WATERSTONES, Lincoln- Thursday 7th December 2017
Some of the authors of this amazing Doctor Who Spin off, will be in store to sign and promote THE DÆMONSOF DEVIL'S END Novelisation.
Join Sam Stone, David J Howe and Raven Dan
Date: Thurday 7th December 2017
Address:Waterstones Lincoln, 297A High Street, Lincoln, LN2 1AF
Time: 5.30-6.30pm
Monday, 4 December 2017
Monday, 20 November 2017
MORE CHANCES TO MEET THE WRITERS
TWO CHANCES THIS WEEKEND TO MEET WITH SOME OF THE WRITERS OF THE DOCTOR WHO SPIN OFF THE DAEMONS OF DEVIL'S END.
Some of the authors of this amazing Doctor Who Spin off, will be in store at Peterbrough Waterstones to sign and promote THE DÆMONSOF DEVIL'S END Novelisation.
Join Sam Stone, David J Howe and Raven Dane
Date: 25th November 2017
Address: Waterstones, 38-40 Bridge St, Peterborough PE1 1DT
Time: 12-4pm
WATERSTONES, Arndale Centre, Manchester, Sunday 26th November 2017.
Some of the authors of this amazing Doctor Who Spin off, will be in store to sign and promote THE DÆMONS OF DEVIL'S END Novelisation.
Join Sam Stone, David J Howe, Raven Dane, Jan Edwards and Debbie Bennett.
Date: 26th November 2017
Address: Manchester Arndale Shopping Centre, Market St, Manchester M4 3AQ
Time: 2-4pm
Monday, 13 November 2017
Book Tour Continues ...
MEET DAMARIS HAYMAN, KEITH BARNFATHER AND THE WRITERS OF
THE DAEMONS OF DEVIL'S END.
THE WHO SHOP, Saturday 18th November 2017
Some of the authors of this amazing Doctor Who Spin off, will be in store to sign and promote THE DÆMONSOF DEVIL'S END Novelisation and DVD with actress Damaris Hayman, Richard Franklin and David Simeon.
Join Sam Stone, David J Howe, Raven Dane, Debbie Bennett, Suzanne Barbieri and Jan Edwards.
Date: Saturday 18th November 2017
Address: The Who Shop, 39-41 Barking Road, Upton Park,London. E6 1PY
Time: 1-3pm
Monday, 6 November 2017
Coming this week ...
THE DÆMONS OF DEVIL’S END TOUR BEGINS ...
Join the writers ...
Join the writers ...
FORBIDDEN PLANET, London, 10th November 2017.
MEET THE WRITERS!
MEET THE WRITERS!
Join: Suzanne Barbieri, Raven Dane, Jan Edwards, Debbie Bennett, Sam Stone and David J Howe for the first date on THE DÆMONS OF DEVIL’S END novelisation, book signing tour.
Date: Friday 10th November
Address: Forbidden Planet, 179 Shaftesbury Ave, London WC2H 8JR
Time: 5-6pm
GALAXY FOUR, Sheffield, 11th November 2017.
MEET THE ACTRESS, DIRECTOR AND THE WRITERS!!
Sam Stone, David J Howe, Raven Dane and Debbie Bennett, join Director Keith Barnfather and Damaris Hayman at Galaxy Four in Sheffield to launch the DVD and Book Novelisation of THE DÆMONS OF DEVIL’S END.
Date: 11TH November
Address: Galaxy Four, 493 Glossop Road, Broomhill, Sheffield, S10 2QE
Time:12-3pm
Sunday, 22 October 2017
POSING FOR PICASSO NEWS
I'm delighted to reveal the cover for my forthcoming title POSING FOR PICASSO.
Above with a quote from crime writer Mike Ripley. Artwork by the amazing Marcela Bolivar. This supernatural thriller will be published on 10th January 2018 with Wordfire Press.
