Either browse our online shop by following the link on the right, or order quickly using our new direct payment links in the left-hand column.

Full set of fantastic book for just £45.99 (inc P&P)!! – a very special limited time offer so take this opportunity and have the greatest reading list there is!

Order your set now - £45.99 

Lucy

Another great review for William Coles!

The Well-Tempered Clavier by William Coles gets another excellent review on the popular blog site 'Stuck in a Book':

'The Well-Tempered Clavier is a beautiful book, managing to use a simple narrative voice without consequently bland style - honesty, beauty, and passion pervade the novel but so do humour, youthfulness and energy'.

To read more click here.

Bill will be reading and signing copies of his excellent book tomorrow (15th May) at Waterstone's Glasgow Argyle Street at 6pm.

Piggott's Porkies (or not as the case may be)

Piggott’s Porkies #2: Is Piggott “grandson of Jack the Ripper”?

Though he doesn’t really like to talk about it, “Fire Horses” author Mark Piggott is the grandson of William Piggott, who in 1888 was arrested on suspicion of being Jack the Ripper. Piggott takes up the extraordinary story:

“I come from a right East End family like, and me granddad was nicked covered in a bloody apron crouching over’t body of one o’t victims. He got off by saying he were drunk and they put him in’t asylum. If you don’t believe me, do a google. I tried to turn granddad in for the reward money - but I got nowt.”

Pre-order your copy now - £5.99 

Lucy

Half price sale ends in 2 days...

Our half price summer sale ends this Wednesday 14th May at 5pm. That gives you just two days to snap up your summer reads early at bargain prices. Why not pre-order Mark Liam Piggott's excellent novel 'Fire Horses' before publication on 31st May, or pick up 10 of our titles for just £35.99 before the sale ends.

Pre-order your copy of Fire Horses now - £5.99 

Full set of fantastic book for just £45.99 (inc P&P)!! – a very special limited time offer so take this opportunity and have the greatest reading list there is!

Order your set now - £45.99 

A Big Weekend

A big thank you to Radio One for inviting me to their Big Weekend event in Kent. Had a great day on Saturday and even a rare chance to 'mix with the stars' backstage (this actually involved showing my age and only on getting home and seeing some of the highlights did I keep going, 'Oh, that was them'). But it was a great experience and I took my brother with me (as you will know in the fantastic band Hansom Pilot) who also really enjoyed the day.

Would like to give you a run down of all the bands, artists etc, though these were interspersed with a fair bit of time spent around the bar area (they did have plasma screens...) and also at the drinks hosted by Radio One Controller Andy Parfitt. It was interesting to hear Andy speak about his plans for Radio One and how he saw the future developing with their service focussed on a young market. It was also interesting to hear that I am apparently considered one of the country's 'future opinion formers'. Our thoughts are quite possibly with the country...

Was also great to meet up with a friend from uni I hadn't seen for several years. So all in all, was quite a rare treat, plus fantastic that it was such a sunny day (slight 'farmer's tan' as result). Thanks again to Radio One and I look forward to my backstage Glastonbury tickets (go on, whoever organises it...)

Tom