‘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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‘Shadow…’ provokes US web ire…

October 1, 2012

‘Shadow of the Rock’ has upset the sensibility of the American website ‘Compass Book Ratings’. Formerly known as ‘Squeaky Clean Reads’, the site rates books in terms of suitability for different age groups, and has deemed ‘Shadow…’  for over- 21s only. The reviewer has painstakingly unearthed ‘9 religious exclamations; 6 mild obscenities; 3 religious profanities; 2 derogatory names; 7 scatological words; […]

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Cover for ‘Sign of the Cross’…

September 28, 2012

An email today from Bloomsbury with a possible cover for ‘Sign of the Cross’. It may yet change, so I ought not to post it here… but it’s the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time. More to follow…

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Woodstock Literary Festival…

September 19, 2012

First ever literary festival last Sunday. Pre-match nerves quickly superseded by physical illness, the dreaded Norovirus having swept through our house 24 hours before, creating scenes reminiscent of ‘The Horseman on the Roof’. Anyway, made it there (just) and the brilliant co-speaker, James Runcie, along with the super-cool chair, Ross King, combined to make it as […]

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‘Absolutely’ interview…

September 13, 2012

See the author of a crime novel reveal he is still afraid of marauders hiding in the cupboard at night… http://issuu.com/ZestMediaLondon/docs/abs_chelsea_sep_2012/33  

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