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FREE eBook: ‘Life’ a Short Crime Story

July 22, 2014 // 2 Comments

Max’s criminal career has been going downhill since it began when he was sixteen on an armed robbery job with his father. Now in his mid-forties, he’s spent more time in jail than on criminal endeavours and he’s...

Author Interview With Marion Brownlie Plus eBook Giveaway

July 16, 2014 // 8 Comments

I became interested in spiritual enlightenment, metaphysics, self-empowerment and self-healing. The self-healing I used to heal myself of the many traumatic experiences that were deeply hidden. Continuing to learn more, I moved onto personal development, soul growth, the sub-conscious, other dimensions, spirit possession, the...

In the Booth with Ruth – Rod Glenn, Author

July 8, 2014 // 2 Comments

I have written in many genres over the years, but I do really enjoy writing dark thrillers/horror. I do always like to inject a level of black humour into even my darkest writing though. There has to be a glimpse of light for the reader to better appreciate the dark.

In the Booth with Ruth – Sharon Zink, Author

July 1, 2014 // 4 Comments

I write in a literary way probably because I’m a poet at heart and can’t help loving word play and metaphorical language! I do still feel literary work should be accessible and pacy though and that’s why I also admire writers like Anne Tyler and Anita Shreve who are great storytellers, but also write with real elegance.

The Story of a Reformed Drug Kingpin – ‘Freeway Rick Ross: The Untold Autobiography’

June 29, 2014 // 2 Comments

The eagerly awaited autobiography of 'Freeway' Rick Ross has just been released. A notorious drug kingpin reigning over Los Angeles, California and operating across numerous other states, Rick was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1996. But following the discovery his drug source was linked to the CIA and he had been used as a pawn in the Iran–Contra scandal, he received a reduced sentence.

Bestselling Crime Writer, Sheila Quigley, Discusses Her New Novel ‘Lady in Red’

May 26, 2014 // 2 Comments

Lady in Red is back to the Seahills and mainly back to the Lumsdon family who had centre stage in book one Run for Home, which has recently been made into a very successful stage play. It's every writer’s dream to see their work on stage, TV, or film, and the feeling was unexplainable, try laughing and crying at the same time, and it still won’t come close.

Feminist Activist & Author, Trista Hendren, Discusses Her New Book ‘Mother Earth’

April 29, 2014 // 8 Comments

As I began to heal my own life, I began to care much more about the Earth. There is a very real connection between the violence committed against women around the world and violence against the Earth. 'Mother Earth' explores some of those connections in words children and adults can absorb... I hope the book will be a discussion piece for the generations, which will spurn action.

In the Booth with Ruth – Rachel Kennedy, Author

April 12, 2014 // 8 Comments

I think I’m definitely most comfortable writing in the YA/fantasy genre, although at some point I would like to have a go at something a little different... I’d say it’s a case of sticking to what you know, subjects you can relate to. I read a lot of YA fiction and I love anything that falls into the fantasy genre... I guess I’ve written a book that I would buy myself.

Author, Fran Clark, discusses her debut novel ‘Holding Paradise’

March 24, 2014 // 5 Comments

My family came to London from the Caribbean and I grew up hearing about the island and all aspects of their lives and compared that to the way I was raised in London. I wanted to explore the different worlds and the seeds of...

Interview With True Crime Writer, William Lobban, On His Bestselling Autobiography ‘The Glasgow Curse’ Plus eBook Giveaway

February 12, 2014 // 6 Comments

I’m now perceived as an author, a title I like very much and certainly it’s much better than being labelled a gangster that’s for sure... I can channel this fresh, positive energy into things which are a million miles removed from those that defined my life before. Writing has also given me a newfound purpose, a sense of direction, and an enthusiastic aptitude to move forward in a different light whilst simultaneously putting the past firmly behind me.

Sam Vaknin, Author of Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited, Shares His Knowledge and Personal Experience of Narcissistic Personality Disorder

February 5, 2014 // 1 Comment

Sam Vaknin is the author of Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited, a work of reference about the Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and eight other books about personality disorders...

In the Booth with Ruth – Emma Roberts, Author

January 25, 2014 // 3 Comments

I like writing about relationships and people. I like to write about subjects that people can relate to. I want my stories to make people think. I want them to be emotive... I think I am quite an emotional person and very interested in the psychology of people...why people are the way they are, what made them like that and how people react to others.

Dr Jay Levy, Researcher and Consultant, Discusses the Outcomes of the Criminalisation of the Purchase of Sex in Sweden

January 21, 2014 // 22 Comments

Dr Jay Levy conducted research in Sweden over several years on the outcomes of the Swedish criminalisation of the purchase of sex. His research and political interests include outcomes of sex work legislation and discourse; outcomes of drug legislation and discourse; feminist theory, gender theory, and queer theory; harm reduction, HIV/AIDS, STI, and blood-borne infection policy and law.

In the Booth with Ruth – Aidan Thorn, Author

January 21, 2014 // 3 Comments

I like to...tell the reader about the insecurities of a criminal character, the reasons behind their actions. I like to develop an anti-hero, as they’re always the most interesting characters, someone that the reader knows is a wrong'un but still cares for. I also like to delve into relationships, criminal to criminal, the loyalties, rivalries and double-crossing, and criminal to law keeper, the mutual respect, the game of cat and mouse and how one gets the upper hand.