I had promised to post a new set of three authors offering writing tips every Friday evening but this is the second third time in a row I have forgotten to do so. Hmmm… Maybe I should just promise to post every Saturday? Or even better, forgo the promise… I know what I’ll do. New announcement: I have long thought the advice offered to aspiring writers in answer to question ten... Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks John Birmingham author of Angels of Vengeance, the third book in his mega-selling Disappearance Trilogy Six Sharp Questions ——————– 1. Congratulations, on completing your new book – what is Angels of Vengeance about and is it really the last book in the series? Yes and no. The story that began with the Disappearance in... Read more

When you follow John Birmingham on Twitter you sometimes feel as if you are in the delivery room as he gives birth, screaming blue bloody murder, to his blockbuster novels. You’re not exactly the paediatrician nor the midwife offering practical assistance, you’re not even a member of the family standing anxiously by (you’re not even a third cousin twice removed)  – actua... Read more