A Brilliant day in Bristol As in all the best stories from my childhood, the day of my book launch dawned bright and clear, so much so that as we walked down Park Street I worried guests might have chosen to head for the beach rather than the book launch. However my fears proved groundless … Continue reading The Absent Heart takes off in #Bristol #booklaunch #historicalfiction
There’s nothing guaranteed to get an author worked up as a chat about book covers. We all have quite fixed ideas of how our book should look but sometimes a publisher thinks differently and we bow to their knowledge of the market. They usually do know best! As a reader too, I’m increasingly aware of … Continue reading Two similar covers, two very different books. The power (or pestilence) of genre.
Interesting discussions at this week’s Alternative Book Club where we had all chosen a film or TV tie-in. I (and most others!) had somewhat perversely chosen books of which we had not seen the screen version, but this didn’t stop us having a lively spat on the relationship between the two genres. My own choice … Continue reading From page to screen (or back again)
Visitors, work and getting out more haven’t left much time for the blog (or anything else) but the eagle-eyed may spot a new feature called ‘Recently Read.’ For a while I’ve been envious of those blogs (particularly Typepad) that let you add book covers and comments to the sidebars. WordPress is quite sticky in terms of what … Continue reading Library Thing
Because this site is really about the novel, I haven’t so far found space for a list of the blogs I follow myself. Eventually I might make a page where you can see all of them, but for now here are one or two that have either been on my list for a while or are … Continue reading Blog of blogs
Ali Bacon, Author 