Outlaw (Outlaw Chronicles 1) now just £1.99
The first book I ever wrote, from way back in 2009, is now on sale on Amazon for just £1.99…
The good gangster, an autistic artilleryman and the berserker from Bali: interview with Angus Donald
Fellow novelist Baptiste Pinson Wu interviewed me on his YouTube channel this week. We discussed my bizarre international upbringing, my…
The over-enthusiastic etymologist, #4: egg on, tinker, sausage
I’ve always loved words and, as a schoolboy, I desperately wanted to become an etymologist. Life intervened, of course, but…
King of the North (Fire Born 4): the Bjarki and Tor saga continues . . .
I have just sent the first draft of King of the North (Fire Born 4) off to the publisher. And…
The Last Berserker (Fire Born 1) is now £1.49!
The first book in my new(-ish) and surprisingly successful Viking series – The Last Berserker – is now on sale…
What I’m writing about this week, #14: Viking human sacrifice
Sometimes you don’t realise what a book is really about until you have almost finished writing it. King of the…
The Last Berserker (Fire Born 1): what exactly is a berserker anyway?
Over the Christmas break, when I was talking to lots of people about what I do for a living and…
The Saxon Wolf hits 1,000 reviews!
This is an excellent start to 2023 – the second book in my Fire Born series (aka The Saxon Wolf)…
Merry Christmas everybody – I’m done with 2022
It’s been a helluva year in the news: the world coming out of Covid, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the threat…
How to make a living as a historical novelist
There is an old joke that goes: How do you make a million dollars in the restaurant business? Start with…