We are excited to publish An Aspidistra in Babylon and The Black Boxer Tales, as part of our ongoing project to revive all of H. E. Bates’s short stories and novellas. His fiction centred mainly in his native Northamptonshire, in which wandering the countryside inspired these critically acclaimed collections. Bates has been described as ‘a … Continue reading
In 1943 Vanessa Bell painted a group portrait of the Memoir Club, an informal gathering in which members of the Bloomsbury Group read papers about aspects of their lives. As David Garnett commented, it provided opportunities for them to indulge in ‘an almost gourmet-like love of the foibles of old and intimate friends’. The picture, … Continue reading
We all love something about Christmas, but then we all love to hate something about the festive season at the same time. December. When that Christmas jumper gift wasn’t even ironic, nor was your behaviour at the office party, sometimes we just want to forget about the festive season together. So here’s to the day … Continue reading
When Bloomsbury Reader was approached with the possibility of publishing the entire catalogue of Dennis Wheatley’s works as ebooks, we were thrilled. We believed that this prolific author – who sold over 50 million copies in his lifetime outselling his immediate contemporary, Agatha Christie – deserved to be re-introduced to a new generation of readers. … Continue reading
Patrick Tilley on creative freedom, finding inspiration in out-of-body experiences, and why you won’t find any ‘little green men’ in his science fiction. To celebrate sci-fi month here at Bloomsbury Reader, we spoke to internationally best-selling science fiction writer, Patrick Tilley. Tilley is the author of Fade-Out, which looks at the meltdown of society in the … Continue reading
With St. Valentine’s Day right in the middle of it, February is the month where the theme of LOVE materialises everywhere, from the shop windows covered in heart shaped stickers and pink balloons, to ‘table for two’ restaurants covered with roses. Some welcome this time of the year as a good occasion to celebrate their … Continue reading
We’re thrilled to have a guest post this month on writing dialogue for historical fiction, written for us by the lovely Beryl Kingston – as the author of many historical novels, including the Easter Empire trilogy (Tuppenny Times, Fourpenny Flyer, and Sixpenny Stalls), among other titles published by Bloomsbury Reader, she knows all about the … Continue reading