It was Annabel, and something was wrong with the features … He thought he saw a triangle, not an irregular jigsaw shape after all. And it was missing from her face. As if a sharp pastry cutter mould had been stamped through her skull.
When Detective Jake Chandler is called in to investigate a murder, nothing can prepare him for the gruesome sight of Annabel Linton …
Annabel was his model for Russian artist Avgustin Juniper who finds himself in the centre of the investigation … but he had no motive.
Criminal attorney Cassandra Moúsa sees this a her next big case will stop at nothing to prove her client’s innocence.
But as more of Juniper’s models die, Chandler’s investigation leads him to four beautiful, unique women and the lost diaries of Pablo Picasso.
Something wants to return … and Chandler has to stop it.
Above with a quote from crime writer Mike Ripley. Artwork by the amazing Marcela Bolivar. This supernatural thriller will be published on 10th January 2018 with Wordfire Press.
POSING FOR PICASSO
It was Annabel, and something was wrong with the features … He thought he saw a triangle, not an irregular jigsaw shape after all. And it was missing from her face. As if a sharp pastry cutter mould had been stamped through her skull.
When Detective Jake Chandler is called in to investigate a murder, nothing can prepare him for the gruesome sight of Annabel Linton …
Annabel was his model for Russian artist Avgustin Juniper who finds himself in the centre of the investigation … but he had no motive.
Criminal attorney Cassandra Moúsa sees this a her next big case will stop at nothing to prove her client’s innocence.
But as more of Juniper’s models die, Chandler’s investigation leads him to four beautiful, unique women and the lost diaries of Pablo Picasso.
Something wants to return … and Chandler has to stop it.
Sunday, 3 September 2017
Changes to events
There has been a few changes to our appearances since I last posted - so here is the updated list:
COVENTRYCOMIC CON, Coventry, 1st October 2017.
Sam Stone and David J Howe will be attending this new event in Coventry.
For Further Information COVENTRY COMIC CON
Date: 1st October 2017
Address: Main Hall, Sports Connexion, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry CV8 3FL
Time: 10-5PM
SFW IN THE CITY, Sheffield, 7-8TH October 2017.
Sam Stone and David J Howe will be running Author Central at this new SFW event. Join Chic Festivals, Telos Publishing and Area 51 with media and author guests, live music and more.
Date: 7-8 October 2017
Address: 37-43 Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2PN
Time: ALL WEEKEND
For more information visit SFWINTHECITY
GALAXY FOUR, Sheffield, 11th November 2017.
Sam Stone and David J Howe join Keith Barnfather and Damaris Hayman at Galaxy Four in Sheffield to launch the DVD of DEAMONS OF DEVILS END.
Date: 11TH November
Address: Galaxy Four, 493 Glossop Road, Broomhill, Sheffield, S10 2QE
Time:TBC
More Info: HERE
GALLIFREY ONE, Los Angeles, USA, 16-18 Feb 2018.
Sam Stone and David J Howe, join the line-up of excellent guests at this ever popular Doctor Who convention in Los Angeles.
Date: 16-18 Feb 2018
Address, Los Angeles Airport Marritot, 5855 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
Time: ALL WEEKEND.
PENSACON, Pensacola, USA, 23-25th Feb 2018
Sam Stone and David J Howe join the line-up of guests at this thriving Pensacola show.
Date: 23-25th February 2018
Address: Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E Gregory St, Pensacola, FL 32502
Time: All Weekend
For further information HERE
SFW 9, Pwllheli, North Wales, 22-25 March 2018
Sam Stone and David J Howe run Author Central in Spaceport at this event. Please join Chic Festivals, Telos Publishing and Area 51 with a host of Media and author guests at the Hafan Y Mor Holiday camp in North Wales. This is a long weekend of Panels, Talks, Music, entertainment, cosplay and more.
