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Really enjoyed my interview with Alex Dyke on his Big Hour slot on BBC Radio Solent on Monday 20 June. He's great to chat to, even if a bit challenging sometimes, but then that's what makes good radio I guess.  We discussed many aspects of writing and publishing as well as my character, the rugged and flawed DI Andy Horton.  Alex asked me if I was in love with him, Andy Horton that is not Alex, and I said of course I am! Hope to return to the show for another interview in the near future.

This morning I am appearing on the Alex Dyke Show on BBC Radio Solent on his Big Hour slot between 12.00 and 13.00. I'll be chatting to Alex about my DI Andy Horton marine mystery crime novels and my thrillers set in the Solent area and Portsmouth. You can listen live via the BBC Radio Solent web site or on 96.1 FM or 103.8 FM. Then it's over to the Isle of Wight to present prizes to the winners of the Wight Fair Writers Circle Crime & Intrigue Short Story Writing Competition  at Newport Minster in the presence of the High Sheriff, Susie Sheldon. I'll be presenting the awards and on hand to sign copies of my DI Horton crime novels and thrillers,  alongside  Bob and Carol Bridgestock – authors of ‘Deadly Focus’ and the soon to be released sequel ‘Consequences’ August 2011. Island band LEGO will be there and the Isle of Wight Police will be setting up a mock crime. Should be fun. Refreshments will be available courtesy of the ladies ...

On 20 June I'll be appearing on the Alex Dyke Show on BBC Radio Solent on his Big Hour slot between 12.00 and 13.00.  I'll be chatting to Alex about my DI Andy Horton marine mystery crime novels and my thrillers set in the Solent area and Portsmouth.  You can listen live via the BBC Radio Solent web site or on 96.1 FM or 103.8 FM. Hope some of you can join us.

My radio phone in interview with Alex Dyke on Wight FM on 16 April was lots of fun. It was great to talk to people via a phone-in and to answer questions they’d e mailed in regarding my novels and how I write. I'd love to do more radio phone-ins so hope I can link in with other radio stations on this soon. I was also delighted to find that the Captain sailing the Wightlink ferry from Portsmouth to Fishbourne, on my way over to the Isle of Wight for my radio interview, was Captain Paul Marshall who was the Captain on the St Clare at the time of my eight hour marathon book signing event in May 2008. He left the bridge on Wednesday - in the capable hands of his chief officer I hasten to add - to come and say 'hello' and chat while we waited to sail into Fishbourne. All in all a pleasant couple of days on the Isle of Wight, where my thriller, In For The Kill is set. The Suffocating Sea (an Inspector Andy Horton crime novel) also ends on the Isle of Wight.

On Saturday 20 June 2009, as part of the celebrations for Independent Booksellers Week , I will be signing copies of my latest Inspector Horton Marine Mystery crime novels, Deadly Waters and Dead Man's Wharf at my local independent bookshop, The Hayling Island Bookshop at 11am - all welcome. Independent Booksellers Week was first launched last year as a celebration of independent bookselling . Over 350 booksellers participated in a range of activities and events throughout the week. This year it runs from 15 th to 22 nd June and there will again be a number of exciting events and book signings in the UK in independent bookshops. Before that though I've got lots of speaking engagements and book signings lined up. You can see them here on my blog (scroll down and see them on the right hand side) or you can view them on my official web site. I've also just been invited on to Wight FM to talk about my crime novels. In For The Kill , a fast-paced, action-packed thriller ...