Babes, can you please share this post so those who are thinking of entering the Sareeta Domingo Prize will know that we’ve got another online workshop on 11 August. This time it is How To Craft Your Submission, which includes help with writing a synopsis. Sign up at geni.us/TheSareetaDo...

Americans/Canadians/anyone with NordVPN: my Anna Sharpe thriller NOTES ON A DROWNING is 99c in ebook for 3 days and you can also buy real copies of it online. Two determined women unravel a scandal involving misogyny, conspiracy and murder. A Times thriller of 2025. www.amazon.com/Notes-Drowni...

Still dithering about whether to come to the #LeedsWritingFestival in September? Dither not! 🩷Tomorrow only🩷 we’ve a special one-day half-price offer on tickets! The discount code is LASTCALL2026 and is valid for Wednesday 29th July only. Don’t miss out! www.writersofthenorth.co.uk/events

My new novel is currently included in a Waterstones promotion, so if you pre-order it online from Waterstones before this Friday and use the code SUMMER26, you can get 25% off 🎉 www.waterstones.com/book/the-chr...

Authors & other self-employed folk the Govt has a consultation out that could see us filing a tax return & paying on forecasted income EVERY MONTH. Unworkable for most of us. Send your thoughts by the 4th Aug. Also write to your MP & the Business Secretary. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Some exciting news! My new novel, The Christmas Tree Murders, is out later this year, and doesn't it look beautiful? Within it you'll find: 🔎 Some amateur sleuths ✉️ Various epistolary elements ✒️ A narrator who talks to the reader 🔑 Characters with secrets aplenty 🎄 Lots of Victorian festive fun

When did you last tell a lie? Go on: be honest. We all lie, all the time. Reviewers/bloggers - LIE FOR YOUR LIFE is on NetGalley. Please do request it and review it. Nicole, a barrister from a criminal family, must prosecute the wrong man and find the right one in order to save her brother.

My Gold Dagger award-winning novel, The Book of Secrets is in the Kindle 99p deal if you fancied some discount historical poisoning. Books in book shops also available, but the idea of these promotions is to ‘raise visibility’. Reviews also help. Unless they’re shit www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Secrets...

The Sareeta Domingo Prize is open for submissions. 🌟 Unagented UK writers from Black or Global Majority backgrounds, your story deserves to be told. Submit your first 5,000 words + synopsis today. geni.us/TheSareetaDo... Her legacy lives on in your voice. 🖤

Writers and illustrators, remember to register any new work for PLR by 30 June. (This is the money we receive every time someone takes our book taken out of libraries in the UK. Use libraries!). plr.bl.uk/login

My novel The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst is on sale on ebook this month in the UK for just 99p 🎉 Where to buy: Bookshop.org (affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780... Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... Apple: books.apple.com/gb/book/the-... Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Trouble-Mrs-...

Delighted to be hosting this again. 7pm 12 May, Clockhouse Tavern, Peckham. Open mic night before a very supportive audience. Bring anything: flash fiction, non-fiction, poetry, spoken word. All levels of experience and all types of people (and dogs) welcome. dulwichfestival.co.uk/event/write-...

My thriller NOTES ON A DROWNING is 99p in ebook this month and also in the audiobook sale. Two determined women unravel a scandal involving misogyny, conspiracy and murder. A Times thriller of 2025. www.amazon.co.uk/Notes-Drowni...

I'm currently running a survey all about the Victorian author Anthony Trollope, and I'm looking for fans of his work to take part. The survey is here: forms.gle/GMTBXVvfHMcT... and will be open until 17th April. You can find more info about this project here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwlE...

Next month I'm running an online workshop on how to write character arcs that move from queer shame to queer joy in a psychologically informed way. Read more and sign up here: www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/our-events/p...

Processing Queer Shame in Fiction: Writing Steps Towards Queer Joy with Kingsley Pearson | London Writers Centre Events

Book tickets online for Processing Queer Shame in Fiction: Writing Steps Towards Queer Joy with Kingsley Pearson, an upcoming Workshop hosted by the London Writers Centre.

