The Daily Mail ran a TWO-PAGE feature on the book yesterday. It was the perfect start to the launch day! Many thanks to Barbara Davies, a fine author in her own right, for her evocative account of the story. They also featured some beautiful photos, both of Nancy and Martin, […]
Here is a list of upcoming bookshop, radio and festival appearances I will be making in the coming months for The Very White Of Love. The book publishes this Thursday, June 14th. It’s been a long, winding road. But we are nearly there! Graham Torrington Late Show Monday June 11th […]
Bookshop, Media and Festival Appearances
My interview on The Graham Torrington Late Show. It airs out of Birmingham. But it is relayed to a large audience all over the Midlands, via eight other stations, to places like Leicester and Stoke. It’s the longest interview I have done so far. It was also the first time […]
Interview On The Graham Torrington Late Show
Newspaper coverage is really important for an author. So thanks to Bob Rogers at The Abergavenny Chronicle for this nicely framed piece about the book. I spoke to him over the phone a few weeks ago and am delighted to see the piece today. A Box Of Love Letters STILL […]
The Local Is The New Global
BBC Hereford and Worcester – my local stations – very kindly had me on twice this week. One was for the evening drive programme – the other was the breakfast show. Both went really well, so I wanted to share them with you. Late Night Graham Torrington Tonight, I am […]
BBC Radio Interview
IMG_2307 BBC I am delighted to share this interview from yesterday’s BBC Midlands Today cultural correspondent, Satnam Rana. She and a cameraman came to my house in Herefordshire to film. Luckily, after a misty start, the weather was good enough to sit in the garden. I think you will agree […]
BBC Midlands Today Broadcast
IMG_2307 Introduction Chelsea Clinton was one of the stars of this year’s Hay Festival. So it was an honour and a pleasure to get to meet Chelsea Clinton and give her a dedicated copy of the book. She was there to promote her own book, Global Health, and I managed to […]
With Chelsea Clinton At The Hay Festival
Blogger alert! Today, my novel, The Very White of Love, became available on NetGalley. This is another milestone on what has been a seven year journey from the first tentative sentences to publication on June 14th. So please do download a copy and write a review.
The Very White Of Love Goes Live On NetGalley
Blogger alert! Today, my novel, The Very White of Love, became available on NetGalley, another milestone on what has been a seven year journey from the first tentative sentences to publication on June 14th. So please do download a copy and write a review. Here’s a bit of background: A […]
The Very White Of Love Goes Live On NetGalley
I recently visited Whichert House, in Knotty Green, near Beaconsfield. This the house where Martin wrote many of the letters quoted in the book. He lived there with his Aunt Dorothy Preston, during the vacations from Oxford – and where Nancy spent a lot of time, during their whirlwind romance […]