Author R N F (Richard) Skinner is publishing a new book, a novella entitled These Years: 1973 . Publication date is 15th June 2024.
Set in Massachusetts, he book tells the story of Ruth, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, who develops a crush on Greg, a relative visiting from England. He is a professional artist, and being an aspiring artist herself she dreams he will be so impressed by her...
Best-selling crime novelist Peter James is visiting Plymouth later this month.
Peter, who is currently touring the UK, will visit Plymouth University on Tuesday 20 October as part of the Plymouth International Book Festival, where he will be discussing his writing and forensics with Plymouth graduate Haydn Kelly.
Haydn is a forensic podiatry analyst and actually features in...
The acclaimed author Tom Sharpe, who wrote the novels Porterhouse Blue, Blott On The Landscape and the Wilt series of comedies, has died at his home in Llafranc in Spain at the age of 85.
Born in London in 1928 and educated at Lancing and Cambridge, Sharpe spent time in the Royal Marines before moving to South Africa in 1951 where worked as a social worker, teacher and photographer. He...