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Psst! My debut novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, is 99p on ebook this month on various platforms! 🎉 Bookshop.org (affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/11499/9780... Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Hart... Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... Apple: books.apple.com/gb/book/the-...

Just a few days left to grab JERICHO’S DEAD for 99p on the monthly #Kindle deal www.amazon.co.uk/Jerichos-Dea...

Next February I will be running an online workshop (with Spread The Word) about writing about queer shame in fiction in such a way as to facilitate characters and readers moving towards queer joy. Do sign up! More info here: www.tickettailor.com/events/sprea...

I'll be speaking at this crime writing festival in February next year. Early Bird tickets end this Friday! thecuriouscatbookshop.co.uk/cheshire-cri...

A free online session 2.30pm 16 Oct, by the @Soc_of_Authors , with myself & @radiomukhers.bsky.social chatting about writing process, creative inspiration, the current crime and thriller market, and, quite possibly, food. Here we are captured in art. Register: societyofauthors.org/event/how-i-...

Brighton & Hove Council are trying to gut our library service again. The ‘consultation’ period ends THIS Friday 10 October. PLEASE fill the survey. PLEASE speak up. Libraries are the heart of the community, getting rid of the further damages us all. yourvoice.brighton-hove.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...

South East London Calling! If you’re free on Thursday, 9 Oct, come and join me in Greenwich, London 🏠✨ bit.ly/46T0EXp I’ll be chatting crime writing, thrillers, and new books with Anna Mazzola and Holly Seddon. Can’t think of a better way to spend a Thursday evening 📚💬 #BookEvent #CrimeFiction

Thrills, chills, possibly spills (of wine) this Thursday. Join us at Waterstones Greenwich for a drink and a chat. @nadinematheson.com @holly.bsky.social Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/thril...

If, like Harrison, you enjoyed Flat 401: please a review on Amazon. It's on Kindle for 99p this month, and more reviews will help it find more readers. 🙏🏾 www.amazon.co.uk/review/creat...

Harrison Murphy@harrisonmurph1.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Finished this incredible debut from @kingsley-pearson.bsky.social recently, someone who has been very supportive and helpful over the course of my writing journey. If you like slow-burn psychological thrillers oozing with social commentary, you'll love this!

It's 99p on Kindle again for October!

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FLAT 401, my debut psychological suspense novel, published by @orionbooks.bsky.social, is currently 99p on Kindle (and averaging 4.8*). It tells the story of Jay: after being in prison for a crime he didn't commit, he's blackmailed about the crime he actually committed. amzn.eu/d/0bfpTbm #BookDeal

Okay, fantastic opportunity here! #BeyondTheSpectrum is a free creative writing project run by and for autistic people, but open to any neurodivergent person who thinks it's right for them. They currently have three FREE workshops and groups running for adults in #Lincolnshire 1/…

For those near or in Nottingham, THE Gaslight is being performed at the Lace Market Theatre end of this month. Tickets here: lacemarkettheatre.co.uk/LaceMarketTh... #Theatre #UKTheatre

Gaslight® - The Lace Market Theatre

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I've been interviewed by Writers Melon about my journey to publication and my writing process. It includes tips and craft book recommendations. youtu.be/U_NTolRYezA?...

Flat 401 A modern day crime thriller by Kingsley Pearson | Author interview | Writersmelon

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I love small town America thrillers - so much so I wrote my own, The Girl in Cell A. To celebrate the book I wrote this piece for @CrimeReads celebrating 5 such brilliant thrillers, from Deliverance to In The Heat of the Night. Read here: crimereads.com/small-town-a...

Small Town America: Five Books that Serve Up a Perfect Setting for Murder

What is it about small town America—in book and onscreen—that we find so compelling? A question I first confronted as a teenager, growing up in a quiet corner of London, England back in the 1980s. …

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Chatting to @kl_pearson, thriller writer and digital therapist on the latest Murder Junction... "Episode 161 - Kingsley Pearson, Flat 401, digital psychology and rubber plantations" . Tune in: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

Episode 161 - Kingsley Pearson, Flat 401, digital psychology and rubber plantations

Podcast Episode · Murder Junction · 25/08/2025 · 26m

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