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• Book launch deferred

  By James Ellis on March 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Darn – Happy Family‘s book launch can’t happen on April 25th. But it’s not cancelled, just deferred. We’re moving it to when we can all gather and mingle in safety. Details to follow. In the meantime, keep buying books (especially… Read More ›

• Happy Family: bloggers’ reviews

  By James Ellis on March 22, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Happy Family has completed its blog tour and the results are in. Huge thanks to all of the book bloggers, and to Anne Cater who arranged the tour. Blog tour reviews: Paterson Loarn Books IMO Intensive Gassing About Books Hinton… Read More ›

• Facebook school friends: let’s move on

  By James Ellis on March 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  After 40 years I am in contact with only two of my schoolfriends. By contact, I mean we actually meet face to face – until COVID, that is. For everyone else, either the bonds weren’t strong enough or I was… Read More ›

• A few comments on your response to my complaint

  By James Ellis on March 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  From: James Ellis To: <Customer Care> Subject: Re: Complaint – unused deposit taken [ref:_99DFT6200_gtDDS529:ref] Date: 10 Mar 2020, at 08:27 Dear <Customer Care> – a few comments on your response to my complaint. From one writer to another. Best, James…. Read More ›

• Happy Family book launch: James Ellis in conversation with Germaine Kiecke – Saturday April 25th

  By James Ellis on March 4, 2020 • ( 0 )

  I am very excited. The London launch of Happy Family will be on Saturday, 25 April at the brilliant independent bookshop, Nomad Books. It will start at 18.45. The reason I’m so excited is because as part of the launch I am going to… Read More ›

• Happy Family Blog Tour

  By James Ellis on February 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

• Don’t rush a good thing

  By James Ellis on February 2, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Watch out, many of the baby boomers’ final cohort will be turning 60 this year – those born in the satisfyingly neat year of 1960 (it is so easy to work out how old one is, when there’s a zero… Read More ›

• The shape of something

  By James Ellis on January 12, 2020 • ( 0 )

  I have an idea, elusive and shadowy, but definitely there. The shape of something. The right something. It needs to be pushed and prodded (gently), given substance by being handled. Coaxed into the light so I can see it more… Read More ›

• Happy Family is being serialised

  By James Ellis on October 14, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  As part of its pre-launch marketing process, Unbound have arranged for Happy Family to be serialised on The Pigeonhole. This is a great way to get reviews and build a buzz before its publication early next year. You can check it out and… Read More ›

• An Other’s Look has another title

  By James Ellis on September 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  After much discussion the working title of my second novel, An Other’s Look, has been changed to Happy Family. I love this title because it works at so many different levels. The book is scheduled for release in early 2020… Read More ›