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The option blog . . .
This week I’ve had three people I’ve never heard of before ask me for copies of books (one not even published by Quercus, let alone Jo Fletcher Books!) for potential film and/or television interest. I...
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On the Vagaries of Memory
Last night @LitAgentDrury and I sat down with a big glass of fizzy water each (weekdays. We’re not supposed to drink during weekdays. This is us trying to be healthy. Grump) and watched an episode of...
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This week I am mainly eradicating tics . . .
No, not the annoying little bugs that dig deep into warm, moist areas and then infect you with a deadly disease, the other sort. The sort that have you continually nodding or shaking your head, or...
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A week of fun topped of with LonCon 3
Urk! It’s Wednesday, it’s ten to ten and it’s . . . no, not Crackerjack! As if you need me to tell you . . . It’s LonCon! As Nicola said yesterday, the World SF Convention is rolling into London this...
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So Loncon came and went
So Loncon came and went, and despite my deep and abiding loathing for ExCel (about which I can rant for hours; it’s still a nightmare for anyone with walking difficulties) I am glad to say the...
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Graham
I honestly don’t know what to say, except that with the death of Graham Joyce this afternoon from cancer, our world has lost a giant: not just because of his writing – for Graham was undoubtedly one of...
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It’s beginning to smell a bit like Frankfurt . . .
So within days of arriving back from our summer sojourn in Parts Foreign, watching the graceful little egrets stalking the lake, listening to little owls hunting across the mountainside and delighting...
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What I Did on my Holiday
Honestly, you turn your back for two brief weeks and what happens? Your team go crazy and start doing things without you . . . So this week’s little ramble is specifically for those of you who noticed...
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On the Advisability of Optimization . . .
When I’m slaving away over a hot manuscript, I don’t like the constant interruptions of email, so I have come to an agreement with myself (that I keep to at least forty per cent of the time): when I am...
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The Great Hallowe’en Horror Signing!
No tricks, just trreats this Hallowe’en as the greatest names in British Horror gather at Forbidden Planet, London, to sign their terrifying tomes on Saturday, October 25, from 1:00 – 2:00 pm! This may...
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On the loveliness of booksellers . . .
We love booksellers at all times of the year, but spare a special thought for them at Christmas: they are going to spend the next 27 days rushed off their feet trying to find the perfect book for...
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JFB Christmas Advent Day 22 – A Quick Q and A with Jo Fletcher
It’s nigh on the end of the year and Midwinter is drawing on apace . . . and so one’s thoughts turn automatically to the dark si no, no, to joyful caroling and Yule logs, and mulled cider and...
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It’s beginning to look a lot like 2015!
HAPPY NEW YEAR, Beloved Reader. I trust you all had a suitably festive Yule and managed to get through the most depressing day of the year – Monday the 5th January – without too many disasters. (Other...
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We’re Currently Reading . . .
It’s time once again for us to let you know what we are reading. Be sure to keep us posted with what you are currently reading and let us know what you think of the books we are currently enjoying....
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On the Joys of the Paperless Office
I know, I know: conspicuous by my absence. There are a variety of reasons (and if you don’t care for the first, don’t worry; I have others, right here in my desk, kept for just such emergencies!). The...
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RIP Terry Pratchett
Today the world is mourning the loss of a literary superstar and I and many, many others are mourning the loss of a dear friend. And knowing that it was coming, since he was diagnosed with an...
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On embargos
It’s true that I am no stranger to the embargo, but this time it’s been especially hard to stay schtum. I’ve had to keep telling myself that it just makes it all the more exciting, to be able finally...
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We’re Currently Reading . . .
The time has come once again for us to let you know what we are reading. Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them? Let us know below, along with what you are currently reading....
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On the Tyranny of Forms . . .
When I started JFB, in January 2011 – yes, I know: a quarter of the way into my fourth year; doesn’t time fly when we’re all having so much fun? – Quercus was a bit . . . well, independent, let’s call...
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Huzzah for Summer—
—which starts right here, at Jo Fletcher Books! Excited? You will be . . . So grab your old wicker picnic basket, cardboard box or plastic bag and fill it with the best picnicky foods you can lay your...
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