Irish Times: Best new crime fiction – news just in!
“Set against a backdrop of Cork’s less salubrious back streets, and populated by a colourful cast of addicts, prostitutes, young offenders and former soldiers, While Nobody is Watching is a fast-paced thriller with a flawed but dynamic heroine at its heart …. Ryan herself is a gripping character as she battles her invisible enemies, the …
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A sparkling new genre?
“The path of the righteous man is beset of all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of the charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of …
‘Michelle Dunne is the real deal’ – Cathy Kelly
While Nobody Is Watching Michelle’s had cracking feedback from best selling author Cathy Kelly for her ‘many layered’ thriller. Pre-order at your local bookshop or at Amazon for it’s release on 27th June, PTSD awareness day.
The Axe & Grindstone strikes again
Nia at the Whispering Stories book blog has posted a cracking review for Paul Phipps-Williams’ The Axe & Grindstone, read it HERE.
Snapshot of a London Lockdown
Everything’s fine – read Ray Leigh’s guide to life in a time of toilet roll shortages on CrimeReads
Excellent Review for TA&G
This is an excerpt from the massive HorrorBuzz.com. To read the full review, click here. “It far exceeded any expectations I had in general and it’s easily one of my favorite recent reads. Hats off to the author, Paul Phipps-Williams, for such a strong debut novel and for writing a story that is both imaginative …
Pimping Out Our Wares.
Fifty percent of BAD PRESS iNK – Iain and Pat – were at a biker event a couple of weeks back and took along THE AXE & GRINDSTONE pre-release to sell a few. It went well and thought we’d share some of the stand images with you: We have also been producing some …
It’s Like A Meme, Only Better.
Should you capitalise each letter on a blog heading? That is the big question of the day. It looks odd, but it seems to be the fashionable thing to do – not that we care much about fashion, mind. Something to ponder. In the meantime, thought I would share this great meme that Vikki created, …
All Twits Welcome.
Just a quickie as we have gone and gotten ourselves onto the Twitter machine. You can follow us @badpressink – we follow back! -Z
Stranger Things Have Happened.
Our first book has been released! Paul Phipps-Williams’ THE AXE & GRINDSTONE came out yesterday, on Hallowe’en, and we are all pretty stoked to announce that it reached number 38 on Amazon’s hotly contested Horror Book Chart. As you can see from the image below, the zeitgeist bomb that is Stranger Things was right next …
The Axe & Grindstone [Ad 4]
Go down the pub or enter an alternative universe filled with horror? OR… BOTH! Welcome to The Axe & Grindstone. Don’t Scream. ————– The Axe & Grindstone by Paul Phipps-Williams Released 31st October 2019 Paperback https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1916084508/ Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07YK4LQ98 For fans of #TerryPratchett #DouglasAdams #StephenKing #TerryBrooks #SimonPegg #ShaunOfTheDead #ComedyHorror #HorrorComedy #HorrorBooks #FantasyBooks #UrbanFantasy #HorrorReads #ComedyHorrorBooks #ComedyHorrorReads #NewBookReleases #NewBookReleasesUK #IndiePublishing
The Axe & Grindstone: Free Downloads!
We have some freebies for ya! Read by none other than author Paul himself, you can listen to the first two chapters by downloading this file or zipping on over to Soundcloud. Prefer to read rather than listen? Then enjoy this free chapter download.
Guest Blog: Paul Phipps-Williams (Author of The Axe & Grindstone)
“For the last time, I’m not a bloody werewolf.” The woman looked at me, but I could tell she wasn’t convinced. “I’m not convinced,” she said – rather more dramatically than was necessary, I thought. Oh well. I knew what was about to happen and yes, before long there was a mob of people all …
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7th October 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7th October 2019 First time novelist is the closest thing to Terry Pratchett since his hat, claims publisher. (Northumberland, UK) BAD PRESS iNK, an upstart start-up book publisher, has claimed Hallowe’en as the perfect date to issue its first release. THE AXE & GRINDSTONE is the debut novel by PAUL PHIPPS-WILLIAMS, an …
Best laid plans…
First blog, eh? Always a tricky one, so I may as well start at the beginning. Not right at the beginning, of course – not The Big Bang. Not even The Big Bang that resulted in me being here. I am not even talking about how BPi started (coz you can read all about that …
