Belfast event…

January 16, 2013

Belfast’s — nay, Ireland’s — finest crime bookshop, No Alibis (http://www.noalibis.com/), will be hosting a talk from the author of ‘Shadow of the Rock’ on Sat Feb 23rd at 3pm.  Given that my in-laws are all Northern Irish, there will be no pressure, no, none at all.  Please feel free to drop by if you want to see a […]

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Come to the Oxford Literary Festival…

January 14, 2013

Springtime beneath the dreaming spires… what better way to spend a Saturday in March than at the Oxford Literary Festival? Am lucky enough to be joining Matthew Reynolds, Tim Leach and Kerry Young at a ‘Writers’ Round Table’ (chaired by Rachel Hore) on 23rd March at 2pm at the Bodleian. Come see the jousting — […]

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Jazz FM Interview

December 19, 2012

Every Saturday, Jazz FM has a books and music programme called ‘Taking Notes’, sponsored by Waterstone’s. ‘Shadow of the Rock’ was one of their featured books; click here to listen to the author in conversation with the extremely genial David Freeman…

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12 Books of Christmas…

December 17, 2012

The princess of crime fiction bloggers, Rhian Davies (aka ‘crimeficreader’), has picked ‘Shadow of the Rock’ as one of her ’12 Books of Christmas’. Good to see Sidney Chambers in there too: no religious festival would be complete without his genial company… http://itsacrimeuk.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/a-book-a-day-for-12-days-of-christmas-crimeficreaders-selection-part-2/

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‘Next Big Thing’ questionnaire…

December 12, 2012

Back in the late 90s, I was a sports reporter for a university paper called ‘The Oxford Student’, a slightly downmarket, tabloid sister of the more established ‘Cherwell’ (and more entertaining for it, we hoped). The editor of the paper was one Katy Darby, who has since gone on to publish a blockbuster Victorian romp called ‘The Whores’ Asylum’, […]

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Battersea library gig…

December 11, 2012

Battersea Library on Lavender Hill have offered to host an exclusive ‘Shadow of the Rock’ talk on 6th March 2013 at 630pm. Given the closeness to the release date of ‘Sign of the Cross’, snippets of Spike’s latest adventure will be thrown in too. It’s a great library, incidentally — bright, airy — and, talk or no talk, I can highly […]

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Page proofs for ‘Sign of the Cross’…

November 28, 2012

The page proofs for ‘Sign of the Cross’ arrived by motorcycle courier today (basically the book as it will appear in proof form, but printed on A4 sheets of paper). The job now is to try and spot errors that can be ironed out for the actual book. Amazing to see a Word file reformatted this […]

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Filmed interview…

October 16, 2012

This year’s ‘Law Librarian of the Year’, Emily Allbon, (http://www.city.ac.uk/news/2012/jun/law-librarian-of-the-year) spotted that a former City University student had done something odd with his law degree. The result is this interview… http://blog.lawbore.net/2012/10/interview-with-thomas-mogford-author-of-the-shadow-of-the-rock-emily-allbon/

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Good Thame had by all…

October 16, 2012

The good times rolled last Saturday at the Thame Literary Festival. Incredibly friendly organising team escorted me and the brilliant Kay Langdale (http://www.kaylangdale.com/) onto the stage of the local church hall, where we were compassionately interviewed by Charlie Lee-Potter (check out her food blog — http://eggsontheroof.com/). Was delighted — at last — to be able to wear […]

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Tickets available for Thame Literary Festival…

October 4, 2012

Thame — a picture-perfect market town in south-west Oxfordshire — hosts its annual literary festival later this month. There’s an amazing line-up: Edna O’Brien, Pam Ayres, Jonathan Dimbleby, Mary Berry… Sneaking onto the programme, and bolstered by the excellent Kay Langdale, is me. Sat 13th Oct, 1030am, tickets £6 — http://www.talfestival.org/page17.html

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