CWA Awards last night at star-filled event. Teresa Solana gets runner-up prize in short story category. Carofiglio's The Cold Summer was one of six on the shortlist for the International Dagger. Read more

Our May Newsletter is available. Click HERE : celebrate 15th Birthday of BLP and 100 books published. Read more

The latest in the Martin Bora WWII series launches with a blog tour beginning tomorrow. 

ShotsMag: "Highly Recommended: Pastor takes Bora back to the Spanish Civil War in 1937. He’s a fascinating character, a German officer turned detective, clever, tenacious yet deeply troubled and suspicious of his companions in the Nationalist ranks...The writing is sharp, the tone gritty, the characterisations vivid and the atmosphere of war brilliantly evoked. It’s a novel that destroys romantic notions about the Spanish conflict and shows how quickly hopes turned sour and disillusion set in."

 

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Turnaround asks questions of BLP co-founder Francois von Hurter on their blog: click Turnaround Blog.  Read more

A blog tour for the launch of Evil Things by Katja Ivar begins January 9 set up by Random Things Tours. The first blog is Novel Delights @KirstHutchison. See programme below. @KatjaIvar  Read more

There is nothing to say. Waiting patiently for the end of a worldwide political shitstorm. But we can listen: "There are certain perfect, particular sounds. A tennis ball, a golf ball hit just right. A fly ball in a leather glove. Lingering thud of a knockout. I get dizzy at the sound of a perfect pool break..." Lucia Berlin

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