Just a reminder that I will be discussing my new novel The Good Neighbours as part of the Stay At Home Literature Festival at 7 pm this coming Monday, April 26th. You can book your Zoom invite here, and the good news is not only are tickets free, but they’ll give you access to the whole festival!
The event I’m taking part in is entitled The Scene of the Crime, and my fellow panelists are William Shaw and Rebecca Wait. William’s most recent novel The Trawlerman is a compelling murder-mystery set in and around Dungeness, on the Kent coast. I visited Dungeness many times while I was living in Hastings and it is wonderful to see this unique landscape being brought so vividly to life in William’s excellently plotted, skilfully told story. Rebecca’s most recent novel Our Fathers is set on a Hebridean island and centres itself upon a shocking act of murder within a small community. Becky evokes the island landscape and sensibility with sensitivity and insight and the story she has to tell is powerfully dark.
William, Becky and I will be talking about our various approaches to writing place, the importance of landscape in fiction and what attracts us to the mystery and crime genres. It should be a great discussion, so consider yourself invited!
Do check out the rest of the festival, too. There are some incredible writers taking part, and this is a unique opportunity to listen to their stories from the comfort of your own armchair. See you there!