An Interview with SIMON TOYNE

Photograph © Toby Madden Name: SIMON TOYNE Author of: SANCTUS (2011) THE KEY (2012) On the web: http://www.simontoyne.net On Twitter: @sjtoyne Simon Toyne’s career began in television, where he was a successful screenwriter and producer for over fifteen years. In 2011 HarperCollins published his first novel, Sanctus, an edge-of-the-seat apocalyptic thriller which, despite the […]

COLDBROOK by Tim Lebbon

COLDBROOK Tim Lebbon (www.timlebbon.net) Hammer (hammerfilms.com) / Arrow (www.randomhouse.co.uk/…/arrow) £6.99 Far underground, deep in a remote area of the Appalachian Mountains, lies the Coldbrook facility where, for ten years, Jonah Jones and his team have been trying to open a doorway to a parallel Earth. Three weeks ago, they succeeded and have been watching “the […]

An Interview with JOANNE REAY

Name: JOANNE REAY Author of: LO’LIFE: ROMEO SPIKES (2012) Joanne Reay is a British scriptwriter and producer. Her debut novel, Romeo Spikes, is the first part of the Lo’Life series, and is available now from Titan Books. Thanks for taking the time to speak to us, Joanne. I’d like to start by looking at the […]

An Interview with DANIEL POLANSKY

Photograph © Dan Stack Name: DANIEL POLANSKY Author of: THE STRAIGHT RAZOR CURE (2011) TOMORROW, THE KILLING (2012) On the web: http://www.danielpolansky.com On Twitter: @danielpolansky Daniel Polansky’s first novel, The Straight Razor Cure was published in 2011, its mix of fantasy and Chandleresque hardboiled private detective appealing to a broad range of readers. His […]

LOW TOWN: TOMORROW, THE KILLING by Daniel Polansky

TOMORROW, THE KILLING (LOW TOWN 2) Daniel Polansky (www.danielpolansky.com) Hodder & Stoughton (www.hodder.co.uk) £18.99 Earlier this year, I read, reviewed and fairly raved about Daniel Polansky’s debut novel, The Straight Razor Cure. Picking up three years after the events of that first book, Polansky’s second novel – and the second volume of the Low Town […]

GUEST POST: Justin Cronin Reads from THE TWELVE (Video)

Photograph © Julie Soefer Name: JUSTIN CRONIN Author of: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE LONG BALL (1990) MARY AND O’NEIL (2001) THE SUMMER GUEST (2004) THE PASSAGE (2010) THE TWELVE (2012) On the web: enterthepassage.com On Twitter: @jccronin I’m very pleased to welcome Justin Cronin to Reader Dad today. Cronin’s breakthrough […]

THE TWELVE by Justin Cronin

THE TWELVE Justin Cronin (enterthepassage.com) Orion Books (www.orionbooks.co.uk) £20.00 Released: 25th October 2012 One [book] that doesn’t appear here is Justin Cronin’s forthcoming novel, The Passage. This epic vampire novel won’t be out until summer 2010, but you’ll want to mark your calendar. Take it from Uncle Stevie, this is your basic don’t-miss reading experience. […]

COMING SOON: Justin Cronin’s THE TWELVE Blog Tour

This coming Saturday, 20th October, Reader Dad will play host to Justin Cronin for the second stop of his blog tour to celebrate the release of The Twelve on October 25th. Be sure to check back after 9am Saturday for my review of the book, and for an exclusive video extract of Justin Cronin reading […]

WHERE I LEFT MY SOUL by Jérôme Ferrari

WHERE I LEFT MY SOUL Jérôme Ferrari Translated by Geoffrey Strachan MacLehose Press (maclehosepress.com) £12 Released: 10th October 2012 I am always slightly surprised when I come across a book that deals with a period of history of which I have been woefully ignorant. Jérôme Ferrari’s Where I Left My Soul, the French author’s first […]

LET THE OLD DREAMS DIE AND OTHER STORIES by John Ajvide Lindqvist

LET THE OLD DREAMS DIE AND OTHER STORIES John Ajvide Lindqvist (johnajvide.com) Translated by Marlaine Delargy Quercus (www.quercusbooks.co.uk) £16.99 It’s difficult to believe that it has been a mere five years since John Ajvide Lindqvist’s first novel, Let The Right One In, was first published in English by Quercus. It’s a ten-year-old book that has […]