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 99p!
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…