Date: 22-25 March 2018
Address: Hafan Y Mor Holiday Park, Pwllheli LL53 6HX
Time: ALL WEEKEND
For more information visit SFW9
COVENTRYCOMIC CON, Coventry, 1st October 2017.
Sam Stone and David J Howe will be attending this new event in Coventry.
For Further Information COVENTRY COMIC CON
Date: 1st October 2017
Address: Main Hall, Sports Connexion, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry CV8 3FL
Time: 10-5PM
SFW IN THE CITY, Sheffield, 7-8TH October 2017.
Sam Stone and David J Howe will be running Author Central at this new SFW event. Join Chic Festivals, Telos Publishing and Area 51 with media and author guests, live music and more.
Date: 7-8 October 2017
Address: 37-43 Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2PN
Time: ALL WEEKEND
For more information visit SFWINTHECITY
GALAXY FOUR, Sheffield, 11th November 2017.
Sam Stone and David J Howe join Keith Barnfather and Damaris Hayman at Galaxy Four in Sheffield to launch the DVD of DEAMONS OF DEVILS END.
Date: 11TH November
Address: Galaxy Four, 493 Glossop Road, Broomhill, Sheffield, S10 2QE
Time:TBC
More Info: HERE
GALLIFREY ONE, Los Angeles, USA, 16-18 Feb 2018.
Sam Stone and David J Howe, join the line-up of excellent guests at this ever popular Doctor Who convention in Los Angeles.
Date: 16-18 Feb 2018
Address, Los Angeles Airport Marritot, 5855 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
Time: ALL WEEKEND.
PENSACON, Pensacola, USA, 23-25th Feb 2018
Sam Stone and David J Howe join the line-up of guests at this thriving Pensacola show.
Date: 23-25th February 2018
Address: Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E Gregory St, Pensacola, FL 32502
Time: All Weekend
For further information HERE
SFW 9, Pwllheli, North Wales, 22-25 March 2018
Sam Stone and David J Howe run Author Central in Spaceport at this event. Please join Chic Festivals, Telos Publishing and Area 51 with a host of Media and author guests at the Hafan Y Mor Holiday camp in North Wales. This is a long weekend of Panels, Talks, Music, entertainment, cosplay and more.
Date: 22-25 March 2018
Address: Hafan Y Mor Holiday Park, Pwllheli LL53 6HX
Time: ALL WEEKEND
For more information visit SFW9
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
Forthcoming Appearances
WHOOVERVILLE 9, Derby,
2 Sep 2017
Sam Stone and David J Howe join the list of fantastic guests at this ever popular event.
Date: Saturday 2nd September 2017
Address: QUAD, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 3AS
Time: 10am - 5pm
For more information HERE
COVENTRYCOMIC CON, Coventry, 1st October 2017.
Sam Stone and David J Howe will be attending this new event in Coventry.
For Further Information COVENTRY COMIC CON
Date: 1st October 2017
Address: Main Hall, Sports Connexion, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry CV8 3FL
Time: 10-5PM
SFW IN THE CITY, SHEFFIELD, 7 & 8 October 2017
Sam Stone and David J Howe will be running Author Central at this new SFW event. Join Chic Festivals, Telos Publishing and Area 51 with media and author guests, live music and more.
Date: 7-8 October 2017
Address: 37-43 Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2PN
Time: ALL WEEKEND
For more information visit SFWINTHECITY
GALLIFREY ONE, Los Angeles, USA, 16-18 Feb 2018.
Sam Stone and David J Howe, join the line-up of excellent guests at this ever popular Doctor Who convention in Los Angeles.
Date: 16-18 Feb 2018
Address, Los Angeles Airport Marritot, 5855 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
Time: ALL WEEKEND.
PENSACON, Pensacola, USA, 23-25th Feb 2018
Sam Stone and David J Howe join the line-up of guests at this thriving Pensacola show.
