It’s a pleasure to take part in the Blogtour Mongrel by Hanako Footman, which is a 2024 debut novel you don’t want to miss. About the Author Hanako Footman is a British-Japanese actor and author living in London. Mongrel is her debut novel. Follow @hanakofootman on Instagram About the book Mei loses her Japanese mother at age six. Growing up in suburban Surrey, she yearns to fit in, suppressing both her heritage and her growing love for her best friend Fran. Yuki leaves the Japanese countryside to pursue her dream of becoming a concert violinist in London. Lonely and far from home, she find ..read more

It’s a pleasure to take part in the Blogtour Run to the Western Shore by Tim Pears. About the Author Tim Pears is a much-admired, prize-winning writer whose prose has been likened to Marquez, Faulkner and Hardy. His recent West Country Trilogy was a critic’s favourite. Born in 1956, Tim grew up in Devon and left school at sixteen. He worked in a wide variety of jobs: welder, librarian, reporter, archaeological worker, fruit picker, psychiatric nurse, groundsman in a caravan park, painter & decorator, and night porter in Devon, Wales, France, Norfolk and Oxford. Throughout this time he wa ..read more

It’s my turn on the Blogtour Salt and Skin by Eliza Henry-Jones. About the Author Eliza Henry-Jones is a writer and academic based on a little flower farm in Victoria, Australia. Her previous novels have been listed for multiple literary awards including the ABIA, NSW Premier’s Literary Awards and QLD Literary Awards. Her work has also been published widely, appearing in places such as the Guardian, Country Style, The Big Issue and The Age. Eliza has qualifications in psychology as well as grief, loss and trauma counselling. Follow @elizahenryjones on Twitter About the book Grief-s ..read more

It’s a pleasure to take part in the Blogtour The Unbreakable Heart of Oliva Denaro by Viola Ardone, translated by Clarissa Botsford. About the Author Viola Ardone was born in Naples in 1974. A high school Latin and Italian teacher, she holds a degree in literature and worked in academic publishing. She is the author of two previous novels in Italian, La ricetta del cuore in subbuglio and Una rivoluzione sentimentale. Follow @viola_ardone on Twitter About the Translator Follow @botsford_cla on Twitter, Visit clarissabotsford.com About the book From the internationall ..read more

It’s a pleasure to take part in the Blogtour The Golden Bell by Robert L. Stone. About the Author Having gained a PhD in history and political anthropology from Cambridge University, Robert L. Stone has worked for many years advising governments on strategies to fight poverty, particularly in the wake of conflicts. He has a lifelong interest in how different cultures and ethnicities relate to each other – this, combined with his love of literature, is the inspiration for The Golden Bell. Follow @robertstoneauthor on Instagram, facebook.com/rlstoneauthor on Facebook About ..read more

It’s a pleasure to take part in the Blogtour Sylvia by Maithreyi Karnoor. About the Author Maithreyi Karnoor is a Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow in creative writing and translation at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. She has been shortlisted for The Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize for A Handful of Sesame, her translation of a Kannada novel. She is a two- time finalist for The Montreal International Poetry Prize. Sylvia is her debut novel. She lives in Bangalore, India. Follow @MaitreyiKarnoor on Twitter About the book Longing to connect to his ancestral roots, C ..read more

It’s a pleasure to take part in the Blogtour The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu. About the Author Originally from Shanghai, China, Wenyan Lu is the winner of the SI Leeds Literary Prize 2020. Wenyan holds a Master of Studies in Creative Writing as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge. Her unpublished historical novel The Martyr’s Hymn was also longlisted for SI Leeds Literary Prize 2018 and Bridport First Novel Prize 2019. She lives in Cambridge with her family. Follow @wenyan_lu on Twitter or Instagram: @wenyanwrites Abo ..read more

 It’s a pleasure to take part in the Blogtour The Arrow Garden by Andrew J. King. About the Author Brought up to value thinking and making equally, Andrew’s first degree was in English Literature and Fine Art. He also holds an MA in Visual Culture at Bath Spa University. A lifelong interest in aspects of Japanese culture led to an extended trip in 2011 in the aftermath of the tsunami, assisting and observing participants in spectacular Shinto rituals of horseback archery. The Arrow Garden is his first novel. Early drafts were longlisted for the Bridport Prize and The Bath Novel Award, b ..read more