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  • How Arthur C. Clarke and a cocker spaniel were responsible for this book and this cake

    How Arthur C. Clarke and a cocker spaniel were responsible for this book and this cake

    It was 1985 or thereabouts. I was ten or maybe eleven, and my school friend Chris Ives gave me a book with a big chunk bitten out of one corner. Why? Well, his family belonged to a mail order book club. I don’t know if those things really exist anymore but, as best as I…

  • A Writer’s Year – 2014

    Oh, it’s been a busy year, for both Pigeon Park Press and myself as an author. This year we wrote the third and fourth Clovenhoof books (coming out in 2015, promise) and I also completed a number of steampunk chapbooks, all but the last one of which will be available before New Year. However, this year…

  • Circ book launch events this week

    Circ book launch events this week

    We have a whole range of events to celebrate the launch of the ten-person collaborative novel, Circ. Tonight (Tuesday) – Meet the Authors – 6pm – 7pm – Library of Birmingham Come meet four of the authors, get a first-chance opportunity to hear what it was like to write a novel with ten people and…

  • Three Elephants – An editor’s reflections on the Circ novel

    Three Elephants – An editor’s reflections on the Circ novel

    We at Pigeon Park Press are very excited about the upcoming novel, Circ, written by ten different authors as part of the Ten To One project. You can get your own tickets for the launch (and claim a free e-book on the night!) by going to http://www.birmingham-box.co.uk/event/circ-can-ten-people-write-one-novel/Between now and the launch on 28th November, we…

  • Circ – An author’s reflections – Sue Barsby

    Circ – An author’s reflections – Sue Barsby

    We at Pigeon Park Press are very excited about the upcoming novel, Circ, written by ten different authors as part of the Ten To One project. You can get your own tickets for the launch (and claim a free e-book on the night!) by going to http://www.birmingham-box.co.uk/event/circ-can-ten-people-write-one-novel/ Between now and the launch on 28th November,…

  • Circ – An author’s reflections – William Thirsk-Gaskill

    Circ – An author’s reflections – William Thirsk-Gaskill

    We at Pigeon Park Press are very excited about the upcoming novel, Circ, written by ten different authors as part of the Ten To One project. You can get your own tickets for the launch (and claim a free e-book on the night!) by going to http://www.birmingham-box.co.uk/event/circ-can-ten-people-write-one-novel/  Between now and the launch on 28th November,…

  • Circ – An author’s reflections – Maria Mankin

    Circ – An author’s reflections – Maria Mankin

    We at Pigeon Park Press are very excited about the upcoming novel, Circ, written by ten different authors as part of the Ten To One project. You can get your own tickets for the launch (and claim a free e-book on the night!) by going to http://www.birmingham-box.co.uk/event/circ-can-ten-people-write-one-novel/  Between now and the launch on 28th November,…

  • Circ – An author’s reflections – Giselle Thompson

    Circ – An author’s reflections – Giselle Thompson

    We at Pigeon Park Press are very excited about the upcoming novel, Circ, written by ten different authors as part of the Ten To One project. You can get your own tickets for the launch (and claim a free e-book on the night!) by going to http://www.birmingham-box.co.uk/event/circ-can-ten-people-write-one-novel/  Between now and the launch on 28th November,…

  • Interview with Circ author, Simon Fairbanks

    Interview with Circ author,  Simon Fairbanks

    We at Pigeon Park Press are very excited about the upcoming novel, Circ, written by ten different authors as part of the Ten To One project. You can get your own tickets for the launch (and claim a free e-book on the night!) by going to http://www.birmingham-box.co.uk/event/circ-can-ten-people-write-one-novel/  Between now and the launch on 28th November,…

  • Interview with Circ author, Maria Mankin

    Interview with Circ author,  Maria Mankin

    We at Pigeon Park Press are very excited about the upcoming novel, Circ, written by ten different authors as part of the Ten To One project. You can get your own tickets for the launch (and claim a free e-book on the night!) by going to http://www.birmingham-box.co.uk/event/circ-can-ten-people-write-one-novel/  Between now and the launch on 28th November,…