Yes! It's the book of the blog! As I mentioned in one of last week's traffic-destroying booky posts, I was giving a workshop at ...

From around about now, you can download your very own copy of the Kindle edition of my first novel, the highly chucklesome manic romp Sp...

I sat down to write a book sometime in 2002. I'd given up smoking and it was annoying me. I reckoned I'd just dash down the firs...

You're in for a treat today, if a slightly long read. Book editor and author Robb Grindstaff is a friend of mine, one of the feared a...

The blog is littered with writer types this week, sorry. Today comes a guest post from deepest Cornwall as mustardy-shirted author Simon...

Image via Wikipedia The very nice piece about me in The National last Sunday did  contain one or two teensy-weensy mistakettes, one ...

Cover via Amazon When I first started out on this whole book writing thing, to my ever-lasting regret, I kept very quiet indeed about w...

Image by vial3tt3r via Flickr Actually writing a book is easy as pie. You just take 75-100,000 words or so and put them down on paper. The...

Image via Wikipedia There have been a couple of recent moves in the Wonderful World of Publishing that may be of interest. Bloomsbury has l...

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Amazon.com's decision to acquire Guernsey-based online book distribution company The Book Depository...

Cover via Amazon I have been arguing at some length with young friend Eilidh about the merits of Kindles. As many will know, I am something ...