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Here is an unpalatable truth about writers - we're not good with criticism. Or to clarify:- criticism of a writer's work drives them...

This is the US cover for Midnight Riot (which is what River's of London is called in the states). See him, I wouldn't mess with Con...

This is the almost finalised cover for Moon Over Soho I like the blue colour and the way it thematically matches the Rivers of London cove...

I was first sent this novel as a very large word file and was asked to read it as a favour to my agent. I procrastinated, as I always do in ...

I don't write reviews partly because I'm lazy and partly because I don't feel I can do justice to someone's work without doi...

This is the American cover of my second book which will be published in February/March. Just to clarify; the first book will be titled River...

This is the UK cover for my upcoming novel 'Rivers of London' which will be available from all book stores, good, bad and indifferen...

I've always felt that a great many modern films could be improved by the judicious snipping of about twenty minutes of material from the...

What is it with these pushy minor characters? You're tooling along nicely from plot point A to plot point B you need someone to lay som...

Yes folks there will be 4 B7 Audio Episodes on BBC 7 this June, two of them written by me and two by inestimable Simon Guerrier. You can lis...

Bill Nigh is note perfect as the ageing actor, occasional lothlorio and reluctant amateur detective Charles Paris. Beautifully adapted from ...

Just a quick note to say that my three book deal with Gollancz is now official . I'd post more but for some quaint reason Del Rey and Go...

I’ve just finished N.K. Jemisin’s ‘The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms’ and a damn fine book it is too. In turns intriguing, terrifying and exciti...

First some caveats: I have no academic training whatsoever and the following blog has been written because I’ve decided to articulate some t...

Spring is in the air, daffodils are thrusting their way through the dog poo, spontaneous singing can be heard from the high rise blocks and ...