Date: 23-25th February 2018
Address: Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E Gregory St, Pensacola, FL 32502
Time: All Weekend
For further information HERE
SFW 9, Pwllheli, North Wales, 22-25 March 2018
Sam Stone and David J Howe run Author Central in Spaceport at this event. Please join Chic Festivals, Telos Publishing and Area 51 with a host of Media and author guests at the Hafan Y Mor Holiday camp in North Wales. This is a long weekend of Panels, Talks, Music, entertainment, cosplay and more.
Date: 22-25 March 2018
Address: Hafan Y Mor Holiday Park, Pwllheli LL53 6HX
Time: ALL WEEKEND
For more information visit SFW9
Sam Stone and David J Howe join the list of fantastic guests at this ever popular event.
Date: Saturday 2nd September 2017
Address: QUAD, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 3AS
Time: 10am - 5pm
For more information HERE
COVENTRYCOMIC CON, Coventry, 1st October 2017.
Sam Stone and David J Howe will be attending this new event in Coventry.
For Further Information COVENTRY COMIC CON
Date: 1st October 2017
Address: Main Hall, Sports Connexion, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry CV8 3FL
Time: 10-5PM
SFW IN THE CITY, SHEFFIELD, 7 & 8 October 2017
Sam Stone and David J Howe will be running Author Central at this new SFW event. Join Chic Festivals, Telos Publishing and Area 51 with media and author guests, live music and more.
Date: 7-8 October 2017
Address: 37-43 Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2PN
Time: ALL WEEKEND
For more information visit SFWINTHECITY
GALLIFREY ONE, Los Angeles, USA, 16-18 Feb 2018.
Sam Stone and David J Howe, join the line-up of excellent guests at this ever popular Doctor Who convention in Los Angeles.
Date: 16-18 Feb 2018
Address, Los Angeles Airport Marritot, 5855 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
Time: ALL WEEKEND.
PENSACON, Pensacola, USA, 23-25th Feb 2018
Sam Stone and David J Howe join the line-up of guests at this thriving Pensacola show.
Date: 23-25th February 2018
Address: Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E Gregory St, Pensacola, FL 32502
Time: All Weekend
For further information HERE
SFW 9, Pwllheli, North Wales, 22-25 March 2018
Sam Stone and David J Howe run Author Central in Spaceport at this event. Please join Chic Festivals, Telos Publishing and Area 51 with a host of Media and author guests at the Hafan Y Mor Holiday camp in North Wales. This is a long weekend of Panels, Talks, Music, entertainment, cosplay and more.
Date: 22-25 March 2018
Address: Hafan Y Mor Holiday Park, Pwllheli LL53 6HX
Time: ALL WEEKEND
For more information visit SFW9
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
Jan Edwards Blog Tour
I asked her about the inspiration behind her new crime novel ...
Winter
Downs - Jan Edwards
Winter
Downs grew out of a
deep affection for the South Downs, and of Sussex in particular. My parents
were from Wales and Northumberland but Sussex was the area that I grew up in,
on the cusp between the Sussex Weald and the Downs themselves. Perhaps the very
fact that I was something of an outsider in a close knit community allowed me
to view the place and the people with a dispassionate eye; even though I may
not have realised it at the time.
In sketching out a setting for Bunch Courtney to dive into with her amateur sleuthing I deliberately failed to name any specific village. In a city such as London or Manchester a writer can get away with any fiction they choose because no matter how accurately the streets are drawn there will always be a level of anonymity. This is something far harder to do with a small hamlet. Claim that the Squire of "Upper Bottomley" was a total blaggard and the descendants of the genuine squire tend to get upset. I do pinpoint a few local towns to lend a sense of place.
There are almost as many recent myths and legends lurking in the vicinity. Many are attached to the most beautiful of counties. Dark legends such as John George Haigh, the Acid Bath Murderer; Christiana Edmunds, the Chocolate Cream Poisoner or the as yet unsolved Brighton Trunk murders. And of course the fishing villages of the Sussex coast have been as rife with smugglers as any Cornish cove.
