Thank you to Tom Nolan The Wall Street Journal for this review of The Hollow Tree….’As her editor says of the sinister story that the intrepid Shona slowly pieces together, the book is “a cracker, an absolute belter.”

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Join Eli Cranor (BROILER), Andromeda | new Substack: Present Tense (THE DEEPEST LAKE), and Phil Miller (THE HOLLOW TREE) for a showcase of their new thrillers for The Lineup!

RSVP & attend the event live and you could be 1 of 3 winners of a Mystery To Me gift card. Register now: crowdcast.io/c/soho-may

#NP The most important American album of the 1990s. I hope these guys are all good. As each year passes, the better this record sounds. Teenage genius distilled into 40 minutes of cinematic gold.

The fifth symphony is really one of the most beautiful pieces of music. The third movement is sublime.

R.I.P. Paul Auster. Here’s his unapologetic advice to young writers. Read ‘The New York Trilogy.’ Read ‘Leviathan.’ Read ‘Travels in the Scriptorium.’

The brilliant author C J Sansom has died after a long illness. This thread by his friend William Shaw is essential reading for fans…

Thank you to Tom Nolan The Wall Street Journal for this review of The Hollow Tree….’As her editor says of the sinister story that the intrepid Shona slowly pieces together, the book is “a cracker, an absolute belter.”

wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

‘With his second crime novel, Edinburgh author Philip Miller comes into his prime’ Thank you to BethKanell for this generous review of The Hollow Tree.
bethkanell.blogspot.com/2024/04/one-tr…

Checking in on the progress of The Goldenacre serialisation in The Courier….it’s getting darker…

Sundown

Charles Rennie Mackintosh said his wife, Mary, was the greater artist. He credited her with 'two thirds' of his architectural achievement (incl his iconic rose motif). Nobody listened, but he said it nonetheless. We need to credit Mary more - just like he said. /5

Can't believe I missed the 40th anniversary of the single most sanity-warping print error ever committed to print. The gnawing, eldritch, Lovecraftian horror of this Peterborough Standard society page from April 18, 1980.

Theremony at tremony at the liremony indeed.

‘Readers might be taken aback by how deep and weird it gets’….

Atmospheric new Scottish crime thriller by Phil Miller is intriguing heraldscotland.com/life_style/art… Polygon Books
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A post for the poster…(at Haymarket)

Spoke to Scottish Field about reading and writing, including this childhood favourite…

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What a GREAT interview: Alexis Petridis on Linda Thompson, who is an 21-gun HOOT. 'Sandy [Denny] and I would have to make the tea, whilst some IDIOT playing a nose-harp would say 'Two sugars, love'.' theguardian.com/music/2024/apr…

Head over to BfS for an extract of Phil Miller's excellent new thriller, The Hollow Tree.

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If anyone would like me to read their script and have a chat, or talk anything directing or screenwriting, you can bid via the auction to support Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) organised by Cinema For Gaza Cinema For Gaza
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Here are this week's brand-new books!
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