’ll be one of 22 writers responding to the theme ‘On Being Human’ the main theme of this year’s CITY READS book: The Humans by Matt Haig. I’ll be reading a three-minute story called The Cuckoo’s Nest which is about how that very human thing, music, helps us get over hard times. I’ll be assisted [...]
Julia Crouch, Elly Griffiths, Jane Lythell, Emlyn Rees, Susan Wilkins, William Shaw, Phil Viner and Rebecca Whitney will be discussing the inspiration behind their tales of murder, transgression and detection at Crawley Wordfest on May 6 at 7.00pm. Where? Crawley Library, Southgate Avenue, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 6HG When? Doors 7pm Tickets are free. Call [...]
I'll be at East Grinstead Library for a Dark and Stormy event celebrating World Book Night on 23 April from 7pm with fellow writers Jane Lythell, Susan Wilkins and PD Viner. Tickets are free but they need to be booked in advance. Library manager Sue Young says, “We expect tickets for this event to go [...]
A House of Knives is now out in paperback: I really like the cover. I think it's got a great sense of place and drama about it. There have been some great reviews in The Daily Mail and The Sun so far. The Toronto Star wrote, "“Cathal Breen is altogether the most welcome crime solver [...]
Today the news is that there will be no more bare breasts in The Sun. Only if you live in the UK will you understand how big that news is. It was the lead item on the BBC's Today programme this morning. This is the remarkable culmination of a brilliant three-year social media campaign, #nomorepage3, [...]