I was (and still am) an avid listener, and when the adults talked, regaling each other with details of local gossip, I listened. Some of the talk was dark and much was not, but all made for excellent background material that I can always draw on for local colour. Stories such as the vicious bull who wore an iron mask to prevent him charging anything that moved using his senses of scent and sound to follow my aunt across a field. Or the darker report of the local lad who almost blew his hands off making home made bombs to go fishing in the River Arun.
Added to
these old tales of course was the spectre of the WW2. With occupied France jus
a matter of fifty or so miles across the English Channel tales of that era were
often to be heard at social gatherings and those, along with the remnants of
pill boxes and bunkers as well as hastily built air strips. The War Department
began requisitioning large country houses in 1939. Some as schools and others
as rehabilitation centres or just plain military billets. Not all of them
survived that allied occupation. Shillinglee Park in Sussex was famously burned
to the ground by Canadian soldiers living there - allegedly after a riotous
party if local rumour was to be believed twenty years after the event.
Shillinglee was rebuilt, but a similar the ruins of Appeldurcombe on the
Isle of Wight, which suffered a similar fate can still be seen.
All of
these things had an impact on me and when writing Winter Downs I brought
together the notions of requisitioned houses and a country waiting and watching
for the enemy to strike from across the water, and adding the joys of heavy
snow to hamper movements and smother potential evidence, went a long way to
weaving an everyday tale of murderous Sussex folk!
Winter
Downs is just the first in the series with two more roughed out and ideas for
many more. This will not be the last you hear of Bunch Courtney and her nemesis
Chief Inspector Wright.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WINTER
DOWNS.
3rd June 2017 | Penkhull Press
ISBN 978-0-9930008-6-7
Paperback £9.99 | ebook £2.99
tbc
In January
of 1940 a small rural community on the Sussex Downs, already preparing for
invasion from across the Channel, finds itself deep in the grip of a snowy landscape,
with an ice-cold killer on the loose.
Bunch
Courtney stumbles upon the body of Jonathan Frampton in a woodland clearing. Is
this a case of suicide, or is it murder? Bunch is determined to discover the
truth but can she persuade the dour Chief Inspector Wright to take her
seriously?
Winter
Downs is first in the Bunch Courtney Investigates series.
Available
in paper and e formats (after 3rd June) HERE.
Saturday, 6 May 2017
Cancer Prevention Surgery
After being under the hospital for over a year now, and after going
through two mammograms, a biopsy, the draining of cysts, and various
other scares, I can no longer put myself through this stress.
Therefore I'll be going into hospital at the end of June to have risk reducing surgery in the form of a double mastectomy and reconstruction.
Naturally, this was not a decision I took lightly.
My sister Sharna is recovering from breast cancer and we have lost a niece and, possibly, our grandmother to the disease. On top of that my nephew has recently survived Lung cancer. There have been various other family members diagnosed over the last few years too. As a result, my family have been diagnosed as high risk.
I am incredibly grateful to the NHS hospital who is dealing with this and for the amazing support from the Macmillian nursing team. They have been there for us every step of the way and have helped me make an informed decision that I know is the right one for me.
Therefore I'll be going into hospital at the end of June to have risk reducing surgery in the form of a double mastectomy and reconstruction.
Naturally, this was not a decision I took lightly.
My sister Sharna is recovering from breast cancer and we have lost a niece and, possibly, our grandmother to the disease. On top of that my nephew has recently survived Lung cancer. There have been various other family members diagnosed over the last few years too. As a result, my family have been diagnosed as high risk.
I am incredibly grateful to the NHS hospital who is dealing with this and for the amazing support from the Macmillian nursing team. They have been there for us every step of the way and have helped me make an informed decision that I know is the right one for me.
Fear Magazine
This week sees the publication of issue 41 of Fear Magazine with a six page interview with me. Find out what I'm up to at the moment.
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