Posted by Prof. Brian Stoddart on August 27, 2014 · 4 Comments
Over the past few weeks I have been preoccupied with the new adventure in writing, becoming a crime novelist. As many of you know, A Madras Miasma was taken up by Tom Vater and Hans Kemp of Crime Wave Press – many thanks, guys – and appeared first in e-version then quickly in paperback on … Continue reading →
Category A Madras Miasma, Angela Savage, Barry Maitland, Chris Le Fanu, Denise Mina, Dominique Manotti, Doug Johnstone, Fred Vargas, Garry Disher, Ian Rankin, J.I.M.Stewart, Jeff Siger, Liam McIlvanney, Madras, Megan Abbott, Michael Robotham, Michael Stanley, Quentin Bates, Robert Darke, Ruth Downie, Stav Sherez, Theakston, William Ryan
Like most academics I have an extensive library that reflects an intellectual journey and a range of sometimes (to others) bewildering interests. That is in turn reinforced by memories and records of great libraries and archives around the world as part of a search for information and understanding amidst all those interests. The “historian’s moment”, … Continue reading →
Category A.A. Milne, Andhra Pradesh, Barbados, Bruce Hamilton, e-books, Gordon Mackenzie, Ian Rankin, Izaak Walton, Kindle, Kistna, Ranjitsinjhi, Sir Walter Scott, Uncategorized, W.G. Grace, Winnie The Pooh
One of many consequences of the e-book revolution is the “opening” of both author outlet and reader access avenues. That is, with Kindle, Nook, Kobo and all the rest writers now have an alternative to the old grind of finding an agent and/or a publisher and then getting a deal and then getting published. There … Continue reading →
Category Barnes & Noble, Bloody Scotland crime writing festival, crime fiction, e-books, Ernesto Mallo, harry Potter e-books, Ian Rankin, J.K. Rowling, Jason Webster, Kindle, Kobo, Petros Markaris, Teresa Solana, Theakston Crime Writing Festival, Tony Black, Uncategorized
Posted by Prof. Brian Stoddart on February 19, 2012 · 2 Comments
Any Twitter follower of Ian Rankin (@beathhigh) will know he is now at work on his new novel following the success of The Impossible Dead, itself the second in his post-John Rebus series following Inspector Malcolm Fox of the “Complaints” division at the Lothian and Borders police, the unpopular cops who check the cops. Rankin … Continue reading →
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