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  • Sign up for our newsletter – you won’t regret it (probably)

    If you haven’t already signed up to our newsletter, can we heartily recommend that you do so. We forget sometimes that people don’t always follow us on Facebook and Twitter and Amazon and don’t know when we’ve got new books coming out. Our newsletter details our new publications but it also features: Other books we’ve…

  • Talking about Genres – what makes genre fiction special?

    Writers, publishers and readers talk about genre a lot. It’s how bookshops decide where a book belongs. It’s used to draw up charts, award prizes and produce those “If you liked this book, you might also like…” messages on-line retailers send us. Pigeon Park Press asked a number of published authors about the conventions of…

  • Talking about Genres – The problems with genre writing…

    Writers, publishers and readers talk about genre a lot. It’s how bookshops decide where a book belongs. It’s used to draw up charts, award prizes and produce those “If you liked this book, you might also like…” messages on-line retailers send us. Pigeon Park Press asked a number of published authors whether we need genre…

  • Talking about Genres – Welcome to my Genre

    Writers, publishers and readers talk about genre a lot. It’s how bookshops decide where a book belongs. It’s used to draw up charts, award prizes and produce those “If you liked this book, you might also like…” messages on-line retailers send us. But how do we define genres? Pigeon Park Press asked a number of…

  • Spousemeal!

    It’s spousemeal time again. What? You don’t have spousemeal? Oh, that’s probably because you’re not married. And a co-writer of comic fantasy novels. And spend more time with your co-writer than your own wife. Spousemeal (I can’t remember when it got the name but I like the way it sounds like a German compound noun,…