Dan Buri graciously agreed to talk with Book Obsessed. His first collection of short stories, Pieces Like Pottery, was published in October 2015. Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. First off, thank you for hosting me on your site, Cecile. You have a wonderful blog! This is a great place for us all to indulge in our shared love of reading and writing, isn’t it? Thank you…
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Ian Rankin in Ottawa
On Thursday 19 November 2015, Ian Rankin was in town for the Ottawa International Writers Festival to talk about his new book, Even Dogs in the Wild. In the 20th installment of the Inspector Rebus series, John Rebus comes out of retirement to help detective Siobhan Clarke investigate the death of a lawyer during a robbery. Ian Rankin was interviewed by Peggy Blair, a local crime writer who got her break thanks to a chance…
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Wolfsangel by Liza Perrat
The novel starts in 1943, when the German army is occupying France. In Lucie-sur-Vionne, a small village near Lyon, the enemy has requisitioned everything that can be of use or that can make a profit. Because her father has been sent to a work camp in Germany, Céleste Roussel wants to be more involved in the Resistance, especially as her sister, her brother and his best friend are active members….
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Andrew Joyce’s Journey as a Writer
The following is a guest post by Andrew Joyce, author of Molly Lee. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. My name is Andrew Joyce, and I write books for a living. Cécile has been kind enough to allow me a little space on her blog to promote my new book, Molly Lee. The story is a female-driven account…
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Natural Born Writer
The following is a guest post by K.A. Shaw, author of The Bizarre Baby Name Book. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com Background I am not qualified to be your author, I just love to talk I’ve been talking since I was born. My mom jokes that even before I could speak proper English, I would talk…
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Publishing’s New Labyrinth
The following is a guest post by Jeffrey Marshall, author of Little Miss Sure Shot. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com It ain’t what it used to be. Truer words were never spoken of the book publishing industry, and for outsiders, it’s truly bewildering. The variety of channels and outlets has mushroomed into something huge and almost…
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The Spirit of Iris – The Story behind the Story
The following is a guest post by Rocky Rochford, author of The Spirit of Iris. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. The Spirit of Iris was always going to be a book I wrote. The genre, the style, even the story is something that has been with me for a long time and therefore it was always just a…
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My journey to becoming a writer + Giveaway
The following is a guest post by Jennifer Hotes, author of Four Rubbings. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. I had a nightmare in the dead of night and soon after, told my sister-in-law about it. She insisted that I write it down, but I told her I couldn’t. Don’t get me wrong; I’m a voracious reader. I…