In praise of the Passport Office
Nothing in the UK seems to work these days, right? At least that’s been my impression for the past few…
Out now! The Broken Kingdom – Episode One: Arthur’s Bane
I have a new project, which I’m going to be writing in a different way. It’s a fantasy series about…
A new hero. An ancient enemy. A timeless story – Arthur
Well, folks, I have a new project in the offing. I’ve started writing an epic fantasy series about the legendary…
Dates for your diaries: selling/signing my Fire Born books in Kent and Suffolk
I do try to get out and about to meet readers and chat about my books. But, since the pandemic,…
A Slice of Medieval: Berserkers and other business
I was very kindly invited to chat about my work, and particularly my Fire Born series of Viking novels, on…
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…
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…
Pantser division: two ways to set about writing a historical fiction novel
Someone asked the other day how I set about writing a novel, and since I have written a fair number…
You can now pre-order The Saxon Wolf
The second volume of my Fire Born Viking series, The Saxon Wolf, is coming out in mid-January 2022. But if…